First time poster, so here's some background. We've got three cats. About two years ago, we got two of them, Willow (longhair) and Kitty (shorthair), from a psychology grad student who was getting too busy for them and wanted to find a good home. Both females, they keep each other good company. They were both about 1yr, vaccinated and fixed when we got them, so they're both about 3 years now. About 9 months ago we got our third, Malachi, from a friend who had a whole litter to give away. Got him fixed and vaccinated when the vet recommended it (several months ago), and he's doing well. It took the girls a while to get used to him, but no big problems.
Kitty and Willow both throw up occasionally, usually when they eat too fast. You can see the food in it, and they're fine afterwards. No problem. Willow occasionally has hairballs, so we know what those are like. Also no problem.
Yesterday, I woke up late to Kitty throwing up on the bed. Not anything she had ever done before. There was a little bit of food in it, but not nearly as much as usual; it was much runnier and had a yellow color. I went in to work, and when I came home eight hours later, I saw 4-5 new yellow stains on the carpet, no food in any of them. I called in a vet appointment and they said the first thing they had was the next day (which was today). I didn't clean the spots, as we're in the middle of moving out of this apartment and I was planning on renting a carpet cleaner in the next few days anyway.
Today I got home from work early to take Kitty to the vet, but I didn't see any new spots. I called the vet to cancel, figuring that she had gotten better (we're very short on cash these days). About 20 minutes after I got off the phone, she walked in to the living room (I would guess she had been eating) and started throwing up on my desk. She has now thrown up, or tried to, at least 5-6 times, with some pitiful moans and restless attempts at napping between. After the first time, all of the vomit was runny and either yellow or clear. She's now trying to sleep again. I called the vet and they said they could get her in early tomorrow morning. I'm going to take off work to bring her in.
The only thing I can find that this resembles is feline distemper, but it seems to mainly affect unvaccinated kittens from what I've read, and Kitty is a 3yo vaccinated indoor cat. Her records say she received her Rabies and FVRCP vaccinations back in 12-4-00 (Willow got hers at the same time). Should this have had a booster by now?
All our cats are indoor cats. There is a lot of junk being kicked up in the house lately, as we're in the middle of a move. I'm using clay clumping litter (don't know what the feelings are about clumping litters here), but had planned on changing that out today for the wood pellet stuff just in case.
Nothing out of the ordinary in the litter boxes. If she's got diarrhea, she's going somewhere that I don't know about, which wouldn't be many places as our furniture is mostly moved out now.
Any ideas? My wife has been on tour with the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps (http://www.bluecoats.com/) since May, and she would be heartbroken if she never got to see Kitty again. I'm not averse to racking up credit card bills for our cats. Please let me know what you all think.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the lengthy message...
-Daniel
Kitty and Willow both throw up occasionally, usually when they eat too fast. You can see the food in it, and they're fine afterwards. No problem. Willow occasionally has hairballs, so we know what those are like. Also no problem.
Yesterday, I woke up late to Kitty throwing up on the bed. Not anything she had ever done before. There was a little bit of food in it, but not nearly as much as usual; it was much runnier and had a yellow color. I went in to work, and when I came home eight hours later, I saw 4-5 new yellow stains on the carpet, no food in any of them. I called in a vet appointment and they said the first thing they had was the next day (which was today). I didn't clean the spots, as we're in the middle of moving out of this apartment and I was planning on renting a carpet cleaner in the next few days anyway.
Today I got home from work early to take Kitty to the vet, but I didn't see any new spots. I called the vet to cancel, figuring that she had gotten better (we're very short on cash these days). About 20 minutes after I got off the phone, she walked in to the living room (I would guess she had been eating) and started throwing up on my desk. She has now thrown up, or tried to, at least 5-6 times, with some pitiful moans and restless attempts at napping between. After the first time, all of the vomit was runny and either yellow or clear. She's now trying to sleep again. I called the vet and they said they could get her in early tomorrow morning. I'm going to take off work to bring her in.
The only thing I can find that this resembles is feline distemper, but it seems to mainly affect unvaccinated kittens from what I've read, and Kitty is a 3yo vaccinated indoor cat. Her records say she received her Rabies and FVRCP vaccinations back in 12-4-00 (Willow got hers at the same time). Should this have had a booster by now?
All our cats are indoor cats. There is a lot of junk being kicked up in the house lately, as we're in the middle of a move. I'm using clay clumping litter (don't know what the feelings are about clumping litters here), but had planned on changing that out today for the wood pellet stuff just in case.
Nothing out of the ordinary in the litter boxes. If she's got diarrhea, she's going somewhere that I don't know about, which wouldn't be many places as our furniture is mostly moved out now.
Any ideas? My wife has been on tour with the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps (http://www.bluecoats.com/) since May, and she would be heartbroken if she never got to see Kitty again. I'm not averse to racking up credit card bills for our cats. Please let me know what you all think.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the lengthy message...
-Daniel
