Fever and no other symptoms

Hello everybody...
Just wondering if someone's cat ever had high fever without explanation

It has been 2 days now
He's a 4 yr old male, castrated, vaccinated, i've had him since a baby, a little verweight, he weights 7.2 kilo

He never goes out, so he could not eat anything and in the house I dont have anything dangerous, he goes out only to the balcony and stays in the sun for a couple of hours

2 days ago he was not as jumpy as usual, and he did not finish his breakfast, that is what worried me, as he LOVES to eat

In the evening I took him to vet, he had 40.3 C
Gave him a shot of baytril and metacam

Yesterday same thing and the vet gave me baytril pills for 5 days.... He does not want to do another shot of metacam, I wouldnt either

he said that if this does not work we have to change the antibiotic and that there is a slight chance of being Erlichia (that is very rare in cats, but he had one case a while ago of a cat with unexplained fever and it was erlichia...)

He does eat (thank god he's a little piggy and he eats something) but is not usual that he leaves half of the can out there...

He meows and jumps to my arms, so he's not lethargic

He pees normally, clear yellow, as I put a tissue while he was doing it and the color was normal, no pain while peeing... he also poos normally (but less of course cause he's eating less

Today when I woke up I found a little of vomit, looked like unprocessed food, but I am not sure cause he's not eating now dry food, so it is all mushy....

That is all... I am really clueless as I also have not been in contact with sick cats lately to bring in any disease......

If someone ever had a similar incident or would have a little clue of what could be wrong....

Please cross your fingers and paws that he'll feel better..... thank you

Has your vet done any tests on your cat.

hi again,

no change...even worse, just got home and found another vomit,, now he's not intersted in food but i gave him the pill, a little later i'll try to force feed a little, but i want the pill to disolve in system first....will try a pepcid a/c but how much to give to a 7.2 kilo cat? 1 pill ? half?

we're seeing the vet tomorrow noon again, I think if there's no change we'll have to take some blood

Originally Posted by ronit

hi again,

no change...even worse, just got home and found another vomit,, now he's not intersted in food but i gave him the pill, a little later i'll try to force feed a little, but i want the pill to disolve in system first....will try a pepcid a/c but how much to give to a 7.2 kilo cat? 1 pill ? half?

we're seeing the vet tomorrow noon again, I think if there's no change we'll have to take some blood

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I would NOT medicate till you see the vet... Do you know how to syringe feed?

Originally Posted by sharky

I would NOT medicate till you see the vet... Do you know how to syringe feed?

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Hi Sharky,

Thanks ... I gave him only the antibiotic.... but wouldnt it help to give him the famotidine for the nausea?

I called a friend's vet in athens and he said I should change the antibiotic from baytril to vibramycin..... he said many possibilities which I cannot remember because I am all stressed but he said that the second one is usually good when is something like a parasite inside...

I AM GOING NUTS.... If nothing changes by monday I will have to go to athens and is a 7 hr ferry trip.... to a vet there and do all tests cause I am affraid of giving him anesthesia tomorrow to draw blod and that it will clog (rural vet not so good) and I dont want to anesthesiate him again in case we need more... I dont know what to do cause he's so young and I feel so so bad !!

It could and if your friends vet is willing to give you a correct dose without seeing him then try it.. I used 1/4 tab on a 14 lb cat ( but she was also Crf

I decided to go to Athens as now he vomited all night 3 times foam... so I definetely dont like this and wont agree on doing half tests here, I will call vet to make an apt, tomorrow morning and will travel in the evening...
I wish there were competent vets here, and that they would have the knowledge and the instruments to make things properly...
I might sound hysterical, but wouldnt anyone else do that ?
I am trying to force feed him a little but he does not like it so much, also giving some water... i dont think there's nothing else I can do in the meantime....

Wish us luck tomorrow and thanks for your time

I'm sending lots of for you and your little guy's appointment tomorrow. I can't imagine a 7 hour ferry ride with a sick little kitty... you are a wonderful cat parent.

