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Seven years ago one of our cats had problems with struvite crystals. So the vets took him in to sort the problem out. Sadly while he was in the vets hospital they put a large collar on him to prevent him from interfearing with his stitching. ??? Because he couldn't eat with it on, poor Stella ended up with a problem with his liver which turned against his body (I don't remember what it's called). He had received a death sentance. We almost lost him. We had to force feed him by hand in order to save his life. Yes he got over it and recovered well.
Recently he went off his food and seemed very lethargic and lost a lot of weight. So we took him to the vets. They recommended that he had a full blood test so they could check his vital organs. Despite the cost of £184 pounds a go we gave the go ahead. On the return visit the vets told us he had a serious problem with his liver which had turned against his body. (Oh no not again) and also high glucose which they diagnosed as diabeties. They suggested that he should be left in their hospital and forced fed with a tube. Since his first spell in hospital he had developed a fear of vets. And another spell in there would stress him out emencely. The vet suggested we try to get his liver going before treating the diabeties.So we took him home and forced fed him ourselves for a few days then took a urine sample to be analysed. To our and the vets surprise there was no sign of keystones or glucose in his urine. so it was suggested we take him home and get as much food into him as possible then return for a further blood test.
But after 4 days he still will not eat or just has a mouthful or two on his own so we still have to force feed him. And to add to that his breath has a sweet smell about it ( which could be a symptom of diabetics) Apart from his droopy lethargic look and the fact that he doesn't want to eat, he looks healthy and still enjoys sitting in the garden surveying his domain. Seeing that all our cats are just around ten years old, it's a bit worrying.
We have four cats and love avery single one of them. It would be heart breaking to loss any one of our feline family. Has any one out there experienced anything like this with their cats that would be prepared to shed a bit of advise. Could it be something different that's ailing him?. The vets say every thing else is healthy (kidneys, heart, no tumers) and his coat and eyes look normal. I hope some one could throw a bit of light on the subject as life is hard enough with out having this to cope with. Thank you,
Recently he went off his food and seemed very lethargic and lost a lot of weight. So we took him to the vets. They recommended that he had a full blood test so they could check his vital organs. Despite the cost of £184 pounds a go we gave the go ahead. On the return visit the vets told us he had a serious problem with his liver which had turned against his body. (Oh no not again) and also high glucose which they diagnosed as diabeties. They suggested that he should be left in their hospital and forced fed with a tube. Since his first spell in hospital he had developed a fear of vets. And another spell in there would stress him out emencely. The vet suggested we try to get his liver going before treating the diabeties.So we took him home and forced fed him ourselves for a few days then took a urine sample to be analysed. To our and the vets surprise there was no sign of keystones or glucose in his urine. so it was suggested we take him home and get as much food into him as possible then return for a further blood test.
But after 4 days he still will not eat or just has a mouthful or two on his own so we still have to force feed him. And to add to that his breath has a sweet smell about it ( which could be a symptom of diabetics) Apart from his droopy lethargic look and the fact that he doesn't want to eat, he looks healthy and still enjoys sitting in the garden surveying his domain. Seeing that all our cats are just around ten years old, it's a bit worrying.
We have four cats and love avery single one of them. It would be heart breaking to loss any one of our feline family. Has any one out there experienced anything like this with their cats that would be prepared to shed a bit of advise. Could it be something different that's ailing him?. The vets say every thing else is healthy (kidneys, heart, no tumers) and his coat and eyes look normal. I hope some one could throw a bit of light on the subject as life is hard enough with out having this to cope with. Thank you,