My 8 year old boy started vomiting, having diarrhea, and hiding yesterday. Usually he sits on me and purrs to wake me up, and I immediately thought it odd that he wasn't there when I woke up. Then I noticed vomit in the living room, but I have 4 cats so I didn't immediately suspect it was him. During the day I noticed him sitting in the litter box and refusing to come to me.
I thought maybe he wasn't feeling well, but around 3 am the next morning, I began to really worry he was dying as he wasn't moving or responding. He was having trouble walking, very lethargic, and would drink water until he vomited then try to drink again. By 7 am he was limp and unresponsive at times.
I brought him to the vet when they opened, he was deeply sleeping and not moving. They told me he had a complete blockage, his bladder was about to burst, and they would see what they could do. He was barely responsive when I left him at the vet's.
When the vet updated me this evening, they said they cleared the blockage, he was alert and sitting up a little, but his kidneys are in terrible shape. There was more blood than urine in his bladder. They won't know for a few days how bad the damage is. Only a month ago his kidneys were healthy, but he was struggling with UTIs and filled with crystals.
Has anyone had a cat make it through something so bad? The vet thinks he might have been blocked for days. I am worried I should have put him down this morning instead of trying to save him. I feel so guilty. Just the night before last he was perfectly fine, and now he might have to be put down.
I thought maybe he wasn't feeling well, but around 3 am the next morning, I began to really worry he was dying as he wasn't moving or responding. He was having trouble walking, very lethargic, and would drink water until he vomited then try to drink again. By 7 am he was limp and unresponsive at times.
I brought him to the vet when they opened, he was deeply sleeping and not moving. They told me he had a complete blockage, his bladder was about to burst, and they would see what they could do. He was barely responsive when I left him at the vet's.
When the vet updated me this evening, they said they cleared the blockage, he was alert and sitting up a little, but his kidneys are in terrible shape. There was more blood than urine in his bladder. They won't know for a few days how bad the damage is. Only a month ago his kidneys were healthy, but he was struggling with UTIs and filled with crystals.
Has anyone had a cat make it through something so bad? The vet thinks he might have been blocked for days. I am worried I should have put him down this morning instead of trying to save him. I feel so guilty. Just the night before last he was perfectly fine, and now he might have to be put down.