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11-25-2016, 11:16 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Stopped eating dry food after rabies vaccine Sophie just had her rabies vaccine last week (mandatory in my city due to rabies outbreak in wild life) and her annual examination. The day after she started refusing kibble and still is. The vaccine was on Wednesday of last week so we are almost 10 days since the shot. Her appetite is fine and she is happy to eat canned food, treats and has even been willing to play and chew on things. She will eat a few pieces of kibble and then back away from it. Called the vet yesterday as last year she had a similar response to a different vaccine but it was immediate and she didn't want to eat anything. We have an appointment tomorrow at 12:30 but she recommended that we try a balnd diet of turkey and rice until the appointment just in case she has stomach upset. She loves it and inhales the entire portion and barks for more. So it's not like her usual issue with food. She wants everything but dry food. We have even tried changing the brand and flavour just in case but she only wants it the first day and then not again. Is it even possible to still have a gastro reaction this far from the vaccine? I am going to have them check her mouth while we are there because I think avoiding hard food but still having an appetite, drinking and urinating/bowel movement could point to a loose tooth, sore gums or something else bothering her in her mouth. She just had a dental July 2015 and our vet said she wanted to do one again next year because her teeth looked fine when she looked at them a month ago, but maybe she has a sore, injury or something? Although, she is eating her cookies fine. Does anyone have any other suggestions as to what could be going on? I know that since she has an appetite I could just drop dry food and give her soft food but since it is not normal for her I really think I need to at least eliminate a health issue before assuming she is just being picky. |
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11-26-2016, 11:26 AM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Update She has a broken tooth and an ulcer under her tongue. Vet put her on some meds to coat the ulcer and gave us quote for dental. If meds don't work, she will have the tooth pulled. Vet said as long as eating soft food, not crying in pain and in good spirits that she is okay to wait for the dental. (Financial reasons) If anything changes and she stops eating or is in extreme pain we will be poking the dental asap but for now the vet said she should be okay to wait. |
11-27-2016, 01:06 AM | #3 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Idaho
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| Oh, poor baby. No wonder she doesn't want the dry food, I'm sure it probably hurts to eat hard dry food. I hope you can get that dental soon. |
11-28-2016, 10:50 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Thanks. We are going with the plan from our vet and will know in roughly two weeks if she needs the dental right away or if it can wait. Usually we would just put whatever she needs on credit card and figure out how to pay it eventually but it's been a rough few months with vet bills, so our vet is trying to give us some time. She spent 3 days at an emergency vet in August and that bill was very high and then starting in September we racked up even more debt with a sick cat that we ended up having to have put to sleep after 6 weeks of failed treatments. Just don't want it to seem like we are trying to let her suffer. Our vet is okay with waiting unless she stops eating all together but to clarify, she will be getting the dental of the ulcer doesn't heal or she still is trouble in a couple of weeks. We think she broke her teeth and bit her tongue when one of our cats tried playing with her and bit where her rabies shot was giving. Sophie flipped out and he next day was anti-kibble. The vet is hoping the ulcer is an injury from biting the tongue as opposed to rubbing against the broken tooth. Just wanted to make sure it didn't seem like we weren't going to do it if she doesn't improve! Right now she is just eating her usual kibble soaked in water and for now she seems happy (aside for her hatred for the meds lol) |
11-28-2016, 11:21 PM | #5 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Idaho
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| Awww, poor baby. Well, I hope it all works out for you both. |
11-28-2016, 11:49 PM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 342
| I just saw how many typos my last post had. My apologies! That's what I get for writing it at 2am on my phone instead of computer! |
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