Hi everyone. My cat, Simon, has been having a multitude of problems lately. He'll be 7 years old in May. It all started about a month ago with a severe UTI. The vet took x-rays to see if there was anything else going on and he found a strange mass in Simon's abdominal cavity that he believed was calcified fat cells and was "nothing to worry about". He was put on an antibiotic, a urine acidifier and an anti-inflammatory. He was put on a special diet of wet food (Purina UR ST/OX wet and dry)
2 weeks later, Simon started acting strange again. He wouldn't move and was not the least bit interested in dry food, wet food or treats. I took him back to the vet and their diagnosis was that he was severely constipated. I did see the x-rays and I've never seen a creature with that much poop inside them! Also, the vet that treated Simon this time found a second mass that is higher up from the first mass that was found. The 2nd mass was missed on the first set of x-rays which bothered me a bit. Over 2 days Simon was given enemas, laxatives and fluids. He finally pooped everything out and was able to come home. They sent him home with Lactolose and another antibiotic. We were told to only feed him a diet of wet food for a week or so.
From the time he came home up until less than a week ago, he would only eat a very small amount of food. When he was finished, he would get very worn out looking, lay down and not respond to anything. He wouldn't poop for days at a time, even with the laxative. He seems in better spirits now but I'm still concerned.
For a couple of months, his coat felt disgusting. It was greasy and thin and not at all soft. That has gotten better. According to our vet, he has not lost any weight since they saw him in August. Yet, he looks incredibly skinny. He's skinny on top, along his back bone and then has a gut that hangs down. He was hiding more than usual but that seems to have gotten a little better. Thing is, he's only eating wet food maybe once a day. I feed all of our cats wet food twice a day and they have a little bit of dry food that stays out. I haven't seen him grazing and I can't seem to get him out to eat wet food more than once a day. He's drinking A LOT of water. They vet said that they ran tests for kidney function and they came back "unremarkable". We had another cat that we had to euthanize due to severe kidney failure and she had some of the same symptoms. Though, she was ravenous and Simon barely has an appetite.
I know that I need to take him for a second opinion, but do any of you have any advice that you could give me? Have any of you dealt with anything similar to this? He's a Momma's Boy and I don't want to see him suffer. I want to do right by him. Any advice that you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
2 weeks later, Simon started acting strange again. He wouldn't move and was not the least bit interested in dry food, wet food or treats. I took him back to the vet and their diagnosis was that he was severely constipated. I did see the x-rays and I've never seen a creature with that much poop inside them! Also, the vet that treated Simon this time found a second mass that is higher up from the first mass that was found. The 2nd mass was missed on the first set of x-rays which bothered me a bit. Over 2 days Simon was given enemas, laxatives and fluids. He finally pooped everything out and was able to come home. They sent him home with Lactolose and another antibiotic. We were told to only feed him a diet of wet food for a week or so.
From the time he came home up until less than a week ago, he would only eat a very small amount of food. When he was finished, he would get very worn out looking, lay down and not respond to anything. He wouldn't poop for days at a time, even with the laxative. He seems in better spirits now but I'm still concerned.
For a couple of months, his coat felt disgusting. It was greasy and thin and not at all soft. That has gotten better. According to our vet, he has not lost any weight since they saw him in August. Yet, he looks incredibly skinny. He's skinny on top, along his back bone and then has a gut that hangs down. He was hiding more than usual but that seems to have gotten a little better. Thing is, he's only eating wet food maybe once a day. I feed all of our cats wet food twice a day and they have a little bit of dry food that stays out. I haven't seen him grazing and I can't seem to get him out to eat wet food more than once a day. He's drinking A LOT of water. They vet said that they ran tests for kidney function and they came back "unremarkable". We had another cat that we had to euthanize due to severe kidney failure and she had some of the same symptoms. Though, she was ravenous and Simon barely has an appetite.
I know that I need to take him for a second opinion, but do any of you have any advice that you could give me? Have any of you dealt with anything similar to this? He's a Momma's Boy and I don't want to see him suffer. I want to do right by him. Any advice that you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
