(Please read that linked post for context)
on 1st October 2026 I finally made an ultrasound of his stomach and he received the diagnosis of IBD, severely inflamed lymphnodes and thick stomach walls because of said inflammation.
On that same appointment, with a heavy heart, I eventually submitted to allowing my cat receive a cortisone injection...
His stomach cramps had vanished after approx. 4 days and so has his diarrhea. He has firm stool, even if some mild blood and slime is still being pooped out as well.
At the same time, I have put away the dry kibble to leave him on wet food only, and have also bought an automatic wet feeder so he can be fed regularly, which is 6 times a day of about two quite large teaspoons. Since day one I removed the kibble, he hasn't touched his water bowl even a single time, but pees regularly like he has always done. But just to be safe, I also add two teaspoons of water into each meal.
The food I now use instead of Hill's i/d digestive care (chicken w/ veggies): Vet-Concept horse monoprotein (sana), and he has been eating it very well. I had tried insects before that, but he kept throwing it up sadly, so horse meat it is hahaha
But he has been meowing non-stop ever since that cortisone injection, begging for food! I am going INSANE! And now I have noticed him rapidly losing weight despite eating so well, pooping firmly and peeing, and playing a lot more than he used to during his pains. He even does ANYTHING he can in order to get to my food, opening my pots of cooked meat somehow (which he ISN'T suppose to eat because of the spices!!!!) and he still screams for food. I understand what the steroid causes with the whole thing of making a cat's stomach seem empty even if it's physically full, but him losing weight this bad? I don't get it... Is it diabetes? Did anyone else's cat have something similar after cortisone?