something is not right with my cat.. any ideas

Any ideas? Something is going on with my 5-year-old cat. Last weekend she began laying in places she doesn't normally lay, wondering around the house, looking in places she normally doesn't look. Her nighttime bed on her cat post... to make a long story short needs repair and she won't sleep on it. We think that is the problem and maybe is the reason for that behavior.

BUT, Wednesday morning we found poo on the floor. It was all dried up (probably left the night before) but looked like it had been a slightly running poo. Friday morning we found the same in a location that appeared she may have been trying to get to her litter box. She has never pooed outside of her litter box before this. The poo that is in her litter box appears to be normal.

AND Thursday, I noticed that one of her eyes was a little watery and Friday was a little droopy. It looks better today (Saturday) and no morning surprises on the floor.
She is eating and drinking normally. Her energy level and routine is normal. We did not change food or litter products. However, she is like a dog and will eat anything she finds on the floor. We have not given her any flea medication. It is time to: She has been scratching, but I don't want to do that until she is better.
I am certain she is just be a little under the weather and it will pass, but I would like to find out what you think or what we can do to help her body heal itself. Thank you!!
P.s. Any natural remedy ideas to help her out would be appreciated.

Hon, I know you probably don't want to hear this, but please take her to a vet. Nobody here is qualified to diagnose your cat over the internet and most certainly not qualified to recommend any treatment, natural or not.

I'm sorry you found us under these circumstances. I hope she feels better soon and hope that you are able to get her to a vet. It sounds as if she really is not well. At least a vet visit will give you some reassurance even f it's nothing serious

She is doing great now. It was probably just something she ate or a little bug. We have to be smart about running to the doctor/ vet every time our loved ones have a little "sniffle". As my kid's doc says, our bodies are made to get sick, should get sick, and it is necessary for them to heal themselves.
Running to the vet for every little thing is stressful and can expose our critters to disease and overuse of medications. As long as appetite and energy is good, there is no need to stress out my cat. I strongly believe that if costs of owning a pet continue to rise (by running to the vet constantly), the shelters will end up killing more because people will not be able to afford to own them.
As far as my cat's bed on her post, apparently our repair is not to her satisfaction and she has found another favorite sleeping spot.

So when do you know when to take your pet to a vet? After going on a forum? You asked a a question and was answered. There's a case which i know of personally where the cat was sick and the owner did not do anything. We found that he had eaten lilies, which are toxic to cats. They are now being charged with animal cruelty amongst other charges. I'm in no way suggesting you are in that category but how do yoy know? Not sure why you'd come to a forum to diagnose and treat your cat when it's made clear that it can't be used to diagnose a condition or disease.

Originally Posted by Enjoyinglife365

She is doing great now. It was probably just something she ate or a little bug. We have to be smart about running to the doctor/ vet every time our loved ones have a little "sniffle". As my kid's doc says, our bodies are made to get sick, should get sick, and it is necessary for them to heal themselves.
Running to the vet for every little thing is stressful and can expose our critters to disease and overuse of medications. As long as appetite and energy is good, there is no need to stress out my cat. I strongly believe that if costs of owning a pet continue to rise (by running to the vet constantly), the shelters will end up killing more because people will not be able to afford to own them.
As far as my cat's bed on her post, apparently our repair is not to her satisfaction and she has found another favorite sleeping spot.

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That is good news and you are lucky it wasn't something serious.

Yes, we do need to be smart about going to a doctor/vet when our loved ones are sick but that shouldn't rule out actually doing so when one doesn't know what is wrong with the human/animal. You came here asking for advice, were told we were not qualified to diagnose your cat over the internet and suggested you go to or at least talk to a vet. Apparently that recommendation was not to your liking and you chose to diagnose and treat your cat yourself. I'm truly happy that your kitty is doing better but if the cat does have something like a URI or other problem, it will not go away and may come back worse.

Your "kid's" doctor is right about not running for every sniffle, that's common sense but if my child were not eating and lethargic you can bet I'd have him/her to the doctor in no time flat but cats are different than humans. If a cat does not eat anything for 48 hours, it can go into liver failure and unless force-fed, will die. And no, people "should not" necessarily get sick and depending on how sick, will not necessarily heal themselves. Having the sniffles or a little cold and getting better is fine and nothing to worry about for any of us unless we are dealing with a compromised immune system.

I've had 3 cat die of upper respitory infections. So I have actually lost 3 cats to essentially colds.

If our cat has a weepy eye that ius an eye infection and requires treatment. This is Attitude, her eye turned into a fatal URI when it travelled. Look at her eye how it is weepy(you can ignore the unilateral bloody nose but that is also from the eye infection)



Here is one where her eye is open:


(right eye)

She is not acting normal which is not good for a cat. I had one that was just acting a little off and it turned out he was really sick, his white blood cell count was low(2000) and he was anemic(15% red cells), if I hadn't aken him to the vet he would have sufferred, even acting a little offcan be a sign of big problems for a cat and not using the litter box(and especially going somewhere very obvious) is never a good sign.

I don't take my animals to the vet for unessesary reasons. I'm a single mother and my only income is $500 a month in child support so I have to watch my money. Still if they are sick and not acting right(which yu even said, your cat isn't acting right) I take the the vet same as I would take a baby to the doctor who wasn't acting right.

Also, the body can't always heal itself. Why do you think so many people died of pneumonia(and other infections) before there were antibiotics? My dad had a sister die of pneumonia before she as a year old in the 1930's.

Taryn

Cats are amazing at hiding symptoms until they are really sick. If I see symptoms like lethargy, poor appetite lasting more than a day, I take them in.

I have also trusted my intuition. I took Lucy in when she was "not right". I couldn't even describe symptoms, but her blood work came back with her having extremely low potassium and hyperthyroid. She would have developed severe cardio-vascular problems if we hadn't started treating her right away. There have been other cases where I went because of gut-feelings and rarely has nothing been wrong.

Usually when cats start pooping on the floor, they are sick. The advice to have the cat seen by a vet was sound advice. I am glad your cat is okay. You are your cat are lucky because the outcome could have been different.