Hi, there. I am new to this website, and I thank you all for your time taken to read and possibly reply to this postin. I have a beautiful kitty named Tank who is 15 months old. He has always been a very active, happy, rambunctious cat. About a week and a half ago, I noticed that he'd stopped eating his food. There were no changes to his diet anytime recently. I thought maybe it was a hairball, or his teeth were sore. Well, the hairball treatment did nothing for him, and he refused canned food, as well. I then noticed about five days ago that he'd stopped drinking water. By now he has lost tons of weight and is quite weak. I took him in to the vet on Thursday, and she drew blood, tested him for FIV and FLV, treated him for his dehydration via subquetaneous fluids, gave me some oral antibiotics for him, and informed me that he had a fever. All other work up was normal. He ate a tiny amount of canned food yesterday, but refused it this morning. I returned today (Sunday) for a recheck. He is severly dehydrated, although his fever has gone down. She drew more blood, gave me a different antibiotic, a prescription for some high calorie food and an appetite inducer, and some fluids to treat his dehydration from home subque again. I have to force feed him with a syringe, and he is not digging this. He threw up once, but has since been okay with it. What coudl be going on? Any advice, or perhaps tips on how to make this as least uncomfortable for him as possible? I am very nervous and afraid for him. Anyone have any ideas? His sister (who I adopted at the same time as him when they were about 11 weeks old) is perfectly fine and healthy. What's happening??
Thanks again for your time....
Thanks again for your time....