Pet owners repeat vet visits without resolution for ongoing symptoms

“Hi everyone I’m hoping someone here has experienced something similar with their cat, because I’m honestly running out of ideas and just want to do what’s best for my boy Francis. ❤️ Francis is a 10-year-old Maine Coon who has been struggling with gastrointestinal issues since June 2026. Here’s a summary of his medical history (he is being seen by his regular vet regularly since summer): He rapidly lost almost 2 kg (from 9.5 to 7.6 kg), started frequently vomiting clear liquid and lost his appet”

“Posting this for my parents. Charlie is 16, neutered male and is in aparent perfect health according to my parents Vet. They have tried everything and then some and are at their wits end trying to deal with him. He will happily use the litter box under the stairs to pee in and sometimes poop but we often just poop on the floor. Carpet or linoleum and I think on a blanket. They have tried: Multiple litter boxes Multiple litter types Both floors of the house Different depths of litter Different bo”

“My older frenchie (7 years old) is having some really bad digestive issues but we cannot figure out what is wrong. We take him on walks and when he poops he can only push out a small piece of poop. As I continue to walk him he stops literally every minute to try and poop and again sometimes he can get a small pellet out. This is the second time this has happened, this first started about three months ago and when we took him to the vet they had to manually remove all the poop he had stuck in his”

“My frenchie who is 1 years old is on antibiotics for possible aspiration pneumonia and anal gland infection. Long story short she was vomiting and we found out she was impacted. She was constipated, scooting A LOT and having a hard time going. She finished all of her medications for nausea and motility. She was on lactose, cerenia, zofran, Reglan, and sucralfate which she just completed. She’s is pooping just fine now, no constipation. She is still on her abx for 21 days in which she has 7 days”

“🚨NEED ADVICE/OPTIONS FOR MY FRENCHIE🚨 My wife and I got our French Bulldog (not neutered) when he was 8 months old. He has always been a little stubborn, anxious, and energetic, but never aggressive. When we had our first child, we decided to get him basic obedience training. It took him awhile to get used to having our baby around, never showed aggressions toward her, but you could tell his anxiety was higher for the first couple of months. He finally accepted her into the pack and they have”

“Okay so I just need some advice because cats are so hard to read. I have two, and for the past two weeks they’ve been off and on with whether or not they eat their dinner. I took one to the vet just out of curiosity and his bloodwork and urine were normal except he’s a little anemic from not eating. They’ve both been behaving fine, until today. Today the one I didn’t take to the vet (who’s usually healthier overall), threw up his breakfast and then threw up a few more small spots of clear, bubbl”

“Like the title says, my sweet 2.5yo boy has been really up and down with his appetite for about a week. Info: - approx. 2.5yo, neutered - domestic shorthair - history of worms, but no recent signs - located in southeastern US Normal feeding routine: - FF pate in beef, chicken, or turkey: half a can mixed with some Purina One sensitive skin and stomach dry food 3x per day I’ve tried every food I have in the house - Tiki Cat, Fancy Feast pate, FF gravy lovers, Purina sensitive tuna, Purina sensiti”

“Took my Frenchie to an emergency vet at 09/17 night to now because we observed a lack of energy and abnormal behavior from our Frenchie. Took him in, was diagnosed as sepsis but still did not find the actually cause of it now. Our Frenchie have been in the hospital till now with supportive case and there were 4 different doctors that spoke to me since there are day and night doctors in which two of them are telling me he is declining and the quality of life should be discussed in which two other”

“Question about my baby boy Buster Beans! Beans is a special guy who has FIV+, severe food allergies (royal canin anallergenic food only) and asthma! I love him SO much but boy does he have STINKY breath - I’m aware that FIV+ cats need their teeth taken care of but as he has severe food allergies I’m afraid any of the cat toothpastes will give him a reaction due to his food allergies, does anyone know of any cat toothpastes that he would be able to have? Or any tips on keeping his teefs as clean”

