I know that this post is long, but i beg of you will you please please read it and advise me in any way that you can.
My cat's name is Duke, and i have cared for him for nearly 8 years. About 3 or 4 months ago, he got really sick. He threw up all the time violently, so we took him to the vet and invested nearly 1000 dollars in trying to find out what was wrong wiht him, and they could give us no end result. So they set us up with medicine and lite and soft cat food that we had to force feed to him everyday. After about 2 months we stopped giving him the medicine. And he does okay without it, no vomiting. But to this day we are still holding him in a towel and force feeding him food because he will not eat on his own.
This is what has me really worried now. As of now, he still wont eat on his own. He will drink some water though. My mother and I feed him 3 times a day. He is extremely and sickly skinny and underweight, and he isnt active.
Also, for the past two days i noticed he is loosing his fur. He is not shedding, he is loosing clumps and handfuls of fur from the back of his neck. Not to mention he has lost small amounts of hair under his chin, on the sides of his face, and ears, as well as several wiskers. But i can see his pink skin when that is lost. But, Last night, when i saw the back of his neck, i began bawling. He has lost so much hair that there is a huge circle with none. And i guess it has to be his skin, but its a greenish brown area and it was dry feeling, it reminded me of a snakes-skin or a paper bag. I showed it to my mother and she put some vaseline on it, we dont know what to do. There is red, perhaps blood, under the surface on the outer edges of the hairless area. And today the surface almost bubbles out of his neck, like a dome. When you touch it, feels a little squishy, and it irritates him. Im so depressed and distraught. And we have no more money to invest in the vet to even find out whats happening now.
So im posting here in hopes that somebody can help me or give me advice on how to save my poor kitty, or if it is hopeless.
thank you for your time.
-Megan
My cat's name is Duke, and i have cared for him for nearly 8 years. About 3 or 4 months ago, he got really sick. He threw up all the time violently, so we took him to the vet and invested nearly 1000 dollars in trying to find out what was wrong wiht him, and they could give us no end result. So they set us up with medicine and lite and soft cat food that we had to force feed to him everyday. After about 2 months we stopped giving him the medicine. And he does okay without it, no vomiting. But to this day we are still holding him in a towel and force feeding him food because he will not eat on his own.
This is what has me really worried now. As of now, he still wont eat on his own. He will drink some water though. My mother and I feed him 3 times a day. He is extremely and sickly skinny and underweight, and he isnt active.
Also, for the past two days i noticed he is loosing his fur. He is not shedding, he is loosing clumps and handfuls of fur from the back of his neck. Not to mention he has lost small amounts of hair under his chin, on the sides of his face, and ears, as well as several wiskers. But i can see his pink skin when that is lost. But, Last night, when i saw the back of his neck, i began bawling. He has lost so much hair that there is a huge circle with none. And i guess it has to be his skin, but its a greenish brown area and it was dry feeling, it reminded me of a snakes-skin or a paper bag. I showed it to my mother and she put some vaseline on it, we dont know what to do. There is red, perhaps blood, under the surface on the outer edges of the hairless area. And today the surface almost bubbles out of his neck, like a dome. When you touch it, feels a little squishy, and it irritates him. Im so depressed and distraught. And we have no more money to invest in the vet to even find out whats happening now.
So im posting here in hopes that somebody can help me or give me advice on how to save my poor kitty, or if it is hopeless.
thank you for your time.
-Megan
