The latest issue with my cat is dyspepsia which only happens when he is purring. This has been around for a few months now and the only way I can control it is to pet him for small amounts of time so he doesn't get into the deep purring when this happens. He will be 20 in May and has IBD, renal failure, pancriutus, anemia, and arthritis so he does have some issues. His IBD is mostly centred around his intestines and I am not sure if he has any damage to his esophagus or not, He has had recent r-rays and ultrasound (within a month or two and this issue was present before then) and they showed nothing. The only issue he had at that time was a lot of gas in his intestines which is still more or less an issue.
I have read about cats with issues with their vocal cords and others with paralysis of the esophagus but I am not sure about my guy and what may be done. If he is lightly purring there are no issues but he is a drooler so when he starts to purr he will start swallowing and then will start to breath out of his mouth, I can see it is hard for him to breath and he will usually end it with a sign or something and then stop purring or get up and move away. It is getting harder to one person his daily sub-q as well because he will typically purr through them and then he starts breathing through his mouth and wants to move around. I try to calm him down which works sometimes and not on others so I have to hold him down. I can always get an assistant for the sub-q but I don't want him to start avoiding it either.
He is kind of picky in his old age so he will only eat some foods or hard treats but I have tried different foods with no change. Without putting him out or cutting him up is there anything I can do to try and figure out what this is? He goes to the vet about once a month or so now and will not purr so it is hard to show them the issue.
Thanks for any input.
I have read about cats with issues with their vocal cords and others with paralysis of the esophagus but I am not sure about my guy and what may be done. If he is lightly purring there are no issues but he is a drooler so when he starts to purr he will start swallowing and then will start to breath out of his mouth, I can see it is hard for him to breath and he will usually end it with a sign or something and then stop purring or get up and move away. It is getting harder to one person his daily sub-q as well because he will typically purr through them and then he starts breathing through his mouth and wants to move around. I try to calm him down which works sometimes and not on others so I have to hold him down. I can always get an assistant for the sub-q but I don't want him to start avoiding it either.
He is kind of picky in his old age so he will only eat some foods or hard treats but I have tried different foods with no change. Without putting him out or cutting him up is there anything I can do to try and figure out what this is? He goes to the vet about once a month or so now and will not purr so it is hard to show them the issue.
Thanks for any input.