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Alright, y'all.
I posted a week or so back about Mrowmrow looking a little thin, and you all assuaged my concerns. I'm back, with more concerns. As an FYI, he does visit the vet tomorrow afternoon, but I am terrified of veterinary incompetence, so I wanted to post here as well. Group experience can be just as beneficial as vet advice, I've found.
Mrowmrow is going to be 9 this August/September. The biggest, chronic issue I have is an apparent allergy to friggin everything. There are three dry foods he had managed to keep down in the last 5 years: Nature's Variety Instinct (chicken), Orijen Six Fish, and Fussie Cat (both the salmon-only, and the chicken and turkey varieties). He does not do well with beef. Almost every other food on the market makes him vomit. The only wet food that he doesn't throw up is a single-ingredient wet food that isn't produced any more, by PureBites. It was just shredded chicken in water.
Other than the occasional UTI, he's been pretty healthy for the last few years.
A couple of months ago, I brought in Keegan, who had been dumped at the park where I worked. Keegan had his shots, was tested for FeLV, and was neutered when he came in. He's an oaf and he runs Mrowmrow ragged. Keegan also has something going on, but I have to pick and choose when the animals can go to the vet, and until I notice a difference in behavior, I usually just keep an eye on them.
So over the last few weeks, Mrowmrow's eyes have begun to weep. He gets little brown crusties in the corners. He sneezes occasionally; nothing that seems particularly out of the ordinary. But I noticed last night, while I was giving him a good face rub, that he seemed to really want me to rub his eyes, like they were very itchy. He did the same thing with his ears. His ears don't smell at all, and there's no obvious build-up that I could wipe out with a tissue.
Additionally, he has a huge sore on his chin. It's very painful when I mess with it; he yowls at me and runs away. I noticed it on Monday. I can feel other bumps under the skin on his chin. He has had cat acne in the past, but I switched to ceramic, glass, and stainless steel dishes.
His nose is clear and his breathing sounds clear. Could this be allergies? Could it be feline herpes?
Are there specific tests you recommend me asking for tomorrow? I'm going to ask for a complete blood workup, and possibly a urinalysis.
I posted a week or so back about Mrowmrow looking a little thin, and you all assuaged my concerns. I'm back, with more concerns. As an FYI, he does visit the vet tomorrow afternoon, but I am terrified of veterinary incompetence, so I wanted to post here as well. Group experience can be just as beneficial as vet advice, I've found.
Mrowmrow is going to be 9 this August/September. The biggest, chronic issue I have is an apparent allergy to friggin everything. There are three dry foods he had managed to keep down in the last 5 years: Nature's Variety Instinct (chicken), Orijen Six Fish, and Fussie Cat (both the salmon-only, and the chicken and turkey varieties). He does not do well with beef. Almost every other food on the market makes him vomit. The only wet food that he doesn't throw up is a single-ingredient wet food that isn't produced any more, by PureBites. It was just shredded chicken in water.
Other than the occasional UTI, he's been pretty healthy for the last few years.
A couple of months ago, I brought in Keegan, who had been dumped at the park where I worked. Keegan had his shots, was tested for FeLV, and was neutered when he came in. He's an oaf and he runs Mrowmrow ragged. Keegan also has something going on, but I have to pick and choose when the animals can go to the vet, and until I notice a difference in behavior, I usually just keep an eye on them.
So over the last few weeks, Mrowmrow's eyes have begun to weep. He gets little brown crusties in the corners. He sneezes occasionally; nothing that seems particularly out of the ordinary. But I noticed last night, while I was giving him a good face rub, that he seemed to really want me to rub his eyes, like they were very itchy. He did the same thing with his ears. His ears don't smell at all, and there's no obvious build-up that I could wipe out with a tissue.
Additionally, he has a huge sore on his chin. It's very painful when I mess with it; he yowls at me and runs away. I noticed it on Monday. I can feel other bumps under the skin on his chin. He has had cat acne in the past, but I switched to ceramic, glass, and stainless steel dishes.
His nose is clear and his breathing sounds clear. Could this be allergies? Could it be feline herpes?
Are there specific tests you recommend me asking for tomorrow? I'm going to ask for a complete blood workup, and possibly a urinalysis.
It's little stringy goop (not a lot) that turns dark. Ugh.
