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Cat came to me in need of help someone said she had been picked up by a German Shephard in his mouth and had punctured her two place on her
body. She was a couple of months old. I fed her warm milk treated her small wounds and said I would keep her until they could have someone pick her up as
they worked out of townneedless to say they never came back.
She was alone most of the time except for my dogs in another part of the house for 3 months as I had a family medical emergency and worked full time and at
hospital after work many days so she wasn't socialized that well. She started going outdoors and loved it there it was late spring and she grew used to being
out there. I had her spayed and no one mentioned any issues with her she did well.
She remained skittish and didn't want to be held. I fed her morning and night mostly outdoors and she loved stayed under the house or under bushes in winter she came
in an area that she called her own and didn't socialize that often even though encouraged. In time she would lay on top of sofa or on a bed but loved to hide. She also played with balls
and loved dancing strings ribbons etc and she liked outdoor games with the dogs and running from bushes surprise attacks on them. One of my dogs passed away and that left 1 dog and cat
she came in more except in warmer weather. She still remained aloof. She didn't like to be held but petting her was fine sporadically.
Three years ago another feral cat in neighborhood picked me and I took him in also he was totally a lap cat and needed lots of affection. Little Bit cat became more distant and I had older cat neutured
he returned but was jealous of her. He then suffered a broken leg a year ago while I was at work and was gone a week posted notices called neighbors and finally one night I found him on my deck with a shattered leg so upon return I took him for surgery and care at the vets for 10 days. When he came home he was caged for 2 more weeks. LIttle Bit cat came in but was wary of him. He became aggressive towards her and I had to separate them at feeding times. She appeared less interested in coming in to eat.She was more and more outdoors or under house except in winter she had her area indoors to herself for most part.
She is 10 now and has pretty much remained a small cat only weighing 8 to 9 lbs.
About 6 weeks ago I noticed she was losing weight shortly after I returned home for a 4 day trip neighbors fed her same as I did. She came in and ate less and less then only gravy with little water. She urinated however her poop was almost nonexistant as she wasn't eating. I called vet and tried the proper baby food and tried her food ground down I added water and purchased pet broth and she ate that but not the meat and not dry food and only a few dry cat treats after about days I gave up tried to work on getting her crated and then took her to vet they performed blood tests most levels were in the very good range but fever was 103.4 and her respirations were rapid, Her blood levels were very low and she was hospitalized. 3 days later she has little improvement in the level of blood.
I can only come up with a few possibilities, neighbor sprayed evergreens about 6 weeks ago she loves to lay under evergreens and we have no fences in our neighborhood so that is a possibility
I was gone for 4 days so perhaps that was bothersome to her schedule even though she was fed while I was gone on pretty much the same schedule. Other cat in home has been somewhat aggressive to her as he is a lap cat and wants all attention. I have to separate them when eating. My dog keeps the peace otherwise.
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Now comes the question after her history. She has always appeared to have a fast heartrate so I don't know if she had a heart issue at birth or possibly from dog attack when she was young. Vet put her on prednisone I have not heard of any other tests performed even though he said xrays were to be performed. Vet is an older vet old school very kind and caring. Has anyone heard of a situation and issues
with this? What should I ask for test wise and should I transfer her to a Vets to Cat facility only? What could it be? Thanks for your help and if you read through this God Bless you I was trying to be thorough.
body. She was a couple of months old. I fed her warm milk treated her small wounds and said I would keep her until they could have someone pick her up as
they worked out of townneedless to say they never came back.
She was alone most of the time except for my dogs in another part of the house for 3 months as I had a family medical emergency and worked full time and at
hospital after work many days so she wasn't socialized that well. She started going outdoors and loved it there it was late spring and she grew used to being
out there. I had her spayed and no one mentioned any issues with her she did well.
She remained skittish and didn't want to be held. I fed her morning and night mostly outdoors and she loved stayed under the house or under bushes in winter she came
in an area that she called her own and didn't socialize that often even though encouraged. In time she would lay on top of sofa or on a bed but loved to hide. She also played with balls
and loved dancing strings ribbons etc and she liked outdoor games with the dogs and running from bushes surprise attacks on them. One of my dogs passed away and that left 1 dog and cat
she came in more except in warmer weather. She still remained aloof. She didn't like to be held but petting her was fine sporadically.
Three years ago another feral cat in neighborhood picked me and I took him in also he was totally a lap cat and needed lots of affection. Little Bit cat became more distant and I had older cat neutured
he returned but was jealous of her. He then suffered a broken leg a year ago while I was at work and was gone a week posted notices called neighbors and finally one night I found him on my deck with a shattered leg so upon return I took him for surgery and care at the vets for 10 days. When he came home he was caged for 2 more weeks. LIttle Bit cat came in but was wary of him. He became aggressive towards her and I had to separate them at feeding times. She appeared less interested in coming in to eat.She was more and more outdoors or under house except in winter she had her area indoors to herself for most part.
She is 10 now and has pretty much remained a small cat only weighing 8 to 9 lbs.
About 6 weeks ago I noticed she was losing weight shortly after I returned home for a 4 day trip neighbors fed her same as I did. She came in and ate less and less then only gravy with little water. She urinated however her poop was almost nonexistant as she wasn't eating. I called vet and tried the proper baby food and tried her food ground down I added water and purchased pet broth and she ate that but not the meat and not dry food and only a few dry cat treats after about days I gave up tried to work on getting her crated and then took her to vet they performed blood tests most levels were in the very good range but fever was 103.4 and her respirations were rapid, Her blood levels were very low and she was hospitalized. 3 days later she has little improvement in the level of blood.
I can only come up with a few possibilities, neighbor sprayed evergreens about 6 weeks ago she loves to lay under evergreens and we have no fences in our neighborhood so that is a possibility
I was gone for 4 days so perhaps that was bothersome to her schedule even though she was fed while I was gone on pretty much the same schedule. Other cat in home has been somewhat aggressive to her as he is a lap cat and wants all attention. I have to separate them when eating. My dog keeps the peace otherwise.
v
Now comes the question after her history. She has always appeared to have a fast heartrate so I don't know if she had a heart issue at birth or possibly from dog attack when she was young. Vet put her on prednisone I have not heard of any other tests performed even though he said xrays were to be performed. Vet is an older vet old school very kind and caring. Has anyone heard of a situation and issues
with this? What should I ask for test wise and should I transfer her to a Vets to Cat facility only? What could it be? Thanks for your help and if you read through this God Bless you I was trying to be thorough.