At 02:42 PM 4/24/2007, you wrote:
Yes my vet told me about it because it is not needed daily,,,,,
Kelly
This is the appetite stimulent Fred is currently getting -
Mirtazapine, it is fairly new or at least I've never heard of it, I
think my vet said that though. Don't let them taste it, it must be
bad, Fred hates it and I have a h*ll of a time giving it to him
even though it is tiny, but he foams at the mouth if I don't get it
back far enough so it must be really gross. I even wrapped it in
butter and he still tried to spit it out and foamed, thank god its
only every 3 days. What I love about it though is he only gets it
every 3 days and it works very well, he is slowly gaining back his
weight. He was at 8lbs 4oz on about the 11th of April when we
started it and was 9lbs 9.5oz yesterday when I weighed him, I'm
weighting him daily for the vet and he has gained every single
day. **Just weighed him, he is 9lbs 11.5oz now!!
She wanted me to give him a quarter pill every 3 days but after
reading up on it and seeing the starting dose was 1/8 to 1/4 of
course I started him on the 1/8 every 3 days and that is enough for
him. His appetite is definitely much better. If it continues and he
is fairly good about his heart meds now and if his blood work is OK
he won't need the feeding tube after all. He is eating what I cook,
still in the process of switching the others but Fred thankfully
prefers my cooking to the commercial food.
We have an appointment tomorrow for bloodwork so I'm really excited
to see where we are there.
--
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