Hi. I seem to be out of options concerning my 14 year old male cat. This may be a long story, but i want you to have all the information to give advice.
About 3 monts ago he had a blockage in his bladder. The vet removed it and he has been urinating fine since then. However, he stopped eating after that event and now is wasting away before my eyes. He has lost more than half his body weight since August, dropping from about 15 or 16 pounds to 7. He literally looks like a skeleton with skin stretched over the bone. For a while he would try to eat but when he picked up the food in his mouth he would just drop it. My vet said he "probably" has thyroid disease. I disagree because his decline was instant. I never noticed over activity or excessive eating as always mentioned with the disease.
Now he sleeps all the time and when I try pet him he starts drooling profusely and shaking his head. I understand this could be from nausea. I wake up every morning expecting to find that he has passed on, but he raises his head as if to answer my question then goes back to sleep.
We started him on methimazole 5 mg twice a day and had to force feed with a syringe for about two weeks at the first part of august. He started coming around and began eating on his own. However it seemed to be difficult for him as he would chew up the bite of food and leave half of it on the floor.
Now he has stopped eating entirely again. Probably for about 5 days. He is drinking water. The doctor has checked for mouth problems but can't find any.
I'm very reluctant to put him down because I think he has been misdiagnosed. I have been to two veterinarians and they came up with the same conclusion. (I told the second vet what the first vet had said). But both of them acted like they weren't really sure and were just guessing.
I'm sure his organs are shutting down since he has been so long without. Does anyone have suggestions or thoughts on what I should do?
About 3 monts ago he had a blockage in his bladder. The vet removed it and he has been urinating fine since then. However, he stopped eating after that event and now is wasting away before my eyes. He has lost more than half his body weight since August, dropping from about 15 or 16 pounds to 7. He literally looks like a skeleton with skin stretched over the bone. For a while he would try to eat but when he picked up the food in his mouth he would just drop it. My vet said he "probably" has thyroid disease. I disagree because his decline was instant. I never noticed over activity or excessive eating as always mentioned with the disease.
Now he sleeps all the time and when I try pet him he starts drooling profusely and shaking his head. I understand this could be from nausea. I wake up every morning expecting to find that he has passed on, but he raises his head as if to answer my question then goes back to sleep.
We started him on methimazole 5 mg twice a day and had to force feed with a syringe for about two weeks at the first part of august. He started coming around and began eating on his own. However it seemed to be difficult for him as he would chew up the bite of food and leave half of it on the floor.
Now he has stopped eating entirely again. Probably for about 5 days. He is drinking water. The doctor has checked for mouth problems but can't find any.
I'm very reluctant to put him down because I think he has been misdiagnosed. I have been to two veterinarians and they came up with the same conclusion. (I told the second vet what the first vet had said). But both of them acted like they weren't really sure and were just guessing.
I'm sure his organs are shutting down since he has been so long without. Does anyone have suggestions or thoughts on what I should do?