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I have a male, spayed cat who developed "something" wrong on Monday-Tuesday (June 20th-21), just slowed down when eating food. He would take a few kibble, but then walk away. This alarmed me because this cat is a mentally fat cat who will scream his head off when he even THINKS you're getting food. He's nicknamed the alarm because as soon as it strikes 7:00 AM he knows it's breakfast time and will start howling adorably for his food.
I figured it was due to the kibble going bad (lately these 20lb friskies bags go stale rather quickly and my cats no longer care for them when there's about a quarter of the bag left). As always, I assumed a new bag would improve his hunger habits. Last I recall, on Monday and Tuesday, he at least would eat SOME of his kibble. Maybe two tablespoons of food.
But on Wednesday, he wouldn't eat at all. Again, odd behavior for him because he usually clears his whole bowl of food every time he eats. Noticing this, that's when I then realized that I didn't recall cleaning a poop from him the night prior to that Wednesday morning. Which is odd because I always clean out my cats poops as soon as they're dropped (I'm a germaphobe and can't stand poopies being in the boxes for longer than a few minutes). He pooped Monday, but I couldn't recall cleaning a poop on Tuesday. I figured it was because he just didn't really eat any meal large enough to warrant a poop.
Thursday evening, new bag finally arrived to my house--still wasn't eating and still no poop. New change this time... no pee, either. He now had a fever and was no longer drinking water on his own. That's when I made an appointment for the vet on Friday morning. I lost a cat to a urinary blockage and I wasn't going to lose another. I stayed up all night giving him water to help fight his fever.
Friday, morning of, he peed on his own but I was still scared so I called the vet as soon as it was opening hours, turns out my usual doctor (an amazing man) got sick and his nurse team basically forced him to go home and get better, the whole clinic just had ONE doctor to see every patient that day. Vet nurses told us that they were overwhelmed with patients already and that they couldn't see anyone today unless there was a cancelation. My stomach dropped. I just sat with my sister and cried over feeling helpless. I live in a middle of nowhere town with only one vet clinic, the nearest city was 20 miles away and was the only other vet option I had. But I can't drive so I knew I could only pray that someone would cancel and make appointment room for me and my cat. The vet called at noon and said there was a cancelation and told me to come in at 3PM. The vet usually closes at around 4PM, but they stayed open just so my baby could be seen because we're regular visitors (I do cat rescue work).
Doctor felt nothing wrong with intestines, or stomach, looked at his teeth, checked for anemia and other obvious signs of life threatening things like that. Said he was all good. Only concern he had was a SLIGHT enlarged bladder, which he assumed meant the cat hadn't peed. But my cat did pee that morning, at around 10:AM, Friday. So vet gave us Clavamox to treat a urinary issue. And gave my cat an immune booster to bring down his fever. Told us if the fever wasn't gone by Sunday, to bring him back in.
Friday evening, he ate 3 "Delectable squeez up" and I felt so much relief because it seemed like the medicine was already working. It was the most food he's eaten in a week and I was so happy. He ate a few tablespoons of hard kibble after that and it seemed his apatite was improving. He peed that night, too. But still no poop. he finally ate enough to warrant a poop and so if he didn't poop Saturday, I knew something was bad still. He puked up foamy yellow liquid. But I figured that was due to not having any food in his belly for days.
Saturday morning, he didn't want the squeeze up anymore, but still ate a tablespoon or two of kibble. But by evening, he wasn't eating or interested in food other than a few kibble pieces here and there. Still no poop. He peed only twice that day. One in the morning, once at night. He puked up yellow foamy liquid again. Vet was still overbooked and couldn't see anyone until Monday. His fever wasn't gone, but he was less lethargic now and was stretching, cleaning, and wanting cuddles again.
Sunday, no apatite at all, no poop, not drinking on his own, fever was gone for some miraculous reason at noon. Thermometer read 101.6, whereas since thursday he was in fever mode. Thought he was improving just slowly. By night, his fever was back. Vet told us the Clavamox needs 4 days to work. He's not "worse" but he's not improving, so I decided to take to vet again.
