Is this Adequan used in dogs too? My guy, almost 14, is very achy with arthritic issues. He has gotten so bad that he is very nippy. If we help him up/down, try to groom him in any way, or even just pet him sometimes...he may nip. He never liked any grooming but now turns into a Tasmanian devil when I do the slightest grooming. And he has dry eye so I have to put drops in every day (Tas comes out even for that). He reacts to Rimidyl (throws up tremendously) so we do gallaprant and gabapentin. Out of the gallaprant so he's just on the gabapentin right now and it isn't really helping. Will get a refill of the gallaprant but maybe Adequan shots might be better. He is nasty when trying to shove a pill in the back of his throat too so I always have to jam it in a tasty treat. But sometimes don't have time or access to cream cheese or a hot dog or whatnot. Would be easier to get a shot once in a while instead.
My dog is also up and bugging us at night. Doesn't howl but scratches at the bed or walks around and seems lost in the house. He throws up at night too sometimes (when DH gives him too much people food). He started like 18 months ago (or so...have to look up older threads on here to find). But he started when we boarded him while away. Came back and he was having diarrhea and getting us up all through the night wanting to go out or just wandering around the house. That evolved into him scratching at the side of our bed (he can't jump up on bed anymore). He hasn't slept through a night in these 18 months. When he does this we will just get up and go to living room to lay on sofa and go back to sleep (he will lay on floor and sleep too so why he does it, we don't know). But we get super tired of it and once in a while will ignore him and fuss with him to get him to lay back down in our bedroom. He complies for like 45 more mins and then scratches again. He will scratch anywhere from 2:30am to 4:30am. Mostly around 3-4am. We recently moved and left behind our 1st floor master. I told DH, who chose this new house that has up stairs master, that I would NOT be traipsing down to the living room at 3-4am to sleep on sofa because of the dog. So we put a water bowl in our master bathroom and when he started right in on scratching at @3am...I'd get up and go pee (have to anyway...old lady bladder) and point him to his water bowl. Then get back in bed telling the dog to lay back down and he 'forgets' what he wanted and lays back down. BUT, then he will scratch again at 5am. So down the steps I stumble in the dark with a dog who can't see, or do steps very well, and nips if I try to 'help' him by carrying him down. Recently, I have managed to eek it out to 6am some days. So that is what we're working on but I think it's just old grandpa dog issues. Can't sleep all night. Can't see and maybe just has dementia. And is cranky as all get out. Some days I am ready to 'take him to the farm'...KWIM. LOL.
So I feel for ya, OP. Hope you figure out something to help with kitty. For her well being and yours.
). For him it was a god send, stopped the pain, would relax him and he would lay still, be peaceful.
I suppose if your cat starts running around the house this weekend and jumping to high places where she couldn’t before, then it’s a probably a safe bet that the steroids are improving arthritis pain. Maybe that’s the kind of update he’s hoping to hear on Monday. FWIW, I agree with him that arthritis is most likely the issue here and I think you’re right to put the teeth on the back burner for now.
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