On 15th January, vet found that Betty has Neck Lesions. She kindly scheduled Betty for tooth extraction in late afternoon. Because Betty's condition was worse than expected, the procedure of extraction of 5 teeth lasted for 1.5 hours. In the end, we decided to let her remain in hospital overnight.
Maybe because its the first experience in her lifetime to be away from home, she urinated, but refused to eat. So we picked her up the next morning.
Upon returning home, her appetite improved satisfactorily. Eating 40% of her normal amount that lunch time, and increasing to 75% in the evening. Back to 100% of normal the next day.
We gave her soaked dry food on the fifth day and she enjoyed it. By the eighth day, she wanted normal dry food. The amount she ate doubled that of what she ate before the dental treatment and didn't require any toppings to make her eat.
Hope she can regain her weight soon, as over the past 6 months or so, she lost around 0.5kg and vet is starting to get worried.
佢係因為牙痛至食得少嗎﹖
ReplyDeleteNot too sure, but could be likely, as she changed her diet from Hills ID to Hills Biome. Likely the calorific value is lower as well. But for dry food, during Hills ID times, she ate around 25-30 pieces a day, with Biome, she ate 10-15 pieces a day.
DeleteAfter the operation, she ate around 20-30 pieces a day, but the weight havent went up yet.
Vet is worried she might have early renal problem, though her CREA and BUN readings are still normal. Will check her blood and urine again on next revisit in early March.
你試下畀冬蟲草開水唧落嘴畀佢食
ReplyDelete可以增加胃口
Because she has IBD and lately one layer is getting thicker again. So stopped all Chinese medicine for the time being.
DeleteFor wet food, we can ensure she eats largely the normal amount as she needs to be hand fed. Its dry food which we treat as snack, that could vary. But yesterday, after stopping all the pain killer, she refused to eat dry food. So called clinic and get her back the pain killer and I hope to slowly reduce the amount these few days