Kitties are expensive creatures

[missdiane]

 Have good news that Junie has healthy looking guts. The blood work is still pending but the doc thinks it’s what I’ve been dealing with all along of irritable bowel issues. So have to play around with the diet again. Will start with mixing in more of the freeze dried rabbit and he said that grain free doesn’t make as much difference as the protein so I may explore foods with rice

Bad news is that it’s still guesswork. If she continues to have constant diarrhea, I may have to start her on low dose steroids to try to calm things down. Though that seems better than the anti diarrhea pill that can cause nausea that was given as an option in the past that I refused. 

She was such a good girl that they didn’t need to dope her up and the little heifer gained weight again! So time to do research and I’m now about $650 poorer. Yikes

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[threecee]

Healthy looking guts are good.

When our dog got diarrhea, we would give him steamed rice with a little bit of cooked hamburger mixed in. Seemed to work. Junie might like like a little tuna water on her rice.

I am supposed to eat steamed brown rice when my IBS flares up. I find mixing in some steamed carrot makes it possible to eat.

There is a thing called "Care Credit" that can let you charge vet bills and pay them off over time with no interest. You can use it for dental, glasses, chiropractor, stuff medical insurance doesn't cover. If you are late for one payment the deal is off and all the interest that was accruing in the background is added to the debt. They also want to make it a regular charge card for general use in addition to the special purchases. I have been using it for a couple years with no problem. Not an ad, just something you might want to look into if JuneBug is going to keep needing fancy tests.

It is a good sign that she isn't losing weight. She must be retaining her food long enough to get some nutrients out of it.

[missdiane]

That girl would probably eat a pile of cardboard if I put tuna water on it lol

I eat simply if my tummy is acting up too. I do like rice, fortunately.

My vet doesn't take Care Credit - I checked (the emergency vet did since I saw the ad there and went online to check it out). I have a second visa card that has nothing charged on it if my regular card I use for most everything gets too high.

I'm going to see about getting some sample cans of novel protein foods to try if it's not too stormy this weekend. This brand seems to be highly recommended on some forums
https://www.iandloveandyou.com/shop/cat/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw77TbBRDtARIsAC4l83leEpJ6a0pc6be12mfMju12TPrSLbxdrVmG2o8x22hRbI7INGKZq4EaAmh-EALw_wcB

[grey853.livejournal.com]

Vet bills are really horrible, but you do what you have to do. My dog Suki has seizures and is currently getting both phenobarbital and Keppra several times a day to control them. It's been terribly expensive to get them under control. The tests are outrageously expensive. I sure hope they can find something that works for your little Junie.

As to the grainfree thing, I know that my older vet said that it wouldn't make a difference. However, I know Suki used to vomit several times a day and now she doesn't. The food is expensive, too, but for me it works.

[amethyst-witch.livejournal.com]

Shit. I know how that goes... My poor Ninja was sick for a year at the end...it nearly bankrupted me.

Best of luck my friend <3