“He’s about 5-6 months and he’s getting picky, it’s getting to where he was eating my cats food only when I wasn’t looking, now he just won’t touch his food so I tried him on smaller bags of different foods mixed with his old and even toppers and wet food. I have my cats eat in a whole other room now and he won’t touch his food now, he isn’t fed table food either, suggestions? submitted by /u/uwuwebber [link] [comments]”

“I have a 7 year old golden. Last winter, she started having evenings of heavy panting, she'd burp and go to sleep. She's always been "burpy" so I didn't think too much of it other than when the heavy panting went on for a bit. Late spring, I noticed bad breath and more panting. She had her teeth cleaned and the vet put her on x2 a day omeprazole. She maybe got a bit better, but then back to a lot of panting, sometimes eating grass in the morning/nausea. Never vomiting. She&”

“13 yo English Bulldog that has CHF. Once she was diagnosed with CHF, she was unable to hold her pee for more than ~4 hours which makes sense due to diuretics as well as age. We realized that every time she had an accident whether we were out or overnight it was in the same spot, so we just decided to add pee pads there to make clean up easier. Occasionally (especially mostly overnight) she will also poop on the mats. The last 3/4 times she’s pooped either overnight or when we were gone for more”

“My dog is a 6-year-old female pit bull terrier mix. We are so worried about her. She hasn't eaten for pretty much the past 4 days and has lost about 4 lbs. (48 lbs the last time we weighed her to 44 lbs) She has previously been diagnosed with kidney disease and was put on renal support food, before we switched to a vegetarian plant-based kibble because of a suspected allergy to the renal support kibble. She also has arthritis and has been taking gabapentin. On Monday, August 17, she began re”

“I do have an appointment for my dog tomorrow (Thursday) morning, but welcome the advice of any vets that might be able to provide insight (so I know what questions to ask at the appointment) or pet owners that have experienced anything similar. Background: My dog is a small poodle mix, approx. 12-15 years old. Exact age is unknown, as we adopted him as a senior as a part of a bonded pair. Owner who surrendered him said he was 12 at the time, but vet said he could be as young as 9 (and he did act”

“Hello guys, I have a five year-old Frenchie. She is a female Merle the last two weeks she’s been having insane, watery, mucousy, bright, yellow diarrhea. I always catch her eating the leaves outside of my house and a lot of leaves from my garden out there I have blueberry plant tomato, plant pepper plants and grape leaf plants and limes. I catch her eating the lime plants usually. I obviously try to watch her and not let her eat these, but I can’t sit outside with them for hours while they play”

“Hi everyone, It was recently recommended to me by our groomer that my two year old Persian Lucy get on some wet food to help with hydration. She has a sensitive stomach and currently eats the Royal Canin digestive care feline dry kibbles and loves it. I tried giving her the wet food from the same line, and she wouldn’t touch it. I tried another Nutrience sensitive stomach wet food variety and same thing. I’m wondering if anyone has had the same problem with their cat and could recommend some foo”

“My 6-year-old, ~52 lb spayed female mixed-breed dog has been sick since August 11 with sudden severe nausea, vomiting bile/grass, obsessive grass eating, drooling/lip licking, restlessness, lethargy and poor appetite. She has been evaluated at the ER multiple times and had bloodwork and a full abdominal ultrasound. Her bloodwork was largely normal, including CBC, kidney/liver values, electrolytes, glucose and pancreatic lipase. The radiologist found: Type I gallbladder mucocele with mild-moderat”

“Location: CA Hi all, I have a 6y 7m frenchie; ~21 lbs, spayed. She has IVDD and had surgery almost 3 years ago and she’s doing really well with that. She’s paralyzed but has not reinjured and is otherwise healthy (no meds or other issues. She had IDEXX blood work done and the vet said her results are “beautiful.”) Anyways, I brought her water in a small mug on my bedside table a few months ago. She loved it, and as frenchies do, she now waits for her special bedtime water each night. I’ve switch”

