Cat sick after eating tuna

Thank you for coming back and updating us. Sorry if we came on too harsh. Glad you've found a solution. Keep trying the new food on him, eventually he will eat it. Maybe you can shred some boiled chicken breast meat in with the food to intice him to eat

I hope he keeps getting better. I know about being Allergic. I am Allergic to so many things and so is Coco.

me too! so is chloe but she seems to be outgrowing a lot of hers.

im glad the kitty is going to be ok. i was really worried about it

Thank You for all the kind replies.

We have no plants or basicly anything else in here that could hurt him.I'm sure it was the tuna over a long period of time that weakened him some.I can only guess that one of the last cans we gave him had something bad or lots of mercury.

The vet says no but there is nothing else.Vet thinks it was a "pill" or somthing he found laying around.There is nothing we can find.One thing that really has us scared at this point is about 1 year ago his pupils looked funny and uneven.He didn't have any other symptoms but it was odd,vet said he had no idea what could be wrong.I asked at that time what he could have as treats and the vet said canned light tuna and raw hamburger.

I'm certain the tuna is the culprit here.......really makes me mad too!

Now i need to find him a good diet to get him well and out of trouble.He doesn't like chicken or turkey,if anyone has suggestions for a diet i'd appreciate some input.He loves any type of seafood but i read thats the worst thing when the liver is involved.The vet says the bloods test show a liver response to something toxic.

He doesn't seem interested in the Fromm food so far but its only been a few days.I'm hoping he will start eatting that.

We love our Schnuffy cat! http://i27.tinypic.com/2nvsbp3.jpg

He sure is a nice looking Cat.

It MAY be the tuna...but there are other possibilities. It could be he was bitten by a bug or a spider. It's possible he chewed on some paper or something that had a chemical residue on it. He might have licked something on a surface you can't get to to clean. The possibilities are endless and endlessly puzzling. It sounded to me like a toxic reaction to something.

Just a shot in the dark: Have you always fed him the same brand of tuna? You didn't change brands of cat food recently, did you?

Thank you Mews2much

mrblanche asked
Just a shot in the dark: Have you always fed him the same brand of tuna? You didn't change brands of cat food recently, did you?

We were giving him Bumble bee light tuna in water for years.Recently a relative gave us a large amount of Gaint brand light tuna in water.That is when all this started come to thnk of it,possibly a week after we started giving him the new tuna.He was eatting about a can a day.

I have been watching him like a hawk to see where he goes and if he licks or eats anything.He was at his scatching post chewing or licking something today.As soon as he noticed me looking he stopped and started checking me out.LOL hes just too smart to catch doing anything wrong.He will wait till we go to bed and are sleeping to go up on the stove and cabinets to check things out.

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Originally Posted by Rivi

We were giving him Bumble bee light tuna in water for years.Recently a relative gave us a large amount of Gaint brand light tuna in water.That is when all this started come to thnk of it,possibly a week after we started giving him the new tuna.He was eatting about a can a day.

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Do you still have some of those cans? If so, check the lot numbers or even call the company and ask if there has been any problems. If there's something wrong with the tuna and you're eating it too you'd want to know.

Recently there was a member who lost her cat after he was licking a metal stove (iron). It's suspected that when she cleaned the stove that the cleaner caused it to rust a little and some of that plus residue was left. She used the new green works cleaner, I believe. So try to think of anything, even if it seems unlikely. And your vet may be right, maybe someone dropped a pill - it's very easy to do and is something I worry about. You mentioned cleaning with orange oil containing products. Essentials oils are usually toxic to cats.

I doubt the raw hamburger, if fed in small amounts and from relativity fresh ground beef, would have been the problem. Unlike humans, cats and dogs can handle bacteria a bit better - as someone already pointed out, when they catch something the meat is far from fresh sometimes. When I package up ground beef I'll give Tomas a small bite and have always done so with cats, but that's far from an everyday or even weekly treat.
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Kitten_Smitten - You mentioned your kitty eating lizards. Lizards do carry parasites, pinworms, round and hookworms, and in some areas liver flukes. The flukes actually use lizards as an intermediate host (they become cysts in the muscle). Makes sure to worm your cats regularly

Originally Posted by Rivi

...They know what happened to him but not why it happened.His symtoms were uneven pupils then confusion and hiding with shaking and tremors...the vet ...sent out a blood sample for testing and BINGO it came that he was exposed to something but they don't know what he was exposed to....

SO the ONLY products i have in the house are ivory bar soap,orange oil extract dish soap,vinegar,baking soda and Aloe Vera styling hair spray from the health food store.THATS IT nothing ELSE.I'm completely lost on what he got into...

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Well, with no toxic substances known to you being in the house, you might want to take a look at some of the less well known, but often commonly- found household "ordinaries" (a piece of onion, a sliver of garlic, a seed?).....and, if this is the second time over a prolonged period of time that you've noticed a similar symptom.......

I came across this "story" a little while ago. (Disregard that the journalist got the toxic ingredients in last year's food recall wrong, she does seem to have accurately recorded the facts from the ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center's list.)
http://www.10news.com/family/15665425/detail.html

I still have some cans left,I could call tomorrow.He continues to drool and smack his lips for no good reason.He has never done this before.I'm still very worried.

