TNR cat not eating post dental extractions
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 1:51 pm
Hello,
A sweet TNR boy that I have been feeding for a few years recently underwent serious dental surgery -14 teeth extracted. He is FIV+ and has severe stomatitis (which is why he had so many teeth removed). The surgery was a week ago. He stayed overnight in the hospital for a few nights and was given a three day injection of Buprenorphine and 2 week injection of antibiotics (Convenia) before he came home with me and I was also given 3 day course of Onsior. I'm curious if anyone else has had experience with caring for an outdoor cat who is sweet enough to pet but, hard to administer medicine to and hard to trap to get to the vet...(we had to use a drop trap the second time I needed to take him to a vet). He does not seem to be recovering well and I'm hoping it will just take a little longer...He ate REALLY well five days after the surgery but then the next day, tried to eat but cried out in pain. Ate OK yesterday but then not this AM. Would trot away from me whenever I approached him. I read that Onsior can cause a loss of appetite...he did have some in his food (crushed it and then I read don't crush....but vet said OK to crush (!?)....I don't know if I will be able to trap him again and get him to the vet. Breaking my heart...this has been going on for a couple of months now...trying to feed him, get him to the vet, relieve him of pain. Vet is aware and prescribed another round of Onsior but now I'm not sure if that's the best thing for him. Thanks for any insight!
A sweet TNR boy that I have been feeding for a few years recently underwent serious dental surgery -14 teeth extracted. He is FIV+ and has severe stomatitis (which is why he had so many teeth removed). The surgery was a week ago. He stayed overnight in the hospital for a few nights and was given a three day injection of Buprenorphine and 2 week injection of antibiotics (Convenia) before he came home with me and I was also given 3 day course of Onsior. I'm curious if anyone else has had experience with caring for an outdoor cat who is sweet enough to pet but, hard to administer medicine to and hard to trap to get to the vet...(we had to use a drop trap the second time I needed to take him to a vet). He does not seem to be recovering well and I'm hoping it will just take a little longer...He ate REALLY well five days after the surgery but then the next day, tried to eat but cried out in pain. Ate OK yesterday but then not this AM. Would trot away from me whenever I approached him. I read that Onsior can cause a loss of appetite...he did have some in his food (crushed it and then I read don't crush....but vet said OK to crush (!?)....I don't know if I will be able to trap him again and get him to the vet. Breaking my heart...this has been going on for a couple of months now...trying to feed him, get him to the vet, relieve him of pain. Vet is aware and prescribed another round of Onsior but now I'm not sure if that's the best thing for him. Thanks for any insight!