Thread: Advanced Stomatitis

My lovely 10 year old red boy has advanced stomatitis. I adopted him three years ago and it was discovered at his first vet check a month after he arrived. He has had intermittant antibiotic and steriod treatment when it has flared up but the periods when his mouth wasn't sore became shorter and shorter. Two months ago he had full dental clearance and initially it looked like it had resolved it but now the stomatitis is back as bad as ever. He is unable to tolerate any dried or wet food (no chicken, fresh fish etc) just liquids. He has had more long acting steriod today but I am concerned for his long term prognosis. I discussed it with my vet today and he said that the only option was steriods for the rest of his life as he had seen poor response and side effects from long term non-steriodal anti-inflammatories. I feed him Classic cat food and offer dried food with no additives (although he doesn't eat it) as well as fresh chicken, fish etc when he is able to eat but I don't know what else to do. He is a tall cat, very leggy but has never weighed more than 5.4 kgs in all the time I have had him. At present he is hovering at 5kgs. I hope some of you have had experience with advanced long term stomatitis and can help... thanks in advance.