Loula
Mama Doe
Hello! It’s been a long time since I last posted but hoping to get some advice.
Larry stopped eating & pooping early this morning (approx 3am). We had a vet appointment this morning at a new vet practise and the medication he’s been given is different to what he’s previously had when in stasis. He’s back home with us after getting sub cut fluids, a loxicam injection and an emeprid injection. If I’m reading it right on the invoice it says that the quantity of loxicam he had injected was 17.2mls of 5mg/ml which seems way too high.
Previously after medication he’s usually perked up and started eating quite quickly (albeit a reduced amount to normal, but still eating) but he hasn’t today, and is just sporadically nibbling at hay. There’s been a few small poops. He’s still very quiet and is just sitting in his litter tray.
The drugs we’ve been sent home with are Cisapride 5mg/ml 0.4ml twice a day, and loxicom 1.5mg/ml 3ml twice a day. We’ve never given him Cisapride before, we’ve always previously been given emeprid. Is it the same? Because the dose compared to previous emeprid doses is massively different. Also, the loxicom seems like a high dose to me. Larry is 4.5kg.
Any advice re the medication would be greatly received. We moved vets because we didn’t think our last ones were very knowledgeable but now I’m panicking we’ve made a mistake!
Larry stopped eating & pooping early this morning (approx 3am). We had a vet appointment this morning at a new vet practise and the medication he’s been given is different to what he’s previously had when in stasis. He’s back home with us after getting sub cut fluids, a loxicam injection and an emeprid injection. If I’m reading it right on the invoice it says that the quantity of loxicam he had injected was 17.2mls of 5mg/ml which seems way too high.
Previously after medication he’s usually perked up and started eating quite quickly (albeit a reduced amount to normal, but still eating) but he hasn’t today, and is just sporadically nibbling at hay. There’s been a few small poops. He’s still very quiet and is just sitting in his litter tray.
The drugs we’ve been sent home with are Cisapride 5mg/ml 0.4ml twice a day, and loxicom 1.5mg/ml 3ml twice a day. We’ve never given him Cisapride before, we’ve always previously been given emeprid. Is it the same? Because the dose compared to previous emeprid doses is massively different. Also, the loxicom seems like a high dose to me. Larry is 4.5kg.
Any advice re the medication would be greatly received. We moved vets because we didn’t think our last ones were very knowledgeable but now I’m panicking we’ve made a mistake!