I am blessed enough to have a vet who makes "house calls" -- I discovered her last year when I had to put my beloved older cat, Hemingway, to sleep --it was so much better to be able to be with him at home. Since then, we have retained her as our regular vet for our two remaining kitties, Lois, and Lil Britch.
Lois, my calico (hence the handle
), has ALWAYS been VERY devoted and needy. I do not mind this in the least -- it does become difficult when we go out of town because she truly suffers from my absence. We DO keep them at home and hire people to come in to care for them. She and Lil Britch are NOT really pals -- my husband had her before we got married 4 years ago -- and I think she DOES miss Hemingway. Anyway....we went away a couple of weeks ago on a cruise...when I came back, Lois was VERY needy -- she was also exhibiting some strange behavior -- smacking her mouth -- like something in there was bothering her. She had done this once before - right after Hemingway passed away -- and we called the vet who said her mouth was absolutely fine - no teeth problems, etc -- I was not present for the exam, my husband was. It ended up stopping so we weren't overly concerned at that time.
So - today, I was able to tell the vet when she came that I've noticed there's a decided difference in the stools in our litter -- some look normal, others look hard, smaller, sometimes round, etc. I noticed a small droplet of blood outside the litter box one morning as well. She sleeps on my head every night and I did notice some little "noises" coming from Lois' tummy area which my vet said is not very normal for cats. She drew some blood to test and gave her an examination -- she grimaced when she got to the kidney area because she detected a hard "mass" but then when she began to move on to the colon she thought it was just the top of the colon because her colon felt very packed - she is constipated, we believe. We are treating her with under-the-skin hydration, will put her on some wet food, and the vet called in a prescription for a kitty laxative for her. The vet says she is 90% sure it is nothing more serious than this -- not that the constipation isn't serious, but I'm hoping it's not something like kidney disease, cancer, etc -- she is absolutely normal in every other way - eating, grooming, playing, purring, etc. She has ALWAYS been into water - faucets, sinks, even the shower - she actually GETS IN after I turn it off and it's still dripping...
I will absolutely collapse if the blood work shows something more serious
Has anyone experienced anything like this??
Lois, my calico (hence the handle
So - today, I was able to tell the vet when she came that I've noticed there's a decided difference in the stools in our litter -- some look normal, others look hard, smaller, sometimes round, etc. I noticed a small droplet of blood outside the litter box one morning as well. She sleeps on my head every night and I did notice some little "noises" coming from Lois' tummy area which my vet said is not very normal for cats. She drew some blood to test and gave her an examination -- she grimaced when she got to the kidney area because she detected a hard "mass" but then when she began to move on to the colon she thought it was just the top of the colon because her colon felt very packed - she is constipated, we believe. We are treating her with under-the-skin hydration, will put her on some wet food, and the vet called in a prescription for a kitty laxative for her. The vet says she is 90% sure it is nothing more serious than this -- not that the constipation isn't serious, but I'm hoping it's not something like kidney disease, cancer, etc -- she is absolutely normal in every other way - eating, grooming, playing, purring, etc. She has ALWAYS been into water - faucets, sinks, even the shower - she actually GETS IN after I turn it off and it's still dripping...
I will absolutely collapse if the blood work shows something more serious
Has anyone experienced anything like this??