Sylvester

We took our cat Sylvester to the vet. He was fine yesterday. He had no temperature and physical examination was fine. They have him fluids and us a hairball remedy. That was 6 hours ago. He isn't acting any better. Not eating. Just lethargic. I don't know what to do

Hi there and welcome to tcs!!

Can you give a bit more info on Sylvester, why he was at the vet, what has been going on, etc?

I will try to help get you the answers you need.

In general, a lethargic cat means either dehydration, fever, or both. But this could be anything so details will help.

We took him to the vet today. 8 hours ago and while he was there they took his temp. No fever. They said he was dehydrated and gave him fluids. The vet thought the fluids would perk him up but he's the same. Does the fact he didn't have a temp a good sign even though he still lethargic

No, there are plenty of things that can be going on with him that won't make him have a fever.

Is that all they told you?

Not much to go on is it? Jeez...when was the last time he ate?

Is he peeing normally, pooping?

How old is he?

When did you first notice he wasn't right? What was he doing?

He came in from the outside yesterday and started acting this way. He's had some water today. Gone to litter box 3 times. He hasn't eaten since yesterday. No pooping. We thought he'd get better so we didn't do blood tests or xrays. Will tomorrow

He's only 4

I would take him back in today even though it will probably mean an emergency vet.  This could be a lot of things.  Because of the way a kitties liver works they can't go very long without eating before they start to have some serious issues with the liver.  I would tell the vet that it started after being outside, he could've gotten into something toxic.

I agree another vet visit is in order.  Did the vet rule out anti-freeze poisoning?  Other toxic possibilities?

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/20...oning-in-dogs-cats-ethylene-glycol-poisoning/

He's better today. Eating and drinking

Acting completely normal . Purring. Has energy. We are giving him this laxative stuff. Twice a day. I'm so relieved. Thank you

I am so glad he is better today.  Kitties get little 'bugs' same as us and he also might have had some kind of scare when he was outside.  It takes some kitties a while to recover from something that stresses them out.

Could be. I'm just so happy. I must have told him I don't know how many times I love him last night

Yay!!!