Hi, I have a 12 Year old cat. A day and a half ago she stopped eating. She has a big appetite and abruptly stopped. Twice she dry heaved and only a viscous liquid that had some air bubbles came out. While vomitting she almost seemed to be choking and her back lowered, her legs sprawling slightly across the floor.
She is also in pain where her back leg meats her back near the tail. She is curled up tensely in a ball indicating she's in a good deal of pain. She's become unsocial and is seems depressed. She was showing none of these symptoms two days ago and this behaviour is uncharacteristic of her. We also recently had her anal glands expressed, so I don't think this is causing the pain.
Recently, she had a "senior pane" l blood work test, also checking her kindneys. Everything was good and in fact had improved since our previous visit to the vet's. I plan to call my vet first thing Monday morning. If it is food poisioning, I know it will past. About two days before the symptoms showed up, I dropped her ceramic bowl. I swept and cleaned it up but worry she might have ingested a shard and also thought it could indicate a UTI.
I am not sure if I am being paranoid about missing her ingestion of a foriegn object, but I'm worried beyond belief. I am unable to determine with any sort of objectivity whether the situation will pass or is grave. I am going to the vet ASAP, but I hope to glean whatever knowledge and experience the community has to offer.
She is also in pain where her back leg meats her back near the tail. She is curled up tensely in a ball indicating she's in a good deal of pain. She's become unsocial and is seems depressed. She was showing none of these symptoms two days ago and this behaviour is uncharacteristic of her. We also recently had her anal glands expressed, so I don't think this is causing the pain.
Recently, she had a "senior pane" l blood work test, also checking her kindneys. Everything was good and in fact had improved since our previous visit to the vet's. I plan to call my vet first thing Monday morning. If it is food poisioning, I know it will past. About two days before the symptoms showed up, I dropped her ceramic bowl. I swept and cleaned it up but worry she might have ingested a shard and also thought it could indicate a UTI.
I am not sure if I am being paranoid about missing her ingestion of a foriegn object, but I'm worried beyond belief. I am unable to determine with any sort of objectivity whether the situation will pass or is grave. I am going to the vet ASAP, but I hope to glean whatever knowledge and experience the community has to offer.