The vet seems to think its nothing to worry about,he wants us to go have a ultra sound done(305 dollars)I asked what good that would do since he is convinced it was something he ate.He said it would provide more info.....i'm not sold on this idea.

I also asked if there was any medicines or a deit we could start.Vet said NOPE just continue with the tuna and fancy feast.

I have no faith in vet or doctors any more,we live in sad times when money is more important that the time it takes to really help.

Originally Posted by BLAISE

a piece of onion, a sliver of garlic, a seed?).....and, if this is the second time over a prolonged period of time that you've noticed a similar symptom.......

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I had made Guacamole dip and chopped some garlic and onion before he got sick.Garlic is toxic? Please tell me more.

Garlic is bad for cats. You know how it smells and tastes so strongly? That's garlic and onions way of keeping the bulb from being eaten... doesn't stop humans and obviously some pets. Most animals can't really handle avocado, in small amounts and very infrequently its not toxic, but in a significant amount all the fat is it isn't really good for animals (I question why some people feed it to their turtles..). Peel and seed is worse then the meat.

Here you go, a couple of lists.
http://www.traditionalcats.com/Educa...nd_poisons.htm
http://www.cathelp-online.com/emerge...isonplants.php

Originally Posted by Rivi

I had made Guacamole dip and chopped some garlic and onion before he got sick.Garlic is toxic? Please tell me more.

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Onion and garlic effects: anemia, weakness, liver damage

The avocado contains persin which, according to the ASPCA's Poison Centre only causes vomiting and diarrhea in cats

More common food items

Thank You

He has no stomach or elimination problems what so ever.He eats fine now just refused to eat while he was confused and hiding for a couple days.I just think if it was something he ate he would be sick to his stomach or diarrhea or something.But nothing,he eats and pees and poops just like always LOL.

If the kitty got into something, drooling is sometimes the reaction to toxin. I thought that was the initial reaction and not something that keeps going days after the exposure to the toxin.

Some other things that people use to keep their house fresh that kitties might try to get into:

Lavendar oil (as mentioned, essential oils are dangerous to cats)
Those Yankee candle plug in air freshners have liquid bottles. I'm guessing with chemical sensitivity you probably wouldn't use those, but I thought I'd mention anyway.

Companies who make enviro friendly cleansers may also use essential oil in their cleansers and Lavendar and orange oils would be popular natural scents that may be used.

A variety of houseplants, particularly these big, leathery leafed plants with stems with white rings. It's called Diffenbacia. Very poisonous.

here's a good list...I may have seen this offered already but just in case:
http://www.cfa.org/articles/plants.html

Nightshade plants--which include tomato and potato are included on the list and something we commonly have in the house. It seems to be the leaves and stems which is less likely for the potato but really common way to get tomatoes in the grocery store. The stems can cause drooling and nervous system issues. This site talks about it a bit but then also covers other things, like tylenol or mulivitamin supplements that could cause problems.

http://www.feednfarm.com/petsandpois...l#anchor_13213

Anyway, so glad your friend is doing better. What a frustrating experience for you though.

Thank you for the info but we have no plants what so ever.I'm too sensitive to the mold that grows in the dirt etc.The orange oil dish detergent is out of his reach.No candles really there is nothing in here i can think of.We don't wear shoes in here so the floors are clean.No sprays cleaners nothing.

I was thinking about the thin colored ribbon on a roll i use to play with him.But i even tried soaking it in warm water and it just runs right off the ribbon.It doesn't get wet at all.He does get it in his mouth at times when we play.I put it in my mouth to see if it had any taste,nothing.No smell either.

I love his Color. I have a Blue Cat.

Originally Posted by Rivi

Thank You for all the kind replies.

I asked at that time what he could have as treats and the vet said canned light tuna and raw hamburger.

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I think the key word here is "treat". A treat is something given occasionally not for every meal or daily.

It does, as the others have said, sound as though he's gotten into something toxic. I personally would seriously look for another vet. I'd have little to no faith in this current one.

We found him hiding in some rocks behind our home 8 years ago,he was only about a month old.His mother was a black stray and had hid him there.I took the mother to get fixed at a shelter and she got a home.

We had a heck of a time convincing Schnuffy to come out of the rocks.He is an extremely shy cat,he would only come out at night to eat food we put out.After three months of trying to make friends with him everyday he still would only come to eat.So we got our nephew to trick him and pick him up before he knew what was going on.After that he was fine.

He is extremely smart and a great friend,he loves to help me work and loves to play anytime.Hes not a lap cat and hes not a lazy cat.Hes always on a mission and up to something.Unfortuneatly he has a very bad habit of tasting everything he finds.I've never seen him in a bad mood or nasty,he is very loving and always seems in a good mood.

He looks better today and is gaining some weight back.We mixed the Fromm food in with some Fancy Feast and it looks like he ate most of it.In a few weeks we will know if its the tuna caused this.We no longer give him tuna,if all his troubles go away its a good bet it was the tuna.