Sick little kitty

nushka

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Hi,
Im new here and was hoping someone out there may be able to help.

Quick explaination before I get into the serious questions... About 18 months ago we found a stray cat in bushland. He was tiny and in terrible shape. We took him off to the vet and he explained that he was very underweight and dehydrated and suffering from Cat Flu. He was only 4 weeks old. The vet was going to put him down but we agreed to take him in and get treatment for him in the hope that he would improve. He did and he became the most perfect, loyal and loving little cat.

Recently he started sneezing and was producing a lot of mucus from his nose and his eyes were weeping. We took him to vet and he said that it was an infection, antibiotics were given but then last night he had what seemed like a type of seizure and threw himself off the bed, his legs unable to support him. He tried to walk and his back legs dragged behind him.

Straight off to the vet. He said beside Chronic cat flu which he will have on and off his whole like he thinks he may have encephalitis. He is on antibiotics for a upper respiratory infection but he cant walk, wont eat, wont drink and sleeps all day.

I was hoping someone out there might have an idea of whether or not this is curable and/or what I can do, besides the antibiotics, to help him along.

I lost the most beautiful cat about 2 months ago and could not bare losing this beautiful little creature.

Any help would be so greatly appreciated.

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I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty. I don't have any thoughts on his long term prognosis, but in the meantime you need to get him to eat and drink or he doesn't have a chance.
Have you been assist feeding him? The vet can give you a syringe to fill with a mix of canned food and water. Hills KD formula (I think) is good for this and is high calorie so a little goes a long way. Cats can quickly fall into a spiralling pattern of anorexia and that can lead to fatty liver disease.
I know how worried you must be. Is there any way you can take him to a specialist and/or get a second opinion?
Best of luck!

Dev
 

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I don't know about the disease so I can't help too much. Maybe some members will respond with some of their own experiences. I was able to google feline meningoencephalomyelitis and found some articles on it. I don't know if any of these will help or not.

I hope your kitty is able to beat this and get better soon
 

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The high calorie food that is a soft enough consistancy to syringe feed is Hills a/d (Hills k/d is their kidney diet.) I used Hills a/d with my Angel Spooky when she had hepatic lipidosis from not eating. It took nearly 3 months of syringe feedings before she began to eat on her own, so please don't give up! Cats have to eat every day. Even 48 hours of not eating can cause them to go into hepatic lipidosis. Good luck!
 

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Oh I am sorry to hear about your kitty
I am not able to comment, but I am sending lots of positive, get well quickly (((((
vibes
))))) for your little sweetie


Keep us posted !
 

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Oh that's right! It's the A/D.

Thanks for correcting me.


Devlyn

Originally Posted by Pookie-poo

The high calorie food that is a soft enough consistancy to syringe feed is Hills a/d (Hills k/d is their kidney diet.) I used Hills a/d with my Angel Spooky when she had hepatic lipidosis from not eating. It took nearly 3 months of syringe feedings before she began to eat on her own, so please don't give up! Cats have to eat every day. Even 48 hours of not eating can cause them to go into hepatic lipidosis. Good luck!
 

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I hope your little kitty gets better soon. Sending good health vibes to you both.
 
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