Off my other thread; my 20 month old cat died of pneumonia. Around midnight noticed rapid breathing, not eating, general lethargy. We stayed up to see if need to take to emergency, but his condition stayed the same, so took him to vet in morning. After five days despite efforts, he died.
He was not sick, he has never been sick, he was perfectly fine in the morning, evening he appeared to just be doing what he does, the midnight feeding is when my wife noticed him.
I am at a loss of how in the world this happened. Why it hit him so hard and fast. He had rapid breathing, 42-60 per minute, but he still had energy to get on the cat tree and walk around some. He made no noise breathing nor had open mouth breathing. he had a fever. I was thinking FIP or something.
He snap tested positive for felv, though blood work showed the immune response was strong and vet said it was not a factor.
A few years ago I caught a kitten and he had pneumonia, but he got treated just fine though it took several trips throughout the year.
I am just baffled at this, and of course feel very miserable. He was such a great, kind cat.
It is a multiple cat household.
He was not sick, he has never been sick, he was perfectly fine in the morning, evening he appeared to just be doing what he does, the midnight feeding is when my wife noticed him.
I am at a loss of how in the world this happened. Why it hit him so hard and fast. He had rapid breathing, 42-60 per minute, but he still had energy to get on the cat tree and walk around some. He made no noise breathing nor had open mouth breathing. he had a fever. I was thinking FIP or something.
He snap tested positive for felv, though blood work showed the immune response was strong and vet said it was not a factor.
A few years ago I caught a kitten and he had pneumonia, but he got treated just fine though it took several trips throughout the year.
I am just baffled at this, and of course feel very miserable. He was such a great, kind cat.
It is a multiple cat household.