Hi,

My dog, Shelby, just finished her 6 rounds of chemo and this happened to her about 3 days POST chemo for her. She was great and then refused food or would only eat it out of my hand or mixed with other yummy stuff (also picked out the yummy stuff). It does pass. It usually lasted 2- 3 extra days and then back to normal. I hope this helps. Shelby's oncologist told me that it takes a few days for it to really get into the system so that was the delay reaction (day 3 always for us). I can't remember what kind of chemo Shelby had but I suspect it is the same as you. I do know that Shelby also had cerenia. 

So for us, it was a rough side effect for all 6 treatments but it did pass quickly and Shelby would eat cookies, chicken, pure pumpkin so she was getting food. Just not her dinner. Oh and another thing I did for Shelby, which might help, was I put her meals in MY bowls and for some reason she ate out of that OR the hand feeding, which is messy but ... Shelby's a drama queen! 🙂 

Good luck! Mara has a very darling face! 

Mara is a beauty! So sorry she is feeling ill from chemo, but we can surely relate. My Polly went through 12 rounds of chemo all last spring and summer, and initially had a horrible time with it. She was getting doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide and got truly violently ill to the point of quickly dehydrating. She had excessive vomiting and diarrhea, and was not able to eat or drink ANYTHING at all for 2-3 days and we had to get emergency treatment for her. We had to manage her with Cerenia, metoclopromide, mirtazapine, and pepcid for close to 2 weeks at a time every treatment......I just gave the Cerenia at her worst time around 2 days after starting each chemo treatment, because you aren't supposed to use it any longer than 4-5 days straight. We got it managed after her first 2 chemo treatments but it was very difficult to watch her go through this. However, once we got her terrible side effects under control, she did very well......once or twice, she wasn't overly hungry for maybe a day but still managed to eat a bit till it passed. At least all the really bad stuff was halted or I probably would have just stopped the chemo, as I would not have been able to let her go through this during every treatment.

I don't know if this helps at all, but maybe if you think Mara is nauseated a little more than she should be from her chemo, maybe you can check with your vet to see if this drug combo may work for you. I think we should be able to give our pets as much help and comfort as possible, because they don't understand what is happening to them.

Best wishes for her and you, as you go through this together, and keep us posted on how she is doing.

Bonnie & Polly

Sorry your baby isn't feeling well, I know how you feel. I'm not sure if all vets do this but Chance usually gets an injectable dose of Cerenia before his treatment and then I give the pill afterwards. It usually hits him the morning after and lasts about 2 days. He will just lay around and not eat. I fixed him eggs this time and he didnt even touch that. He had his 6th and final dose this past Friday and today he is almost back to normal. I would say as long as she is drinking water and eating SOME food, then she is ok. Just give her a lot of TLC, but if it doesn't get better in the next day or so, you should probably call your vet and let them know. Hope this helps!