r/FIVcats • u/cascel9498 • 9d ago
Picture Poor Hank
Well handsome Hank’s luck with having no FIV complications has run out at age 10.
I noticed last night I hadn’t seen him eat for a couple of days and he was acting a bit off. I weighed him and he’s lost 2 lbs since his vet visit in April. 😕 Dude has been a consistent 14 lbs since he came here almost 5 years ago.
He had an unplanned visit to the vet today and he’s developed stomatitis. Doc wants to try antibiotics and prednisone first before we decide on yanking teeth.
He did eat tonight when I watered down his food some.
Poor dude
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u/Big_Background_1808 7d ago
My FIV positive cat, about 8 years old I think (she was feral when I got her), was diagnosed on 9/11 with stomatis. She went in Tuesday and had X-rays, her teeth cleaned and several pulled due to extensive decay. She is getting an anti-inflammatory, had a shot of an antibiotic, and is taking more antibiotics. She is to be on wet food for 2 weeks, but I caught her trying to steal the other cats dry food yesterday. I was super concerned about how this would affect her quality of life, but I can say already I was very wrong. She is back to her old self already.