My 5yo male suddenly came down with something almost 2 weeks ago. I found him barely moving one morning and noticed 1 of his third-eyelids was showing so I knew something was wrong. I brought him to a vet and they said he had a high fever and was very docile (and usually he hates strangers). They gave him a convenia and anti-inflammation shot and they took blood & urine tests and x-rays. When they got the results - all he could tell me was that he had indications of an infection but they never tested him for anything specific so he could only speculate that it was a possible URI or UTI. The next few days he developed congestion with sneezing, coughing and runny nose so we figured it was most likely a URI.
Behavior wise he wasn't as talkative or as active as he normally was - usually he's very chatty and has at least 2 bouts of zoomies per day. Lately he's barely meowing, doesn't have a lot of energy, and isn't eating as much as he usually does. His eyelid has started to go back to normal and his congestion has definitely improved. For the first week after the visit he would eat most of 1 can of wet food, barely touching his dry food until the last 2 days he's barely had any appetite for the food at all. I bought him a new type of food that comes in a pouch and when I offer it to him by hand, he gladly laps it up. So it's not that he's refusing to eat, maybe just too tired?
Today I'm writing here because I'm concerned as we come up to the 2nd week since his visit. I was told the antibiotic shot only lasts 2 weeks and I'm worried that his condition is no longer improving and what if it's not a URI?? - but maybe I'm being overly cautious and cats are just like this while the infection works it's way out. My 1 concern is that he's seemed a bit wobbly yesterday and today, he was able to jump on and off things but sometimes he was a little unbalanced, he's usually more graceful. This could be from his lack of eating the last 2 days (he had some nibbles so not nothing but not substantial) but wanted to see if anyone else experienced this type of symptom from a cat in recovery?
Behavior wise he wasn't as talkative or as active as he normally was - usually he's very chatty and has at least 2 bouts of zoomies per day. Lately he's barely meowing, doesn't have a lot of energy, and isn't eating as much as he usually does. His eyelid has started to go back to normal and his congestion has definitely improved. For the first week after the visit he would eat most of 1 can of wet food, barely touching his dry food until the last 2 days he's barely had any appetite for the food at all. I bought him a new type of food that comes in a pouch and when I offer it to him by hand, he gladly laps it up. So it's not that he's refusing to eat, maybe just too tired?
Today I'm writing here because I'm concerned as we come up to the 2nd week since his visit. I was told the antibiotic shot only lasts 2 weeks and I'm worried that his condition is no longer improving and what if it's not a URI?? - but maybe I'm being overly cautious and cats are just like this while the infection works it's way out. My 1 concern is that he's seemed a bit wobbly yesterday and today, he was able to jump on and off things but sometimes he was a little unbalanced, he's usually more graceful. This could be from his lack of eating the last 2 days (he had some nibbles so not nothing but not substantial) but wanted to see if anyone else experienced this type of symptom from a cat in recovery?