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our cat, Merlin, doesn't eat nor drink since yesterday. On Thursday, we went outside (to our tiny garden, we always watch them to make sure they don't leave, since they're indoor cats) and he ate some grass. Later on he threw up twice, both times the grass was in it. Later, however, he threw up more times-5?-and this time it was bloody, no grass. He was obviously not feeling well, so we took to him to the emergency vet. His overall condition was great, but the x-ray showed slightly inflimmated stomach, so we left him there for them to watch him. He's kind of sensitive and very attached to us- he's 5 years old and our first and oldest cat- so we were reluctant leaving him there, he was crying loudly the whole time but in the end. just to be sure we left him there. The next morning the vet called us, apparently he's been crying the whole night, didn't eat, drink nor pee but didn't throw up, so we scheduled to pick him up later in the day. We did, he was tired and melancholic, but happy to see us.
It's been 24 hours since then and he doesn't eat nor drink. He went to the toilet though. We give him food and water through syringe, that's no problem. He's not interested in food whatsoever and mostly lays down, napping. The good thing is,however, that he's responsive, went outside himself, reacts to the noises around him and even curiously walked across the entire garden just to look at the door we closed (it leads to the road and our cats are always very interested). We're worried mostly because he's had kidney problems before. When he did he was walking funny with his back arched, he doesn't do that now. I think he was just traumatized, he's a really sensitive personality and reacts badly to things he doesn't like.
I'm very reluctant to take him to the vet, because it might make him even more stressed. When he's truly feeling very sick-when his kidneys were in a very bad state- he becomes pretty much completely unresponsive and shows no interest in anything, but he doesn't behave like that completely, he's even interested in taking a walk, and does this funny thing when he refuses to sit on anything else but a piece of cloth-he always does this.
What do you think? Should we just give him time, feed him with the syringe until he gets better, or should we go to the ambulance again?
our cat, Merlin, doesn't eat nor drink since yesterday. On Thursday, we went outside (to our tiny garden, we always watch them to make sure they don't leave, since they're indoor cats) and he ate some grass. Later on he threw up twice, both times the grass was in it. Later, however, he threw up more times-5?-and this time it was bloody, no grass. He was obviously not feeling well, so we took to him to the emergency vet. His overall condition was great, but the x-ray showed slightly inflimmated stomach, so we left him there for them to watch him. He's kind of sensitive and very attached to us- he's 5 years old and our first and oldest cat- so we were reluctant leaving him there, he was crying loudly the whole time but in the end. just to be sure we left him there. The next morning the vet called us, apparently he's been crying the whole night, didn't eat, drink nor pee but didn't throw up, so we scheduled to pick him up later in the day. We did, he was tired and melancholic, but happy to see us.
It's been 24 hours since then and he doesn't eat nor drink. He went to the toilet though. We give him food and water through syringe, that's no problem. He's not interested in food whatsoever and mostly lays down, napping. The good thing is,however, that he's responsive, went outside himself, reacts to the noises around him and even curiously walked across the entire garden just to look at the door we closed (it leads to the road and our cats are always very interested). We're worried mostly because he's had kidney problems before. When he did he was walking funny with his back arched, he doesn't do that now. I think he was just traumatized, he's a really sensitive personality and reacts badly to things he doesn't like.
I'm very reluctant to take him to the vet, because it might make him even more stressed. When he's truly feeling very sick-when his kidneys were in a very bad state- he becomes pretty much completely unresponsive and shows no interest in anything, but he doesn't behave like that completely, he's even interested in taking a walk, and does this funny thing when he refuses to sit on anything else but a piece of cloth-he always does this.
What do you think? Should we just give him time, feed him with the syringe until he gets better, or should we go to the ambulance again?
. His tummy hurts, but other than that he's fine. It looks like he was truly just traumatized from the vet visit.. What helped a lot was giving him a looot of attention and going on walks. I guess it's valuable to know how he reacts in case something else happens.. We're only ever going to leave him there if his condition is truly serious! Very happy..