“Our French Bulldog keeps licking his paws quite obsessively. He has food allergies, so we switched him to hypoallergenic food a while back. That has made a huge difference to his stool compared to a few years ago. However, the paw licking hasn’t stopped. It’s not to the point of bleeding, but it happens very frequently. Has anyone here dealt with this before? What can we do to help him? We’re not sure whether it’s actually itching (allergy-related) or more of a behavioral habit at this point. Ho”

“My Bebe still not eating regular food, only some treats. I was weaning her off Prednisolone, but the vet put her back on the full dosis. She's not acting the same prior to the full dosage of Prednisolone. Is your kitty acting the same? submitted by /u/apk772 [link] [comments]”

“One of my four month old kittens has been acting strange today, he usually plays a lot and is always eager to eat his meals throughout the day. However, today he didn’t want to eat his two meals at all and just spent the entire morning and day sleeping. He isn’t interested in playing at all and won’t eat his food or treats. He also sometimes refuses to use his litter box and only uses it once in a while now. My siblings and I are worried because he normally isn’t like this and we have no idea wh”

“our 3 year old frenchie (neutered male) has been diagnosed with MMM and I’m afraid we caught it on late. he has IVDD and had back surgery back in March and now this. we thought he had another compressed disc as he started acting sick mid June with jaw pain and we assumed his compressed disc was in his neck. he just got diagnosed last week with MMM and put on high dose (20mg a day) of prednisone for 6 weeks to hopefully save his life. his head muscle wasting is absolutely heartbreaking and weight”

“I have two boy cats who are brothers, both 4 years old this month, in the uk. Both on prednisolone I took them both to the vets on Monday last week due to a skin issue and was prescribed steroids for them. This week starting from Sunday night I noticed one of my boys - Corey wasn’t eating at all and was laying in the same spot for hours on end very unlike him, took him to the vet next day and they gave him anti nausea and told me to try continue the steroids and feed plain. Follow on to today Co”

“We have a 10 year old female frenchie and when we got her (long story) but essentially just before she came to us a year ago she had been sent back to the breeders and bred one last time - apparently with a breed not good for her - and in the past six months she has lost all the weight and more that she gained when we got her. No matter what we feed her, if it’s soft, small or one biscuit at a time she throws it back up. She has lost so much weight that she can’t walk more than a few steps, she”

“Hi everyone, this is lengthy so please bear with me! My baby has been checked out at the vet and the vet took a good, thorough look at him, checked his back and all and says the symptoms he exhibited yesterday seem to be due to either stomach upset or a very, very mild back flare or back discomfort, and that we won‘t know for sure what it is, so just wondering what anyone else’s experiences were. Yesterday I caught my boy licking his lips and smacking them, usually a sign of stomach upset with h”

“This morning, my cat did not want to eat her food at all, which is slightly unusual, but sometimes she likes to come back to it so I didn’t think too much of it. A few hours later, I noticed she was sleeping in a different spot from normal, but then I realized her eyes were open and she didn’t do her usual sound when I approached her. After I brought her to her food and water bowl, she turned away and flopped over. With some initial concern, I thought I’d give her a minute. I went to sit in my l”

“I have a French bulldog who is 7 years old (8 in October). Some background- she’s always been a little “off” and we always said “she’s just being winnie”. She was the runt of the litter. She’s always stood kinda weird. Had seizures at 1yo but hasn’t had any since that we know of. Had a fainting episode 2 years ago that doctors just ruled as just a weird thing that happened. On May 29th, we noticed she was in pain and hesitant to walk. Immediately got her into the vet and did an xray. Her spine i”

“hi my recent rescued 6 m/o cat had a spay-abort on Monday (5 days ago) she has been pooping/weeing and i think drinking and also sometimes having some cat milk, also having those little stick treats but even that's a bit hit and miss if she will take it. at first i thought it was like her mouth was sore or her teeth- possibly from the tube down her throat-, she would take food but then spit it out. i took her back the vets for a check up they requested on Tuesday (as her temp was an issue on”

