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Hello. Hoping someone out there may be able to shed light on Loki's illness that is now going on 2 months with no clear diagnosis by mutiple vets:
He's been sick since Christmas time. It started with some limping and eye cloudiness but within a few weeks of noticing individual symptoms, he became incredibly lethargic + zero appetite, heavy panting sessions, uveitis in eye, and significantly increased thirst and urination.
Standard CBC, liver, kidney & lepto checks, fungal and lyme tests, x-rays, and ultrasound were unremarkable and not pointing to any specific diagnosis. A month of antibiotics(doxycycline and enrofloxacin) + 40mg daily prednisone have not improved matters beyond getting his appetite back. He's also on 3 eye drops (atropine, dorzolamide and prednisolone). But his vision has probably degraded to 25% or less.
With no clear diagnosis, the vets are hypothesizing an auto-immune issue that we haven't figured out. They are also suggesting adding cyclosporine to the prednisone Immuno-suppressant. I'm also consulting with a holistic vet. He's only 8 years old so I'm hoping we can resolve this to a reasonable quality of life. Appreciate any ideas or shared experiences appreciated.
He's been sick since Christmas time. It started with some limping and eye cloudiness but within a few weeks of noticing individual symptoms, he became incredibly lethargic + zero appetite, heavy panting sessions, uveitis in eye, and significantly increased thirst and urination.
Standard CBC, liver, kidney & lepto checks, fungal and lyme tests, x-rays, and ultrasound were unremarkable and not pointing to any specific diagnosis. A month of antibiotics(doxycycline and enrofloxacin) + 40mg daily prednisone have not improved matters beyond getting his appetite back. He's also on 3 eye drops (atropine, dorzolamide and prednisolone). But his vision has probably degraded to 25% or less.
With no clear diagnosis, the vets are hypothesizing an auto-immune issue that we haven't figured out. They are also suggesting adding cyclosporine to the prednisone Immuno-suppressant. I'm also consulting with a holistic vet. He's only 8 years old so I'm hoping we can resolve this to a reasonable quality of life. Appreciate any ideas or shared experiences appreciated.