Monday, vet still overbooked, they have no doctors to run any x-rays and can't legally give out medicine without the doctors there for it.
Tuesday, still the same issue at vet.
Symptoms: pukes up yellow, foamy stuff once or twice a day at random, not pooping since tuesday (June 21), peeing only twice a day 10-11 hours apart, not drinking or eating on own, SOMETIMES growls when I hold him in my arms and my hand "cups" his legs and butt. he doesn't growl every time Ihold or touch him, but sometimes. Sometimes, if I press my head against his leg and lower belly, I feel his muscles trembling. It's hard to explain but it feels like it trembles INSIDE of his lower abdomen (think between the legs).
As of now, I'm literally giving him 3-6ml of water/pedialyte mix every hour on the hour to keep up with his hydration and peeing habits. His pee is going from dark to light yellow. But I figured that was because I messed up and didn't hydrate him enough. He hasn't pooped, and continues to pee every 10-11 hours ONLY with encouragement. I have to keep him in the litter box until he goes. He looks to be peeing a normal amount of urine, so I'm not sure if he has a urinary blockage.
He refuses to eat and as of now I'm syringe feeding him watered down soft food. I'm pacing this though because he still vomits up the yellow/foamy stuff every now and then and I don't want to cause any puking that could further ruin his health.
Oddly enough, he will still eat and go crazy for the cat grass I bought from chewy.
It's early Wednesday morning (3:00AM), I'm an anxious mess, I'm scared for my cat, I don't know what to do. The vet near me still can't do x-rays, or prescribe medicine or anything. I'm in an extreme heatwave and can't even walk the 20 miles to the next town, either. Not because of my own health, but because he physically can't go 2 hours walk in the heat without water.
Please, if anyone has any idea of what could be going on with my cat please tell me so I know what to say to the vet when they finally take patients again. With the overbooking going on, I'm not sure if I'll get another chance to get him seen until patients clear up. I want to make the next appointment count for all its worth.
My sister thinks it could be prostatitis or a blockage in his intestines. But we don't understand how the vet checked him out and didn't feel either of those issues. Please any help is needed.
I figured it was due to the kibble going bad (lately these 20lb friskies bags go stale rather quickly and my cats no longer care for them when there's about a quarter of the bag left). As always, I assumed a new bag would improve his hunger habits. Last I recall, on Monday and Tuesday, he at least would eat SOME of his kibble. Maybe two tablespoons of food.
But on Wednesday, he wouldn't eat at all. Again, odd behavior for him because he usually clears his whole bowl of food every time he eats. Noticing this, that's when I then realized that I didn't recall cleaning a poop from him the night prior to that Wednesday morning. Which is odd because I always clean out my cats poops as soon as they're dropped (I'm a germaphobe and can't stand poopies being in the boxes for longer than a few minutes). He pooped Monday, but I couldn't recall cleaning a poop on Tuesday. I figured it was because he just didn't really eat any meal large enough to warrant a poop.
Thursday evening, new bag finally arrived to my house--still wasn't eating and still no poop. New change this time... no pee, either. He now had a fever and was no longer drinking water on his own. That's when I made an appointment for the vet on Friday morning. I lost a cat to a urinary blockage and I wasn't going to lose another. I stayed up all night giving him water to help fight his fever.
Friday, morning of, he peed on his own but I was still scared so I called the vet as soon as it was opening hours, turns out my usual doctor (an amazing man) got sick and his nurse team basically forced him to go home and get better, the whole clinic just had ONE doctor to see every patient that day. Vet nurses told us that they were overwhelmed with patients already and that they couldn't see anyone today unless there was a cancelation. My stomach dropped. I just sat with my sister and cried over feeling helpless. I live in a middle of nowhere town with only one vet clinic, the nearest city was 20 miles away and was the only other vet option I had. But I can't drive so I knew I could only pray that someone would cancel and make appointment room for me and my cat. The vet called at noon and said there was a cancelation and told me to come in at 3PM. The vet usually closes at around 4PM, but they stayed open just so my baby could be seen because we're regular visitors (I do cat rescue work).
