Two weeks ago our old female cat (15 years old) started with a slight snoring and dificulties for swallowing, sometimes even choking while eating. We consulted a vet, who found a red sore throat and diagnosed pharyngitis, and treated it with injectable antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.
The first days she became better, but then at the third, she refused to
eat or drink and slept the whole day. The vet suspended the drugs suspecting that they were too much for an old cat and that she was intoxicated. She spent two days sleeping refusing to eat or drink but to our surprise urinating daily; and then two days ago she started to walk around, asking for food, scratching the mat. But she still can't eat or drink and she is dangerously thin now, her snoring continues and it has a thick saliva.
Yesterday the vet found two big pale blisters under her tongue 1 centimeter wide, that weren't there three days ago when she checked her mouth. The vet started with antivirals, but she told us that she has never seen something like that because it does not look like calcivirus or viral rhinotracheitis, the teeths and gums are okay, she doesn't have fever, nor oral or nasal secretions, and it's doesn't look like a tumor.
I know we're running out of options, and that it is an old cat, but perhaps some of you have seen something like that and can help.
Thanks in advance.
PD: english is not my first language, so sorry if any mistakes.
The first days she became better, but then at the third, she refused to
eat or drink and slept the whole day. The vet suspended the drugs suspecting that they were too much for an old cat and that she was intoxicated. She spent two days sleeping refusing to eat or drink but to our surprise urinating daily; and then two days ago she started to walk around, asking for food, scratching the mat. But she still can't eat or drink and she is dangerously thin now, her snoring continues and it has a thick saliva.
Yesterday the vet found two big pale blisters under her tongue 1 centimeter wide, that weren't there three days ago when she checked her mouth. The vet started with antivirals, but she told us that she has never seen something like that because it does not look like calcivirus or viral rhinotracheitis, the teeths and gums are okay, she doesn't have fever, nor oral or nasal secretions, and it's doesn't look like a tumor.
I know we're running out of options, and that it is an old cat, but perhaps some of you have seen something like that and can help.
Thanks in advance.
PD: english is not my first language, so sorry if any mistakes.
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