Dylan has been to the vet

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by angieh

Fingers crossed here too RCR. , Which flea treatment was it that caused Dylan's reaction? Do you know if your vet will report the reaction to the manufacturers?

Johnsons flea tablets (for cats) I don't know if the vet will be reporting it from the sounds of it the vet's had more than one cat showing a reaction to it

[incy]

Originally Posted by rescuecatsrule

Johnsons flea tablets (for cats) I don't know if the vet will be reporting it from the sounds of it the vet's had more than one cat showing a reaction to it

This just highlights the fact that people should NEVER use flea treatments on supermarket shelves. Always use a vet approved treatment which can sometimes be available elsewhere.
If frontline is put in the correct place and cat watched over for a couple of hours and prevented from licking. A cat should not be able to lick it off!
Good luck with Dylan, sending healing vibes x

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by incy

This just highlights the fact that people should NEVER use flea treatments on supermarket shelves. Always use a vet approved treatment which can sometimes be available elsewhere.
If frontline is put in the correct place and cat watched over for a couple of hours and prevented from licking. A cat should not be able to lick it off!
Good luck with Dylan, sending healing vibes x

Dylan will now be on advantage to see how he goes (he's had a tummy upset as well that's why he went to the vets the second time)

[angieh]

Sorry, RCR - I had thought the two things were related - the reaction to the flea stuff had caused Dylan's tummy troubles.

He should hopefully be OK with Advantage. I have used it for Pip (on vet's advice) and he's been fine. He only weighed 1.55 kg at the last vet check, so is still quite small.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by angieh

Sorry, RCR - I had thought the two things were related - the reaction to the flea stuff had caused Dylan's tummy troubles.

He should hopefully be OK with Advantage. I have used it for Pip (on vet's advice) and he's been fine. He only weighed 1.55 kg at the last vet check, so is still quite small.

W don't know yet whether they are related or not angieh, waiting for the pancreas results. They should tell us.

[Phoenix]

My understanding now is that the tablets caused Dylan to be sick, don't know whether it was the antacid tablets that caused Dylan to go off his food. The vet said it was strange Dylan going off his food like that after I started him on the antacid tablets.

The vet will have the pancreas results either tonight or tomorrow night.

[Phoenix]

The update is that there's nothing wrong with Dylan's pancreas either

The vet said if Dylan becomes ill again like he was then they want to do an X ray. (not sure what they want to see on the x ray - not his bones because his bones won't have been making him ill like that )

Can any vets or vet nurses on here answer that one?

[angieh]

Could your vet perhaps be thinking that Dylan has an obstruction somewhere? Glad the pancreas test was OK.

How is Dylan now RCR? Has he got back to eating well again?

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by angieh

Could your vet perhaps be thinking that Dylan has an obstruction somewhere? Glad the pancreas test was OK.

How is Dylan now RCR? Has he got back to eating well again?

I think the vet thought Dylan might have something going on that shouldn't be going on, not necessarily a blockage.

He's been wolfing some of his dry food and has been really begging for more (hence the nickname curly tail)

At the moment he's sleeping on the rocking chair after wolfing said food

I'll be uploading some pictures in a couple of minutes

[pcspik]

Originally Posted by incy

This just highlights the fact that people should NEVER use flea treatments on supermarket shelves. Always use a vet approved treatment which can sometimes be available elsewhere.

I agree. I tried once a worming product from Johnson's. Consequently my Tigger had a bloody messy faeces. She never had it before or since. Never again did she have a supermarket brand wormer (or deflea solution).

On a similar note once in our branch we had a cat with a horrible neck injury. Despite various antibiotics and tests, it would never heal, and in the end it got put to sleep. The vet said that it was caused by one of those flea collars. They should be banned imo.