MYTHIE - outside the box
Re: MYTHIE - outside the box
The main vet Dr. Yeoh is actually one of the most well known vets in the area and is known for being really good. The trouble is that he has at least a dozen other vets working for him at his clinic so we don't always get to see Dr. Yeoh. The Vet that told us this is one of the younger ones.... The new vet we are seeing is a fairly young vet too but he explains what is going on or what could be going on in more detail and he seems able to give us a larger chunk of time as he doesn't have as many patients as dr. yeoh.... If we do need to take Mythie back to Dr Yeoh i will have to specifically request to see him and then ask him what he thinks of feeding all the cats the renal food and then mention that one of his vets said that it was okay....
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Well, don't wait until you see him to address the food issues. CALL him. It truly is not appropriate nor safe to be feeding a renal diet to cats without renal disease! Please never forget that prescription diets are specifically formulated with different nutrient content and mineral content, this can be detrimental to healthy cats!
..........Traci
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I just called the new vet and he said that we should put the cats back on regular food except zooey. He wants to check the results from the previous tests at the other vets and confirm wether or not she is diabetic by doing an insulin test at the clinic before changing her diet.... we will be doing this test after the holidays.... he also said that they couldnt test the blood sample that they sent in at the lab because it had haemolase in it.....
*sigh*
*sigh*
Hi Traci,
Mythie was fine since the last post i made a few weeks ago. We took her to the vet for another check up and he seems to think that it is behavioural.....
JUST a few minutes ago, we were sitting on the couch watching tv and Mythie started running across the living room.... she seemed a little panicked.
We think it was either her panicking for a reason that we can't seem to figure out, OR because Zooey was chasing her... (It could also be that Zooey was chaising her because she thought Mythie was playing.)
Anyway, so they did that for a while. I sensed that something was up so i closed the bedroom door as i didn't want her to go on the bed.... Then she went to the bedroom door and then came and sat behind us on the couch.
She sat there for a while and she seemed a little calmer and i was scratching her chin a bit.... THEN she got down onto the couch with us and sat next to my boyfriend... and then she bolted off to the kitchen.
She was ON the couch for all of a minute. It was only when i noticed that she had bolted off to the kitchen that i noticed that she had in that minute done a poop on the couch. There were about 5 small pieces and one on the floor on the way to the kitchen.....
About 5 minutes later everything went back to normal and she was quite relaxed and zooey returned to her spot on the couch where she is now napping.
I think i can rule Bobbie out of the equation because she was sitting uder the table at the time and seemed to be not involved in the drama.
I am so so so perplexed. She has not done anything for ages.... and i just can't seem to figure out what is causing the problem....
We've made so many trips to the vet and they can't find anything wrong with her at alll.... nothing in the blood work and nothing in the examinations.....
The two vets that she has been to see seem to be convinced that it is behavioral...
I am actually thinking of trying a third vet....
Mythie was fine since the last post i made a few weeks ago. We took her to the vet for another check up and he seems to think that it is behavioural.....
JUST a few minutes ago, we were sitting on the couch watching tv and Mythie started running across the living room.... she seemed a little panicked.
We think it was either her panicking for a reason that we can't seem to figure out, OR because Zooey was chasing her... (It could also be that Zooey was chaising her because she thought Mythie was playing.)
Anyway, so they did that for a while. I sensed that something was up so i closed the bedroom door as i didn't want her to go on the bed.... Then she went to the bedroom door and then came and sat behind us on the couch.
She sat there for a while and she seemed a little calmer and i was scratching her chin a bit.... THEN she got down onto the couch with us and sat next to my boyfriend... and then she bolted off to the kitchen.
She was ON the couch for all of a minute. It was only when i noticed that she had bolted off to the kitchen that i noticed that she had in that minute done a poop on the couch. There were about 5 small pieces and one on the floor on the way to the kitchen.....
About 5 minutes later everything went back to normal and she was quite relaxed and zooey returned to her spot on the couch where she is now napping.
I think i can rule Bobbie out of the equation because she was sitting uder the table at the time and seemed to be not involved in the drama.
I am so so so perplexed. She has not done anything for ages.... and i just can't seem to figure out what is causing the problem....
