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Hi there,
My sweet little kitty Mrs. Brisby is not feeling well. She's normally a very chipper, playful and alert little girl. She's only 2 years old and I adopted her in December 2011. She hasn't had any health problems over the past year and a bit except for occasionally finding small spots of blood in places she tends to sit. I don't know what this means but this hasn't happened in a little while. She's been lethargic since the weekend and won't eat.
Just to preface this whole situation: On Friday night, my mom brought her senior cat to stay the night. She is going on a cruise for 10 days and doesn't want him to stay alone for 10 days so we decided to test him and Mrs. Brisby out to see if they would be ok with each other. They didn't really fight, they only hissed at each other a couple times but for the most part, my mom's cat hid under my bed and they pretty much stayed in different rooms. I had my mom pick up her cat the next morning as I could see Mrs. Brisby was not so happy (she would growl and hiss whenever he came into the room).
Since after my mom's cat left, I noticed Mrs. Brisby becoming very lethargic. She had thrown up some of her dry food. I only found a couple small amounts of vomit on the floor, she wasn't overly sick. It was just her food too, no liquid or anything else. I started to notice that when I picked her up, she would meow a bit (which she wouldn't normally do) so I felt like she was in pain...upon further "inspection", I noticed that she would meow when I felt her stomach. Another thing to consider is that she has very long fur and grooms herself but almost never hacks up any hairballs. My little Fuzzy (who passed away in 2011, she was 18 years old) had long fur too but she was constantly hacking up hairballs. So I'm kind of hoping she has a big furball in her stomach and it's causing constipation, and nothing more. When we saw the vet on monday, all she saw from Mrs. Brisby's bloodwork was that she was dehydrated. Her electrolytes, blood sugar, etc, were all ok. The vet said that nothing "popped up" as alarming. The vet injected some fluids to help hydrate her, gave us some buprenorphine for her pain. We've been giving it to her as directed only in the morning and at night before going to bed. Obviously that caused her to be more sedated so I didn't think about it last night as much. But this morning she is still extremely sluggish...lays down on her side and has no interest in food or water.
Can anyone relate to this?? What was your experience? The vet pointed out that there is a possibility that she could have pancreatitis. We have an appointment for her this evening to see the same doctor. My boyfriend is with her today, unfortunately I have to work and he doesn't have a car so we can't take her any sooner.
Other things to note are that she has urinated since the vet and I can't tell if she pooped or not. There was one tiny little poop in her box this morning but it could have been there since Monday. I cleaned out her litter this morning so that we can see if anything comes up today.
I am extremely worried! I don't want to lose her, she's such a great cat, I don't know what I would do without her!
My sweet little kitty Mrs. Brisby is not feeling well. She's normally a very chipper, playful and alert little girl. She's only 2 years old and I adopted her in December 2011. She hasn't had any health problems over the past year and a bit except for occasionally finding small spots of blood in places she tends to sit. I don't know what this means but this hasn't happened in a little while. She's been lethargic since the weekend and won't eat.
Just to preface this whole situation: On Friday night, my mom brought her senior cat to stay the night. She is going on a cruise for 10 days and doesn't want him to stay alone for 10 days so we decided to test him and Mrs. Brisby out to see if they would be ok with each other. They didn't really fight, they only hissed at each other a couple times but for the most part, my mom's cat hid under my bed and they pretty much stayed in different rooms. I had my mom pick up her cat the next morning as I could see Mrs. Brisby was not so happy (she would growl and hiss whenever he came into the room).
Since after my mom's cat left, I noticed Mrs. Brisby becoming very lethargic. She had thrown up some of her dry food. I only found a couple small amounts of vomit on the floor, she wasn't overly sick. It was just her food too, no liquid or anything else. I started to notice that when I picked her up, she would meow a bit (which she wouldn't normally do) so I felt like she was in pain...upon further "inspection", I noticed that she would meow when I felt her stomach. Another thing to consider is that she has very long fur and grooms herself but almost never hacks up any hairballs. My little Fuzzy (who passed away in 2011, she was 18 years old) had long fur too but she was constantly hacking up hairballs. So I'm kind of hoping she has a big furball in her stomach and it's causing constipation, and nothing more. When we saw the vet on monday, all she saw from Mrs. Brisby's bloodwork was that she was dehydrated. Her electrolytes, blood sugar, etc, were all ok. The vet said that nothing "popped up" as alarming. The vet injected some fluids to help hydrate her, gave us some buprenorphine for her pain. We've been giving it to her as directed only in the morning and at night before going to bed. Obviously that caused her to be more sedated so I didn't think about it last night as much. But this morning she is still extremely sluggish...lays down on her side and has no interest in food or water.
Can anyone relate to this?? What was your experience? The vet pointed out that there is a possibility that she could have pancreatitis. We have an appointment for her this evening to see the same doctor. My boyfriend is with her today, unfortunately I have to work and he doesn't have a car so we can't take her any sooner.
Other things to note are that she has urinated since the vet and I can't tell if she pooped or not. There was one tiny little poop in her box this morning but it could have been there since Monday. I cleaned out her litter this morning so that we can see if anything comes up today.
I am extremely worried! I don't want to lose her, she's such a great cat, I don't know what I would do without her!
