Hey everyone. This is my first post here but am a longtime lurker. This might be a long post but please bear with me.
Our cat, Ki, began feeling a little ill on Friday. I came home from work to find some small puddles of puke (2 with food, 2 without). I didn't think too much of it and began getting his dinner (Innova adult wet food). He acted normal, which means he acted insanely excited. But when I went to pick up his bowl, I saw he left a couple of nibbles, which is unlike him.
Saturday, he was fine. Ate everything, acted like his ornery self.
Sunday morning he was fine, ate everything, acted like his ornery self. But then, he didn't touch his dinner, even though he acted excited about it. My wife and I got him to eat about 1/4 of it, but he ate slowly.
So, we checked him over. We applied pressure on various parts of his body and he didn't respond with agitation or like he was pained. We even checked his mouth and all looked well.
Yesterday morning he was sluggish but ate his breakfast. Monday night, however, my wife came home and had to look for him. He was in the cat tower just hanging out, and he wouldn't touch his dinner.
We took him to the emergency vet and they did a physical exam and did blood work. The physical exam yielded nothing wrong, as the vet was able to also apply pressure to his abdomen without causing him pain or discomfort. Blood work came back normal except for dehydration. The vet even said we have a very healthy cat.
He stayed overnight to get hydrated via IV. While there he urinated, but didn't puke or pass stool. We picked him up this morning and were told to slowly get him back on his food, and to feed him every 4 hours. He ate well this morning, all excited like normal. He ate his midday meal just fine, all excited like normal. And the same thing with the subsequent two meals. He passed stool today, but it was just a little (likely due to his small food intake) and it was runny.
OK, here's my problem: We're doing what the vet suggested and it's only been 12 hours since he's been home, but I'm over here stressing, worrying what if? he ate something and it's causing an obstruction (despite not showing any major symptoms)? What if? this and that?
I'm just looking for helpful advice or kind words or something, because I'm stressing my wife out from stressing so much, haha. We've had recent issues with our home that we've dodged bullets on (electrical and plumbing), so I think I feel this third thing (cat health) is the last big hurdle. But what if?
I don't usually get stressed about anything, yet here I am. So, thanks for your help.
Our cat, Ki, began feeling a little ill on Friday. I came home from work to find some small puddles of puke (2 with food, 2 without). I didn't think too much of it and began getting his dinner (Innova adult wet food). He acted normal, which means he acted insanely excited. But when I went to pick up his bowl, I saw he left a couple of nibbles, which is unlike him.
Saturday, he was fine. Ate everything, acted like his ornery self.
Sunday morning he was fine, ate everything, acted like his ornery self. But then, he didn't touch his dinner, even though he acted excited about it. My wife and I got him to eat about 1/4 of it, but he ate slowly.
So, we checked him over. We applied pressure on various parts of his body and he didn't respond with agitation or like he was pained. We even checked his mouth and all looked well.
Yesterday morning he was sluggish but ate his breakfast. Monday night, however, my wife came home and had to look for him. He was in the cat tower just hanging out, and he wouldn't touch his dinner.
We took him to the emergency vet and they did a physical exam and did blood work. The physical exam yielded nothing wrong, as the vet was able to also apply pressure to his abdomen without causing him pain or discomfort. Blood work came back normal except for dehydration. The vet even said we have a very healthy cat.
He stayed overnight to get hydrated via IV. While there he urinated, but didn't puke or pass stool. We picked him up this morning and were told to slowly get him back on his food, and to feed him every 4 hours. He ate well this morning, all excited like normal. He ate his midday meal just fine, all excited like normal. And the same thing with the subsequent two meals. He passed stool today, but it was just a little (likely due to his small food intake) and it was runny.
OK, here's my problem: We're doing what the vet suggested and it's only been 12 hours since he's been home, but I'm over here stressing, worrying what if? he ate something and it's causing an obstruction (despite not showing any major symptoms)? What if? this and that?
I'm just looking for helpful advice or kind words or something, because I'm stressing my wife out from stressing so much, haha. We've had recent issues with our home that we've dodged bullets on (electrical and plumbing), so I think I feel this third thing (cat health) is the last big hurdle. But what if?
I don't usually get stressed about anything, yet here I am. So, thanks for your help.
