I spent last night up with Loki, my 18 month old neutered Burmese boy.
His 3rd eyelids have been partially closed for 3 days. They went red, which we treated with steroid drops. and now appear to be a sensible colour, although still protruding.
In the last 36 hours he has developed very loose stools (not liquid), and has started to sneeze once every few minutes. He is still eating, although not as passionately as hr normally does. He is drinking - not excessively given his diarrhoea. He also appears to be a little wheezy/ snuffly I sat up with him all night and just watched him sleep when he could - he was definitely restless. He gets access to the garden but no further thanks to cat proof fencing so only interacts with his sister Mia. We've been checking his temperature daily and it's normal. He has some flatulence, which is abnormal for him, and when I woke up with him lying on my face this morning I could hear things gurgling away in his abdomen (given the soft stools and flatulence this was a rather alarming moment).
Obviously I took him straight down to the vets and they want stool samples for analysis, which I have now taken to them. It will take several days to get the test results back. the vets have said to just look after him as long as he is eating and drinking, and doesn't have problems breathing etc, but get him down there if he deteriorates.
So, we're waiting on the results of poo testing and to see if he gets better or worse. I am not known for my patience, and I hate seeing a cat in discomfort.
So
1. Intermittently Sneezing
2. Mild upper respiratory distress
3. flatulence that would KO a Rhino
4. Very soft stools
5. Protruding 3rd eyelids.
But...
1. No temperature
2. Still eating
3. Still drinking
4. vaccinated against the usual suspects
5. Indoor cat with no feline interaction (other than sister)
Any ideas what's wrong with my little boy? Embarrassingly my wife is an equine vet, but not a feline expert. She and I are both frustrated that we cannot treat a little more aggressively. Anything we should be asking the vet to do, or is a wait and see...
G
His 3rd eyelids have been partially closed for 3 days. They went red, which we treated with steroid drops. and now appear to be a sensible colour, although still protruding.
In the last 36 hours he has developed very loose stools (not liquid), and has started to sneeze once every few minutes. He is still eating, although not as passionately as hr normally does. He is drinking - not excessively given his diarrhoea. He also appears to be a little wheezy/ snuffly I sat up with him all night and just watched him sleep when he could - he was definitely restless. He gets access to the garden but no further thanks to cat proof fencing so only interacts with his sister Mia. We've been checking his temperature daily and it's normal. He has some flatulence, which is abnormal for him, and when I woke up with him lying on my face this morning I could hear things gurgling away in his abdomen (given the soft stools and flatulence this was a rather alarming moment).
Obviously I took him straight down to the vets and they want stool samples for analysis, which I have now taken to them. It will take several days to get the test results back. the vets have said to just look after him as long as he is eating and drinking, and doesn't have problems breathing etc, but get him down there if he deteriorates.
So, we're waiting on the results of poo testing and to see if he gets better or worse. I am not known for my patience, and I hate seeing a cat in discomfort.
So
1. Intermittently Sneezing
2. Mild upper respiratory distress
3. flatulence that would KO a Rhino
4. Very soft stools
5. Protruding 3rd eyelids.
But...
1. No temperature
2. Still eating
3. Still drinking
4. vaccinated against the usual suspects
5. Indoor cat with no feline interaction (other than sister)
Any ideas what's wrong with my little boy? Embarrassingly my wife is an equine vet, but not a feline expert. She and I are both frustrated that we cannot treat a little more aggressively. Anything we should be asking the vet to do, or is a wait and see...
G
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