We've made so many trips to the vet and they can't find anything wrong with her at alll.... nothing in the blood work and nothing in the examinations.....
The two vets that she has been to see seem to be convinced that it is behavioral...
I am actually thinking of trying a third vet....
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She has just started to run again. Zooey is asleep so i guess that means that she is not really invlved.
She's very agitated. She's twitching the bottom of her back and grooming her tail and flicking her tail very abruptly.
I think it could be that hyperesthesia thing you mentioned. I just on't unerstand why no one else even mentioned it to us.!!
She's very agitated. She's twitching the bottom of her back and grooming her tail and flicking her tail very abruptly.
I think it could be that hyperesthesia thing you mentioned. I just on't unerstand why no one else even mentioned it to us.!!
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Was her stool soft, hard or formed normally? Does she have anything stuck to her fur? Have you noticed her straining in the litterbox?
Is she biting at, or licking at her backside or tail?
Is she biting at, or licking at her backside or tail?
..........Traci
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It looked normal to me.... well formed. not soft. not sure what hard looks like and there was nothing stuck to her fur however as she was running a piece looked like it was lodged in and then in fell off as she was running.....
we're taking her to the vet on monday or tuesday..... i am so worried it could be hyperesthesia....
we're taking her to the vet on monday or tuesday..... i am so worried it could be hyperesthesia....
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Hyperesthesia is not always necessarily a bad thing, as long as there is no direct serious underlying health issue causing it (i.e., spinal or bone problems, viral disease, tumors, or something causing pain etc)....sometimes it is caused by external parasites (fleas, mites, dust or house mites), sometimes it is an allergic reaction to something. Unfortunately, a large number of cases cannot easily be identified (the underlying cause). That's where rule-outs come in, bloodwork to determine organ function, check for parasites or other skin disease, rule out viral disease or other obvious health conditions.
Due to her previous injuries, I still think you need to talk to the vet(s) about that, try to rule out nerve problems, pelvic problems, scar tissue, even the spine etc, although I don't recall her spine being involved, just the major deep wounds. An xray might be in order to detect bone problems or arthritis etc.
Due to her previous injuries, I still think you need to talk to the vet(s) about that, try to rule out nerve problems, pelvic problems, scar tissue, even the spine etc, although I don't recall her spine being involved, just the major deep wounds. An xray might be in order to detect bone problems or arthritis etc.
..........Traci
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SO far, the things that seemed to work on her the best were the allergy shots, and the flea medicine...
But Yes. You're right about the x-ray. I think i want the vet to do that if only so that i am absolutely sure that it is not an internal growth or something like that.
Meanwhile i've been doing some reading about hyperesthesia and some of the sites recommend more stimulating stuff in the environment.... so i am thinking off some bird feeders for outside the windows so that they can bird watch behind glass.... and maybe some turtles... i was wanting to get a pair of gerbils but i can't seem to find a nice big roomy enclosure that also looks good.....
But Yes. You're right about the x-ray. I think i want the vet to do that if only so that i am absolutely sure that it is not an internal growth or something like that.
Meanwhile i've been doing some reading about hyperesthesia and some of the sites recommend more stimulating stuff in the environment.... so i am thinking off some bird feeders for outside the windows so that they can bird watch behind glass.... and maybe some turtles... i was wanting to get a pair of gerbils but i can't seem to find a nice big roomy enclosure that also looks good.....
Hi Traci... Mythie is at the vet. She has been there for 3 days under observation to see if they can see any thing odd in terms of her stool and her behaviour. We've been to visit her every evening and each tie the vet says that they can't see anything odd... no excessive licking and no abnormal pooping behaviour............................. they also did an xray and didnt find anything in the xray either...
they are doing another blood panel today for kidney and liver function....
and we are bringing her home tomorrow.....
if they don't find anything in the blood work... and the pooping continues.... at what point is it safe to say that this was all behavioural???? and what should we do about it?
they are doing another blood panel today for kidney and liver function....
and we are bringing her home tomorrow.....
if they don't find anything in the blood work... and the pooping continues.... at what point is it safe to say that this was all behavioural???? and what should we do about it?