Hello,
we have a 11.5 year old bengal who periodically becomes ill for a day, with the cycles becoming more frequent. Starting last year, he exhibited symptoms every month or two, for the last 6 months it happens an average of once a week (6-8 days), though for the last couple of weeks it's been more like every 4 days. We took him to the vet twice last year, he ran a complete blood screening, checked for leukemia, cystitis, worms and blockages and couldn't find anything. Haven't had any scans done, though. Symptoms include refusal to eat, weakness and lethargy. He mostly just sits in one spot all day, sort of on his haunches instead of laying relaxed. When he does move he's kind of wobbly. Eyes seem kind of unfocused. He doesn't poop or pee during this period. No vomiting, diarrhea or other discharge. He shares the house with 3 other cats, which have not shown any signs of having this.
After each of these sick days, he's back to normal and eats great. We initially thought it was something he was being exposed to something toxic outside, but ruled this out after he still became ill while keeping him indoors. No toxic substances or plants that he could be coming into contact with indoors.
This has got us stumped, anybody have any idea what this could be? Thank you for any ideas or advice.
Alex
we have a 11.5 year old bengal who periodically becomes ill for a day, with the cycles becoming more frequent. Starting last year, he exhibited symptoms every month or two, for the last 6 months it happens an average of once a week (6-8 days), though for the last couple of weeks it's been more like every 4 days. We took him to the vet twice last year, he ran a complete blood screening, checked for leukemia, cystitis, worms and blockages and couldn't find anything. Haven't had any scans done, though. Symptoms include refusal to eat, weakness and lethargy. He mostly just sits in one spot all day, sort of on his haunches instead of laying relaxed. When he does move he's kind of wobbly. Eyes seem kind of unfocused. He doesn't poop or pee during this period. No vomiting, diarrhea or other discharge. He shares the house with 3 other cats, which have not shown any signs of having this.
After each of these sick days, he's back to normal and eats great. We initially thought it was something he was being exposed to something toxic outside, but ruled this out after he still became ill while keeping him indoors. No toxic substances or plants that he could be coming into contact with indoors.
This has got us stumped, anybody have any idea what this could be? Thank you for any ideas or advice.
Alex
