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So I realize the internet is not a doctor and all, but I'm hoping someone else has had a cat act like this.
My cat Calli is about 7, longhaired, started out weighing about 9 lbs. About two months ago, I noticed she felt light when I picked her up, and she'd started throwing up a lot - often times it was just bile, or a hairball, but sometimes food as well. That went on for about a week before I could get her into the vet. She'd lost about a pound at that point, and they did all the basic tests and found not much of anything - a couple things that were very slightly outside normal range, but those were things that get elevated when a cat has been throwing up a lot. The next week I ended up taking her in at 3am - she'd been throwing up white foam on and off since 11pm and started trying to hide and wasn't responsive, and I freaked out. They said her body temp was low and her bloodwork that round showed some liver issues, and she'd lost a half a pound. They took xrays and found nothing unusual, and gave me denamarin and metronidazole. The next week I was able to get her in to another vet for an ultrasound, which again, didn't show anything helpful - her liver was a little off and her intestines had a texture to them, but they still dont' know what's going on. I'm waiting to hear back on another set of blood tests still. They gave me an antibiotic, an appetite inducer, and something for her liver. She'd lost another half a pound at that weigh in.
Today I took her in for a weight, and she'd gained 2 ounces, which is a plus, but she's barely eaten or drunk at all today, just a few little mouthfuls and a couple treats. For the most part, the whole time she's been her usual self, active and responsive and trouble making, bringing me her toys and wanting to cuddle. She's stopped grooming entirely, and is matting super quickly now that her fur has gotten very oily - they gave me some laxaton to try on her, and when I tried smearing it on her leg she wandered around for an hour before one of the other cats licked it off for her. Arg!
One of the things that's really thrown me is that she's always been a neat, quick eater of anything you give her, and since a little before I started to notice her loosing weight, I had also noticed that she was being a messy eater - grabbing a piece of dry food, taking it out of the bowl and crunching it in the air, leaving crumbs scattered all around her dish. She was (is) tilting her head oddly when she eats, and sometimes makes a really weird grinding noise when chewing on something. In the last two weeks, she's gotten even weirder about food and will keep going over to the dry food, picking it up, dropping it outside the bowl, and ignoring it. She takes treats about half the time now, instead of always, and when I try wet food, she'll lick it dry but not actually eat anything. She acts like she's hungry and eager for food, but then doesn't seem to be able to eat it. On the plus side, she hasn't thrown up in almost three weeks. The vets did look at her teeth and didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
I'm starting to get to the point of freaking out - I've already spent more money than I can really afford on all these tests, they still don't have any useful clue, and she's not really getting better. Plus, trying to give her five pills a day and a liquid antibiotic is becoming almost impossible, as she hates being pilled and I don't have anyone to help. It's getting to the point where if she even thinks I'm going for the pill bottles, she hides under the bed.
My cat Calli is about 7, longhaired, started out weighing about 9 lbs. About two months ago, I noticed she felt light when I picked her up, and she'd started throwing up a lot - often times it was just bile, or a hairball, but sometimes food as well. That went on for about a week before I could get her into the vet. She'd lost about a pound at that point, and they did all the basic tests and found not much of anything - a couple things that were very slightly outside normal range, but those were things that get elevated when a cat has been throwing up a lot. The next week I ended up taking her in at 3am - she'd been throwing up white foam on and off since 11pm and started trying to hide and wasn't responsive, and I freaked out. They said her body temp was low and her bloodwork that round showed some liver issues, and she'd lost a half a pound. They took xrays and found nothing unusual, and gave me denamarin and metronidazole. The next week I was able to get her in to another vet for an ultrasound, which again, didn't show anything helpful - her liver was a little off and her intestines had a texture to them, but they still dont' know what's going on. I'm waiting to hear back on another set of blood tests still. They gave me an antibiotic, an appetite inducer, and something for her liver. She'd lost another half a pound at that weigh in.
Today I took her in for a weight, and she'd gained 2 ounces, which is a plus, but she's barely eaten or drunk at all today, just a few little mouthfuls and a couple treats. For the most part, the whole time she's been her usual self, active and responsive and trouble making, bringing me her toys and wanting to cuddle. She's stopped grooming entirely, and is matting super quickly now that her fur has gotten very oily - they gave me some laxaton to try on her, and when I tried smearing it on her leg she wandered around for an hour before one of the other cats licked it off for her. Arg!
One of the things that's really thrown me is that she's always been a neat, quick eater of anything you give her, and since a little before I started to notice her loosing weight, I had also noticed that she was being a messy eater - grabbing a piece of dry food, taking it out of the bowl and crunching it in the air, leaving crumbs scattered all around her dish. She was (is) tilting her head oddly when she eats, and sometimes makes a really weird grinding noise when chewing on something. In the last two weeks, she's gotten even weirder about food and will keep going over to the dry food, picking it up, dropping it outside the bowl, and ignoring it. She takes treats about half the time now, instead of always, and when I try wet food, she'll lick it dry but not actually eat anything. She acts like she's hungry and eager for food, but then doesn't seem to be able to eat it. On the plus side, she hasn't thrown up in almost three weeks. The vets did look at her teeth and didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
I'm starting to get to the point of freaking out - I've already spent more money than I can really afford on all these tests, they still don't have any useful clue, and she's not really getting better. Plus, trying to give her five pills a day and a liquid antibiotic is becoming almost impossible, as she hates being pilled and I don't have anyone to help. It's getting to the point where if she even thinks I'm going for the pill bottles, she hides under the bed.