“We recently adopted two bonded (neutered) 7 yr old male cats and during a vet check up were notified one (~8.5 lb) has stomatitis. Our vet mentioned throwing up is pretty common, but I don't know if I'm overreacting by how often it is. I've been noticing 1-3 times a week, about 2-3 hours after eating pate breakfast, our cat with stomatitis will throw up. He will cough (kind of sounding like a hairball cough) and sometimes actually throws up. Because it happens so far after eating, I&”

“I have a 7yo French bulldog, neutered male, 23lbs who recently within the last month started producing clear jelly-like eye boogers that would sit on top of his eyeball. Very long and fibrous almost. I didn’t think much of it until he was slightly squinting with his right eye about 2 weeks ago. The vet gave a drop of NeoPolyDex and didn’t give clear instructions on how long to keep doing it. She said some dogs need it once, some need it for a week, and I can use it as needed. I didn’t continue u”

“My 14 year old is refusing all food for the past 2 or 3 days. She ate a little bit yesterday morning (we have cameras on the bowls) but that's it. She seems to be drinking plenty of water. I have bought basically everything at the store from treats, meat fillets, meow mix, friskies, FortiFlora, churus, cat milk, cat liquid meal. She ate one treat. She has breast cancer, and I know it might be nearing the end, but her tumors have no grown much. And she is active, and moves around fine. Howeve”

“He is skinny and always hungry (typical puppy) but he eats anything left out, including yarn. He has not yet been neutered (boy dog). We are in northwest Florida. Our other 3 dogs are not affected by this as they range from 2 to 4 years of age. submitted by /u/Fastfalkie [link] [comments]”

“Hello vets. I have a 4 year old 30 pd French bulldog. He has ibs and a sensitive stomach. He does get flares where he won’t eat until late in the evening or his stomach makes horrible loud noises but it only ever lasts a day. The last 3 days I have had to add blueberries or warm rice to get him to eat his food. Once he eats he has zoomies and is playful but then he wakes up and doesn’t want to eat and just lays down basically all day. His stool is fine and there’s no vomiting. I have a vet appoi”

“My 13-year-old Husky was recently diagnosed with metastatic nodules throughout his lungs. The veterinarian’s estimate is that he probably has about 4–5 months left. We decided not to pursue chemotherapy because of his age, and because the oncologist felt it would likely only extend his life by about a month, with questionable quality of life. Instead, we’re focusing on palliative care and making whatever time he has left as comfortable and happy as possible. Maybe it’s because I’m paying closer”

“My 60 lb 8 month old lab JUST went to the emergency vet last week after swallowing a golf-ball sized stone. Emergency vet told me in a pinch I could use peroxide to induce vomiting but it could cause irritation. Well, my husband is at work and has our car and my dog ate half my baby’s silicon spoon today. In a panic I gave her \~40 ml peroxide and it worked in maybe 5-10 minutes. Called the emergency vet frantically after and they basically said to give her a bland diet and monitor her the next”

“My 8 month old dog, has gone to our town vet 4 times now, giving him generic drops everytime charging us 80$. The 4th time today, they were about to give him the same generic drops before i said I’m not paying for another round of drops when they aren’t working. So they charged me another 100$ to send it off to another lab. Is this how this is supposed to go? Feel like I’m being taken advantage of, told them after this I’m done bringing my dog here. submitted by /u/Main-Custard-6451”

“Should I be worried if my golden retriever chewed up an airpod? The battery as well as all the main pieces appear accounted for. It didn't look as if she swallowed anything major. It's been around 5-6 hours since as she seems completely normal and as energetic as she usually is. Should I take her to the vet despite her not having any major concerning signs? submitted by /u/JesusisKing9050 [link] [comments]”

“Based on certain words in your post, it appears you may be asking about how to determine if it is time to consider euthanasia for your animal. For slowly changing conditions, a Quality of Life Scale such as the HHHHHMM scale or Lap of Love's Quality of Life scale provide objective measurements that can be used to help determine if the animals quality of life has degraded to the point that euthanasia, "a good death", should be considered. When diagnosed, some conditions present a ri”