I've been pulling my hair out for the past few days and came across this wonderful forum. I've been trying to look up so many different things and I think I'm more confused as ever.
I have 2 cats, Roscoe and Kora. Both will be 2 years old on May 3rd of this year. They are from 2 different litters but were raised together. The last few weeks I noticed that Roscoe was acting a little more lethargic. He used to bring me the pop caps from the 20oz bottles of Coke and meow at me till I threw it and then he'd bring them back to me time and time again. But not lately. He's always been a semi-lap cat, but more then usual lately.
I bought a little pop up bed and he sleeps in it almost all the time. He barely touches his food when I put it out. I see him kind of strain to chew (Dry food)when I actually SEE him eat. I've been feeding them Iams dry, various flavors since I got them at about 8 weeks old. As for wet food, I do Friskies in the pouch.
Well, I figured I would take him to the vet just to see if anything was wrong. He felt around, took his temperature, weighed him and the only thing he noticed was that Roscoe had lost 3 lbs since his last appointment, which was way back in March '07. So we decided to take a blood sample and get a profile done and I found out the results today.
He said that Roscoe's liver enzymes were slightly elevated and needed further treatment. In the words of my vet, " His prognosis scares me."
So I'm taking Roscoe to get an abdominal ultrasound on Wednesday, which also happens to be my birthday. So I'm praying for the best birthday present I could ever get. My baby boy back healthy, or at least a direction to go in, to get him back to healthy.
I think I cried for 2 hours during work. I just kept seeing all the cute little kitten pictures I took of him and his sister.
He's not even 2 years old. So If anyone could say some prayers for him, I would appreciate anything.
And I apologize for my first post here being so emotional, but I'm just a wreck and this seemed like the place I want to be with him.
Thank You
Justin/Roscoe/Kora
I have 2 cats, Roscoe and Kora. Both will be 2 years old on May 3rd of this year. They are from 2 different litters but were raised together. The last few weeks I noticed that Roscoe was acting a little more lethargic. He used to bring me the pop caps from the 20oz bottles of Coke and meow at me till I threw it and then he'd bring them back to me time and time again. But not lately. He's always been a semi-lap cat, but more then usual lately.
I bought a little pop up bed and he sleeps in it almost all the time. He barely touches his food when I put it out. I see him kind of strain to chew (Dry food)when I actually SEE him eat. I've been feeding them Iams dry, various flavors since I got them at about 8 weeks old. As for wet food, I do Friskies in the pouch.
Well, I figured I would take him to the vet just to see if anything was wrong. He felt around, took his temperature, weighed him and the only thing he noticed was that Roscoe had lost 3 lbs since his last appointment, which was way back in March '07. So we decided to take a blood sample and get a profile done and I found out the results today.
He said that Roscoe's liver enzymes were slightly elevated and needed further treatment. In the words of my vet, " His prognosis scares me."
So I'm taking Roscoe to get an abdominal ultrasound on Wednesday, which also happens to be my birthday. So I'm praying for the best birthday present I could ever get. My baby boy back healthy, or at least a direction to go in, to get him back to healthy.
I think I cried for 2 hours during work. I just kept seeing all the cute little kitten pictures I took of him and his sister.
He's not even 2 years old. So If anyone could say some prayers for him, I would appreciate anything.
And I apologize for my first post here being so emotional, but I'm just a wreck and this seemed like the place I want to be with him.
Thank You
Justin/Roscoe/Kora