Doctor felt nothing wrong with intestines, or stomach, looked at his teeth, checked for anemia and other obvious signs of life threatening things like that. Said he was all good. Only concern he had was a SLIGHT enlarged bladder, which he assumed meant the cat hadn't peed. But my cat did pee that morning, at around 10:AM, Friday. So vet gave us Clavamox to treat a urinary issue. And gave my cat an immune booster to bring down his fever. Told us if the fever wasn't gone by Sunday, to bring him back in.
Friday evening, he ate 3 "Delectable squeez up" and I felt so much relief because it seemed like the medicine was already working. It was the most food he's eaten in a week and I was so happy. He ate a few tablespoons of hard kibble after that and it seemed his apatite was improving. He peed that night, too. But still no poop. he finally ate enough to warrant a poop and so if he didn't poop Saturday, I knew something was bad still. He puked up foamy yellow liquid. But I figured that was due to not having any food in his belly for days.
Saturday morning, he didn't want the squeeze up anymore, but still ate a tablespoon or two of kibble. But by evening, he wasn't eating or interested in food other than a few kibble pieces here and there. Still no poop. He peed only twice that day. One in the morning, once at night. He puked up yellow foamy liquid again. Vet was still overbooked and couldn't see anyone until Monday. His fever wasn't gone, but he was less lethargic now and was stretching, cleaning, and wanting cuddles again.
Sunday, no apatite at all, no poop, not drinking on his own, fever was gone for some miraculous reason at noon. Thermometer read 101.6, whereas since thursday he was in fever mode. Thought he was improving just slowly. By night, his fever was back. Vet told us the Clavamox needs 4 days to work. He's not "worse" but he's not improving, so I decided to take to vet again.
Monday, vet still overbooked, they have no doctors to run any x-rays and can't legally give out medicine without the doctors there for it.
Tuesday, still the same issue at vet.
Symptoms: pukes up yellow, foamy stuff once or twice a day at random, not pooping since tuesday (June 21), peeing only twice a day 10-11 hours apart, not drinking or eating on own, SOMETIMES growls when I hold him in my arms and my hand "cups" his legs and butt. he doesn't growl every time Ihold or touch him, but sometimes. Sometimes, if I press my head against his leg and lower belly, I feel his muscles trembling. It's hard to explain but it feels like it trembles INSIDE of his lower abdomen (think between the legs).
As of now, I'm literally giving him 3-6ml of water/pedialyte mix every hour on the hour to keep up with his hydration and peeing habits. His pee is going from dark to light yellow. But I figured that was because I messed up and didn't hydrate him enough. He hasn't pooped, and continues to pee every 10-11 hours ONLY with encouragement. I have to keep him in the litter box until he goes. He looks to be peeing a normal amount of urine, so I'm not sure if he has a urinary blockage.
He refuses to eat and as of now I'm syringe feeding him watered down soft food. I'm pacing this though because he still vomits up the yellow/foamy stuff every now and then and I don't want to cause any puking that could further ruin his health.
Oddly enough, he will still eat and go crazy for the cat grass I bought from chewy.
It's early Wednesday morning (3:00AM), I'm an anxious mess, I'm scared for my cat, I don't know what to do. The vet near me still can't do x-rays, or prescribe medicine or anything. I'm in an extreme heatwave and can't even walk the 20 miles to the next town, either. Not because of my own health, but because he physically can't go 2 hours walk in the heat without water.
Please, if anyone has any idea of what could be going on with my cat please tell me so I know what to say to the vet when they finally take patients again. With the overbooking going on, I'm not sure if I'll get another chance to get him seen until patients clear up. I want to make the next appointment count for all its worth.
My sister thinks it could be prostatitis or a blockage in his intestines. But we don't understand how the vet checked him out and didn't feel either of those issues. Please any help is needed.