In short, Esper has lost her voice.
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Yesterday when I got home, Esper greeted me at the door. However, it was not her usual meow. That came out was a raspy meow. Much like how a human would sound if they lost their voice. You know that half voice half scratchy raspy sound. If anyone watches The Simpsons, think Marge but REALLY REALLY raspy.
She has had no sign of Upper Respiratory Infection, no sneexing coughing, no watery eyes. She is purely indoors, never ventures outdoors as with all my cats. She is due for a vaccination.
Esper is eating/drinking normally and has used the kitty litter only to defecate and urinate. However, she has become more skittish than usual around males. She's always been that way but not to the degree that it is now. She now hisses at Russell and the new kitten intermittently. She didn't do that before. The only whole cat is the kitten.
I know I introduced the new kitten before he's had any shots but he has a clean bill of health from the vet. He is now due for his shots also.
I can't get a vet appointment until Monday morning....it's Thursday night now. So is there ANYTHING I can do besides sit, stress, sleep, twiddle my thumbs, work, stress some more and twiddle my thumbs until Monday? And does anyone know of ANYTHING that may cause this sudden loss of vocal ability?
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Yesterday when I got home, Esper greeted me at the door. However, it was not her usual meow. That came out was a raspy meow. Much like how a human would sound if they lost their voice. You know that half voice half scratchy raspy sound. If anyone watches The Simpsons, think Marge but REALLY REALLY raspy.
She has had no sign of Upper Respiratory Infection, no sneexing coughing, no watery eyes. She is purely indoors, never ventures outdoors as with all my cats. She is due for a vaccination.
Esper is eating/drinking normally and has used the kitty litter only to defecate and urinate. However, she has become more skittish than usual around males. She's always been that way but not to the degree that it is now. She now hisses at Russell and the new kitten intermittently. She didn't do that before. The only whole cat is the kitten.
I know I introduced the new kitten before he's had any shots but he has a clean bill of health from the vet. He is now due for his shots also.
I can't get a vet appointment until Monday morning....it's Thursday night now. So is there ANYTHING I can do besides sit, stress, sleep, twiddle my thumbs, work, stress some more and twiddle my thumbs until Monday? And does anyone know of ANYTHING that may cause this sudden loss of vocal ability?