A cat's liver performs a lot of functions - it filters incoming substances, does not let toxins and poisons pass, and produces hormones. This complex work can sometimes fail. The most common causes of liver disease are poisoning, viral infections, and complications after previous diseases. An accurate diagnosis can only be made by a veterinarian after the results of blood and urine tests of the animal. Depending on what ailment the cat is ill with, treatment is prescribed.
Instructions
Step 1
When diagnosing hepatitis, the animal is prescribed special medication - injections, pills, homeopathic medicines. Feed the cat with special herbal herbal teas (sold in a regular pharmacy) with a diuretic and choleretic effect. Bury this broth through a pipette. With the right treatment, the symptoms of hepatitis (yellow whites of the eyes, loss of appetite, and lethargy) should go away in a couple of weeks. If the treatment was not prescribed correctly or was not followed, hepatitis can become chronic.
Step 2
Untreated hepatitis causes liver failure in cats. It can be caused by viral infections, acute food poisoning, relapse of the past diseases. Treat your cat's liver failure according to your veterinarian's suggested regimen. In severe condition of the cat, a number of injections (fosprenil, chlorpromazine, etc.) are prescribed, which should relieve the acute condition. Further, a scheme of injections of vitamins, antibiotics, auxiliary agents is prescribed. Give homeopathic remedies (liarsin injections, carsil tablets).
Step 3
When sick, put your cat on a diet. Try not to feed the cat until the diagnosis is clarified, but give more water, possibly with glucose. When diagnosing hepatitis, the cat is shown a starvation diet for the first days. Then gradually begin to introduce food. During the period of treatment, it is necessary to limit proteins and salt. Transfer the animal to natural food. Offer lean chicken broth to your pet after fasting. Gradually introduce porridge (buckwheat, rice, oatmeal) into the diet, boiled in water with the addition of carrots, parsley and dill. Add boiled chicken, turkey, liver to the porridge. Enter fermented milk products - cottage cheese, in case of poisoning - products with lactobifidobacteria to normalize the intestines.
Step 4
Provide your cat with adequate nutrition and vitamins during the recovery and recovery period. This will help you with industrial food special dietary line: Hills Prescription Diet Feline L / D, Royal Canin Hepatic, Happy Cat Diet “sodium content and balanced nutrients.
