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I've never heard anyone say Pepcid is bad for a cat. I have given it to more
than one cat and a dog too on the advice of more than one veterinarian. My
current vet told me to give Alex the Pepcid every day from now on, even if
his appetite is good. The dose is 2.5 to 5 mg for a cat, not more than that.
But I am not a veterinarian. Obviously, you should ask your veterinarian
before giving your cat any medication. For Alex, it's worked like magic. He
had barely eaten in a few days. I gave him Pepcid in the morning, and by the
afternoon he was eating with a hearty appetite. This happened a few days
ago. I have been giving him Pepcid every morning since and he has been
eating like a hungry cat, even returned to his old habit of going over to
his plate, putting his paws on it, looking at me and purring. He hadn't done
that in weeks. Good luck.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.

I'm not sure, but I do know that the howling is a common side effect of
giving cats ciproheptadine. But it obviously doesn't happen in every case.
From my reading on the internet, I knew this was a possibility, but Molly
wasn't eating at all, so I went ahead with it. At least, when she started
howling, I knew the reason. If I hadn't known this was a side effect of the
medication, I probably would have had her in the veterinary emergency room.
The howling did stop after a few hours, but while it was going on, I thought
I would lose my mind (for Molly's sake, because I felt so bad for her).

It's always so hard to know when is the right time. With Alvin our dog, we
waited too long, and I pushed him too, and I feel horribly guilty for that.
So, with Molly, I didn't wait so long, and then I felt horribly guilty. She
was really sick, but she was still walking around albeit she was wobbly.
Shortly before it was time to take her to the vet for the final journey, she
came upstairs for a scritch and jumped up on the bed for a nap. And she was
still using her litterbox. Oh, didn't I feel guilty, even after the vet
showed me how extreme her lab values were and even though the cat was
visibly so sick. When we got to the vet, Molly was agitated and got feisty
when they put in the catheter. That was when the vet explained to me that
Molly wasn't thinking "I have another week or two of life left in me, and
she's taking it away." Maybe she could have lived another week or two in
that sick state until she died naturally, but she obviously wasn't going to
get better. It's been over a year, and now I feel confident that I did the
right thing at the right time, but at the time, I felt guilty for months.

Alex is sleeping in his corner all day, but his situation is much different
from Molly's. He is now eating with a hearty appetite (since the Pepcid),
and he isn't wobbly when he walks, and he is consistently going to the
bathroom on the puppy training pads which I have set up for him in the
hallway off the kitchen. He doesn't look like he's hurting or suffering. He
mostly just looks like he's exhausted.

Bullwinkle is behaving totally normally, going up and down stairs with ease,
eating voraciously, using the litter box, jumping on everyone's laps, tail
up and in the question mark position (indicating contentment). Total bliss.
Totally clueless about what is about to befall him. And when it happens, we
will take him to the vet right away, but there will obviously be a time
lapse, and he will suffer during that time, from a clot or respiratory
distress. I am already crying thinking about it. Life is so unfair.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.