Please let us know how it goes.

Any updates on this cat.

Ronit, are you back from Athens with an update for us yet?

Hi all !

Well we are back now a couple of days, we had to stay in Athens for 5 nights, 3 of them Baby was in the clinic.
The vet did blood tests and showed very very low number of blood platelets, and the infection dragged accute renal failure, he had IV fluids and the blood tests after 2 days showed numbers almost back to normal, the only a little high was creatinine at 2.5 so the fluids cleared almost all of it. He still had all day on thurdsay IV fluids
He strarted eating then and now he's back to normal eating.. (which is a lot)
Vet sent me home and I still have to put him sub-q fluids twice a day and he has to eat a clinic diet... he's also taking antibiotics to fight the parasite
In a couple of weeks I have to make blood tests again to re-check the blood platelets and kidney function.

He is really doing great and I am so so thankful to the vet !!
I would have never cure him here, I took the right desicion on going away to the city...

And aparently, the infection in the blood is from the stupid bird he ate, the bird might have fleas and those carried the infection.... there is no other reason as he does not go out (the stupid bird came in from the open window... )

so that's our update !! Thank you all for your asking !!

Woohoo!! What great news! I am so glad you took the ferry to Athens and made it to the vet. Did your guy do okay on the ferry ride?

So glad the vet was able to figure out the problem and that your baby's on the mend. Please keep us posted!

HI all and happy easter !

Just a quick GOOOOD update
Baby's kidney numbers are back to normal as per last week's exams.

Just the platelets count is still low, vet suggested another round of antibiotic + sub-q fluids while taking meds to help kidneys...

I will have to take some more blood by the end of the 10 days.... and hope that numbers go up. BUT he is as good as new ! playing around all the time as he used to!

The bird came inside? Crazy that it could have started all of this. I hope none of your other cats are/or become at risk from anything in the area that birds could be carrying.

It's good to read that he's getting better. I hope to see an update in a couple weeks saying he's back to normal. With your prompt and dedicated care, I'm sure he will be.

I hope you have a good weekend!

I am glad your cat is better.

Hooray! Glad your little one is doing better.

HI, I am new to your thread, but want to add my gladness that Baby is going to be okay.

I want to add that Baby should never ever have metacam again. The metacam shot should not have been given without blood work to begin with.

Metacam is very rough on a cat's kidneys and a cat who has a history of kidney problems (which Baby now has) should never ever have it again. I am not a vet, but I never heard of parasites causing kidney failure before.

I wonder if that bird was poisoned, because I would think that is what is likely to cause acute kidney failure, either that or the metacam caused the elevated kidney numbers.

I am so glad Baby is going to make it, good job getting him to a vet who could give him the treatment he needed.

Originally Posted by otto

I am not a vet, but I never heard of parasites causing kidney failure before.

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Look up "renal parasites". They exist, though maybe not as common in most of the US or known about - just like most people don't know about liver flukes..

I would assume a Greek island has some very different parasites than we're used to here.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Look up "renal parasites". They exist, though maybe not as common in most of the US or known about - just like most people don't know about liver flukes..

I would assume a Greek island has some very different parasites than we're used to here.

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Thanks for that info! Always glad to learn something new.

I stand by my warning about the metacam, though. It could very likely be the cause of the renal problems, since blood work was not done first, we will never know.

Hi and Happy Easter !!

Actually the Athens Vet did warned me not ever to give anything to Baby without consulting him, specially Metacam ... and never ever give him anesthesia again for any cause...and if I ever would want to give him a dental again I should go to athens to him again cause he does it in a special way for cats with sensible kidneys...

It is a rural area here... many parasites around (it could have been hemobartonella or erlichia - I know 1 dog and 1 cat that got erlichia in the island- or something similar), and many birds to carry the infected fleas around, and illiterate farmers (they still do grose things to animals) ... I guess cities have less of those problems...