Need advise!! Cat haivng discharge

My daughter's cat was in heat about a month ago. We are pretty sure my male got to her. We tried to keep them apart but that's not easy with two adolescent cats. They are both between 9 months and a year old. My boy is now fixed.

Anyway, the female started having a milky discharge last week and was constantly growling. She is abnormally loving (not her normal personality).  It stopped after a day or two and this weekend I noticed the discharge again and it had a pinkish hue to it. I am going to call her vet today and see about bringing her in but I wanted some advice before I can get her to the vet. It may be a day or two because of the bad weather coming in the area.

I have some amoxicillin at the house that I give to one of my other boys when his URI starts. Should I go ahead and start her on this or wait for the vet check? My daughter rescued this cat at 4 weeks and nursed her back to health, I need all the advice I can get.

It is not a constant discharge but is noticeable. She always starts growling during this as she is cleaning herself. I'm not sure if she has and infection or if she is pregnant and there is a problem. I've never had this issue before.  TIA for any advice.

  T.

I have no experience so I don't have any advice.  I do know kitties can get a uterine infection called pyometra which can be either closed or open and it is serious.  I would get her to the vet as soon as possible.  The usual treatment is a spay.  Some breeders will have the vet try strong antibiotics if it is mild to protect future pregnancies for a breeding cat but normally a spay plus antibiotics is the treatment.

Yeah once we are over this, she will be spayed. I tried to keep the two apart because I had my boy scheduled to get neutered. My daughter left her bedroom door open and of course that's all it takes. She doesn't go outside so we know if she is, it's by him. My others are fixed.

I'm hoping she will be alright. I have a message for her vet to call me. I was hoping to wait a little longer to have her spayed since I just had Sammy taken care of but I don't want her to have any problems or get sick so I may just have to go ahead and have her spayed/aborted.

  T.

Sweet baby Luci.

Have you called the vet or taken her in for a diagnosis yet?  If it's pyometra, that can be fatal.

She has an appointment tomorrow. I hope all goes well.

I read up on pyometra. This don't sound good at all. She is eating and drinking, but I did notice the last couple of days she was pooping outside of the litter box. She isn't running a fever. Her appointment is at 4:30 tomorrow. We need positive vibes for our little girl.

kntrygrl256 said:

 
I read up on pyometra. This don't sound good at all. She is eating and drinking, but I did notice the last couple of days she was pooping outside of the litter box. She isn't running a fever. Her appointment is at 4:30 tomorrow. We need positive vibes for our little girl.

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Personally, I wouldn't wait, i'd take her in as an emergency, or a double booked appointment or whatever it took to get her seen by a vet.  Infections of this type can get out of control very quickly and what might have been a bill in the $$$ 3 digits can become $$$$ 4 digits very easily.

I agree in not waiting, if at all possible. I'd also be lean away from giving the cat antibiotics without a vet consult first. Since you don't know what it is, you don't want to do something that could accidentally be more harmful than helpful. 

I have dealt with 3 girls with pyometra. A vet visit sooner is best as it can be fatal. The timing is right too, about a month after being bred.

I talked to her vet yesterday and he said as long as she is eating and active I could keep her appointment today. If she was lethargic and not eating when I got home to call him and he would see her last night. There was no discharge, she ate and played for a while. When I called and told him this, he said to bring her in today.

She is actually back to her normal grouchy self and not as loving as she was last week, but she doesn't seem to be in pain.

  T.

Excellent news!

GREAT NEWS!!!!!! 

Luci's Dr. appointment went great!!!! 

He said that she was possibly aborting the kittens. Her uterus is thick but there are no signs of prometra. He said if she had that she would be dead by now. He also said there was a possibility of cysts so I have her scheduled to be fixed tomorrow morning (weather permitting).

She does have ear mites though. I guess she got them from the boys that go outside because she is strictly an inside cat. We got some drops for her and the rest of my bunch and started treatment last night. 

I am so glad she is going to be okay, she is a cutie too.  Yea pyometra is a killer if it isn't treated quickly.  

Denice said:

 
I am so glad she is going to be okay, she is a cutie too.  Yea pyometra is a killer if it isn't treated quickly.  

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 @Denice  She is such a sweetheart. We rescued her when her furmom abandoned her at 4 weeks. She is really special.

One of my kitties was also abandoned and he is the same way, very laid back and sweet.  I think they bond closer with people but of course it's best for the kitten to be with Mom longer.  Unfortunately though sometimes this happens.

They were at the house next door and the mom had 5 babies in the shop. She took 4 up to the house and left Luci at the shop.

We tried several times to put her back with her furmom, but she kept taking her back to the shop and leaving the others at the house. I'm thinking she was the runt. Her eyes were dirty and infected so bad they were matted shut. She was malnourished. So I told my neighbor that I was taking her home with me. They didn't care, it's not like they were going to help her.

My daughter kept her eyes cleaned and medicated and we bottle fed her until she got some strength back, then mixed scrambled eggs with a little wet food and kmr and fed her with a spoon.

The same thing happened with Patches, it was people next door to a coworker of mine at the time.  It was a young cat with a first litter.  I think kitties instinctively know if they don't have enough milk for the whole litter so they abandon the smallest weakest kitten in order to save the rest of the litter.  It sounds harsh but that is the way mother nature is and sometimes it is very harsh.

Denice said:

 
The same thing happened with Patches, it was people next door to a coworker of mine at the time.  It was a young cat with a first litter.  I think kitties instinctively know if they don't have enough milk for the whole litter so they abandon the smallest weakest kitten in order to save the rest of the litter.  It sounds harsh but that is the way mother nature is and sometimes it is very harsh.

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This was young too about 9 months. I told them I would have it spayed for them but they didn't want to. People like that do not need animals.

Luci went in this morning for surgery. She was so pitiful. It broke my heart listing to her cry on the way. 

At least now I know she won't have the same problems she just got past.

Thanks everyone for your support!!!!!!!!