My kitty is having some big trouble. I adopted my kitty 2 years ago, and she has always had a cough. Often she would go days without a coughing fit, but it has been worse recently, to where she has several coughing fits a day and doesn't recover from them as quickly. She's also always been a constipated kitty. Last summer, we awoke one morning to her suffering from a weird neurological problem where her eyes were spinning, she was throwing up and couldn't stand up or walk without falling. She slowly recovered from it but has never been herself since, she seemed to lose a few brain cells... This January, she had her first house-soiling incident. She pooped on the beds, and even tried to poop on mine right beside me while i was sleeping. She had bad diarrhea, and some vomiting. After a few days she was okay again. A couple of weeks later, she started pooping on my parents bed again and straining in the litterbox a lot, with LOTS of vomiting that went on for two days. We saw a vet who thought it was due to the constipation, and he gave her medication in case it was a bacterial problem or something, and said if it didn't go away in a few days to bring her back. Well it went away, and she was fine for another couple of weeks until it happened again. She pooped on the beds, was vomiting and acting really out of it. She would hide in new places she never used to go, jump up in strange places where she clearly couldn't fit, and pace around. We saw a different vet who spent a long time with us explaining how it was a behavioural problem, probably due to the neurological problem from last summer. He said she is probably having some stomach upset from hairballs or constipation, but the main problem is behavioural which responds very poorly to treatment. He put her on antidepressants, put her on a high fibre diet and recommended pheromone spray to lower her stress. Now it is a few weeks later and she is having a hard time again. I know she does not have a blockage because the fibre diet has been really working for her. She started off vomiting food, now she is vomiting little bits of foam or clear liquid, and she pooped on my sister's bed and the couch, both being things she never pooped on before. Just half an hour ago she ran in to me, meowed at me and threw up at my feet. I'm worried she's in a lot of pain. Last night she was sitting hunched over hiding in the corner of my room.
The biggest problem, though, is that I live with my parents, and they are not willing to put up with this. They warned me back in January that if the house-soiling doesn't stop she will be euthanised. They are fed up.
She seems to be very sick, and it has happened 5 times in the last five months. I don't understand this and I know she is suffering. If anybody recognizes any of this behaviour I would love to hear what you suspect the problem may be or your suggestions!
Thank you!
The biggest problem, though, is that I live with my parents, and they are not willing to put up with this. They warned me back in January that if the house-soiling doesn't stop she will be euthanised. They are fed up.
She seems to be very sick, and it has happened 5 times in the last five months. I don't understand this and I know she is suffering. If anybody recognizes any of this behaviour I would love to hear what you suspect the problem may be or your suggestions!
Thank you!