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It definitely has been a while since I last posted about my cat Sassy. She's been known to get on and off appetite issues which usually ended up getting resolved on its own or after some digestive medications. (Cerenia, appetite stiumlant, etc) But what occurred since yesterday morning has concerned me greatly.
Basically, Monday night and all of Monday and days/weeks prior, she been acting normal, eating like normal, etc. In my past posts, I wrote how Sassy's eating habits and shchedule changed 2 years ago since passing of another cat. She went from eating twice a day or so, to eating smaller meals every 4 hours or so and been at it for the past 2 years. So yesterday morning (Tuesday) I noticed she was sleeping in bit longer than usual. She would eat meals at 4am and 7am approximately. Though yesterday she slept through. I sort of forced her to get up yesterdya morning so she could eat something before i head to work. She kinda struggled to get up, she seemed tired. Eventually came down from my bed, and then ate a little. Less than she had been all these months and years, but was still something. She then went to drink water and came back to bed to sleep. So it sort of seemed fine.
Fast forward hours later in afternoon, she would ALWAYS be at the door waiting for me to get home from work and ask for food as she would be quite hungry for not eating in 6 hours or so. But yesterday as feared upon returning from work, she wasn't at the door door. In fact, she was still on my bed. When I got in, she took a glance at me but made no effort whatsoever to get up or ask for food. nothing. so at that point I realized she was sick. Keep in mind how sudden this came about from being good all day Monday, to Tuesday morning being the start of it. I had been sick with a cold past days...and she sleeps with me on bed. I wondered if i Gave her some kind of sickness?
So I took her to a vet, not her main vet because it was too late in the day. This other vet did checkup, blood and urine sample. Noticed her fever was "slightly" high at 104.5 I believe. She then said she it may be from an infection or inflammation. So she said she would get some antibiotic shot and some fluids to help fever and infection. According to the invoice, the shot she got says Convenia. When I read that up it shows its primarily for skin infection? That was only shot given. No medication or anything sent home. So Sassy just slept thru the night last night. At around 10pm she finally got up in effort to try to eat but just gave her food few licks thats it again and went back to sleep.
Today was more of the same story just woke up few times, walked barely as her front paws seem to be sliding or wanting to slide out beneath her? She looks weak, but gave few more licks to her food and went back to sleep.
I had contacted my primary vet by email today. He mentioned her fever of 104.5 is quite high, not just slightly high. And asked if any antipyretic to bring down fever or antibiotic for infection was given by an injection? I wasn't sure so i sent invoice. He got back to me and said he doesn't see any of those shots listed in the invoice...so I was left to wonder now what this other vet really inject? My primary vet willing to take her in tomorrow morning as she isnt eating, and I know she can't go days without eating but at least she drinking some water. I hope its just some kind of infection, as based of her bloodwork, her Neutrophils is quite high. I don't know. At first i thought again if her kidney disease progressed further to suddenly get her so weak and ill and just want to sleep. But this latest bloodwork still doesn't show it.
Attached is bloodwork and urine test. If anyone can possibly give suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it. She still very lethargic and not wanting to eat, but again shes drinking good amount of water now compared to yesterday.
Thank You
It definitely has been a while since I last posted about my cat Sassy. She's been known to get on and off appetite issues which usually ended up getting resolved on its own or after some digestive medications. (Cerenia, appetite stiumlant, etc) But what occurred since yesterday morning has concerned me greatly.
Basically, Monday night and all of Monday and days/weeks prior, she been acting normal, eating like normal, etc. In my past posts, I wrote how Sassy's eating habits and shchedule changed 2 years ago since passing of another cat. She went from eating twice a day or so, to eating smaller meals every 4 hours or so and been at it for the past 2 years. So yesterday morning (Tuesday) I noticed she was sleeping in bit longer than usual. She would eat meals at 4am and 7am approximately. Though yesterday she slept through. I sort of forced her to get up yesterdya morning so she could eat something before i head to work. She kinda struggled to get up, she seemed tired. Eventually came down from my bed, and then ate a little. Less than she had been all these months and years, but was still something. She then went to drink water and came back to bed to sleep. So it sort of seemed fine.
Fast forward hours later in afternoon, she would ALWAYS be at the door waiting for me to get home from work and ask for food as she would be quite hungry for not eating in 6 hours or so. But yesterday as feared upon returning from work, she wasn't at the door door. In fact, she was still on my bed. When I got in, she took a glance at me but made no effort whatsoever to get up or ask for food. nothing. so at that point I realized she was sick. Keep in mind how sudden this came about from being good all day Monday, to Tuesday morning being the start of it. I had been sick with a cold past days...and she sleeps with me on bed. I wondered if i Gave her some kind of sickness?
So I took her to a vet, not her main vet because it was too late in the day. This other vet did checkup, blood and urine sample. Noticed her fever was "slightly" high at 104.5 I believe. She then said she it may be from an infection or inflammation. So she said she would get some antibiotic shot and some fluids to help fever and infection. According to the invoice, the shot she got says Convenia. When I read that up it shows its primarily for skin infection? That was only shot given. No medication or anything sent home. So Sassy just slept thru the night last night. At around 10pm she finally got up in effort to try to eat but just gave her food few licks thats it again and went back to sleep.
Today was more of the same story just woke up few times, walked barely as her front paws seem to be sliding or wanting to slide out beneath her? She looks weak, but gave few more licks to her food and went back to sleep.
I had contacted my primary vet by email today. He mentioned her fever of 104.5 is quite high, not just slightly high. And asked if any antipyretic to bring down fever or antibiotic for infection was given by an injection? I wasn't sure so i sent invoice. He got back to me and said he doesn't see any of those shots listed in the invoice...so I was left to wonder now what this other vet really inject? My primary vet willing to take her in tomorrow morning as she isnt eating, and I know she can't go days without eating but at least she drinking some water. I hope its just some kind of infection, as based of her bloodwork, her Neutrophils is quite high. I don't know. At first i thought again if her kidney disease progressed further to suddenly get her so weak and ill and just want to sleep. But this latest bloodwork still doesn't show it.
Attached is bloodwork and urine test. If anyone can possibly give suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it. She still very lethargic and not wanting to eat, but again shes drinking good amount of water now compared to yesterday.
Thank You
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