Hi all. It's your friend in Russia.
I think my cat is dying and there is on one here to help.
Beazy has gone from bad to worse. Now, instead of eating very little, she is eating nothing. This has been going on for a week. Along with the no food intake, she is vomiting stomach acid. My other cat recently started the same behaviour.
The vet here has them both on saline drips twice daily with vitamins. Although they readily admit this is a contagious infection, they haven't put them on an antibiotic.
They are also treating Beazy with Geptral as her liver numbers were high in her blood work. (I don't understand what any of the numbers mean, but could transcribe them if someone out there does.)
Beazy has had a clear x-ray and an ultrasound (no idea what that showed).
She has gone from being playful and affectionate to pitiful. She can hardly walk. Her eyes are dull and seem...sunken back. She has more eye discharge than ususal.
I am desperate to help her, but don't know what to do! Russian medicine is bad enough when it comes to humans (drilling a hole in your face to let your sinuses drain...) but it's ridiculous when it comes to cats. I know she needs more than vitamins, but don't know what! If anyone has a vet who can help via the internet, please let me know. I can get medication easily (no Rx here), but don't know what she needs or how much.
Please, please help.
I'm off to see a second vet, but am not hopeful that she will be more enlightened.
I think my cat is dying and there is on one here to help.
Beazy has gone from bad to worse. Now, instead of eating very little, she is eating nothing. This has been going on for a week. Along with the no food intake, she is vomiting stomach acid. My other cat recently started the same behaviour.
The vet here has them both on saline drips twice daily with vitamins. Although they readily admit this is a contagious infection, they haven't put them on an antibiotic.
They are also treating Beazy with Geptral as her liver numbers were high in her blood work. (I don't understand what any of the numbers mean, but could transcribe them if someone out there does.)
Beazy has had a clear x-ray and an ultrasound (no idea what that showed).
She has gone from being playful and affectionate to pitiful. She can hardly walk. Her eyes are dull and seem...sunken back. She has more eye discharge than ususal.
I am desperate to help her, but don't know what to do! Russian medicine is bad enough when it comes to humans (drilling a hole in your face to let your sinuses drain...) but it's ridiculous when it comes to cats. I know she needs more than vitamins, but don't know what! If anyone has a vet who can help via the internet, please let me know. I can get medication easily (no Rx here), but don't know what she needs or how much.
Please, please help.
I'm off to see a second vet, but am not hopeful that she will be more enlightened.