Last week I noticed that my boy, Winston wasn't eating as much as he normally does. He's 20 pounds and loves his meals so it's unheard of for him to leave food behind in his bowl. Last week he was leaving half of his meal unfinished. I thought it was a little odd but he was acting normally so I didn't think much of it (I figured maybe he was tired of his food or something).
This weekend the lack of appetite was accompanied by vomiting. About half the time that Winston would eat something, he would throw it up after. I immediately made an appointment with his vet and brought him in on Sunday morning. His physical exam looked good, he had x-rays done which showed some gas in his intestines but nothing that the vet was overly concerned about. He had blood work done which only showed a slightly elevated white blood cell count which I was told is normal for cats at the vet due to the stress (his blood sugar looked good so we can rule out diabetes). So they gave him some fluids, anti-nausea medication and some wet food that was supposed to be easy on his tummy. He nibbled on the food that afternoon and managed to keep it down.
Monday he didn't eat much but he managed to keep his food down again. He was definitely not himself though and spent the day sleeping and barely moving.
Tuesday he was also lethargic and he seemed to get his appetite back a bit because he inhaled a whole can of food and then threw it up again about three hours later. The vet called to check on him, said he was "a bit of a mystery" and recommended that I keep an eye on him and see how he's doing today (Wednesday). Tuesday night I noticed that Winston was having some diarrhea. Not much though ... it seemed like he spent a lot of time in his litter box without much for results.
Today he's been acting more like himself... which has been promising. Climbing the cat tree, talking to me, sleeping on my bed and following me around. He ate a can of food for breakfast with no issues but this evening he threw up his dinner and had a tiny bit more diarrhea (and, not much success in the litter box department though... lots of digging and no real pooping).
He's going back to the vet first thing in the morning but I was wondering if anyone might have any ideas as to what could be behind this?
It's probably also important to note that Winston has Feline Herpes and takes 1000mg of L-Lysine every day to keep it in check. As I mentioned, he is 20 pounds ... so he's a bigger boy.
I have noticed that when Winnie eats his L-Lysine chew he gums it and then spits it out and tries again ... which is something he hadn't done prior to last week.
Also, I'm not sure if this is related or not but it's worth mentioning that he's been sneezing from time to time over the last week.
Any ideas as to what this might be would be very welcome since he seems to be stumping my vet.
This weekend the lack of appetite was accompanied by vomiting. About half the time that Winston would eat something, he would throw it up after. I immediately made an appointment with his vet and brought him in on Sunday morning. His physical exam looked good, he had x-rays done which showed some gas in his intestines but nothing that the vet was overly concerned about. He had blood work done which only showed a slightly elevated white blood cell count which I was told is normal for cats at the vet due to the stress (his blood sugar looked good so we can rule out diabetes). So they gave him some fluids, anti-nausea medication and some wet food that was supposed to be easy on his tummy. He nibbled on the food that afternoon and managed to keep it down.
Monday he didn't eat much but he managed to keep his food down again. He was definitely not himself though and spent the day sleeping and barely moving.
Tuesday he was also lethargic and he seemed to get his appetite back a bit because he inhaled a whole can of food and then threw it up again about three hours later. The vet called to check on him, said he was "a bit of a mystery" and recommended that I keep an eye on him and see how he's doing today (Wednesday). Tuesday night I noticed that Winston was having some diarrhea. Not much though ... it seemed like he spent a lot of time in his litter box without much for results.
Today he's been acting more like himself... which has been promising. Climbing the cat tree, talking to me, sleeping on my bed and following me around. He ate a can of food for breakfast with no issues but this evening he threw up his dinner and had a tiny bit more diarrhea (and, not much success in the litter box department though... lots of digging and no real pooping).
He's going back to the vet first thing in the morning but I was wondering if anyone might have any ideas as to what could be behind this?
It's probably also important to note that Winston has Feline Herpes and takes 1000mg of L-Lysine every day to keep it in check. As I mentioned, he is 20 pounds ... so he's a bigger boy.
I have noticed that when Winnie eats his L-Lysine chew he gums it and then spits it out and tries again ... which is something he hadn't done prior to last week.
Also, I'm not sure if this is related or not but it's worth mentioning that he's been sneezing from time to time over the last week.
Any ideas as to what this might be would be very welcome since he seems to be stumping my vet.
