tumor in rectum

Starting the beginning of December My siamese was defacating out side of the litter box. I thoight it was stress related since we were finishing our basement. Days later I found blood and mucus in what now was diarrhea. I brought him to the vet and the vet said it was colitis. Gave some steroids and antibiotics and sent us home. He started going in the litter box again and all was well. Until last week I noticed droplets of diarrhea all over the house. He had begun to look also like he had lost some weight. I brought his litter box into our master bath so I could monitor him. He strained and strained and nothing was coming out. I noticed a protrusion from his butt. I made an appt with the vet and brought him in today. The vet felt a mass which he assumed was a bowel movement that was stuck and planned on giving him an enema and preform bloodtests and I was to pick the cat up at 4:30. He called me at 2 and said it was not a bowel movement stuck but a tumor. The tumor is blocking him from going poo. His prognosis was very grim - days maybe weeks. Basically nothing I can do and anything I could do isn't worth the stress on our cat as it would be unsuccessful. He sent us home with prednisone and a laxitive and said to bring him back to be euthanized once he stops eating and drinking. This has been a horrible day. I'm exhausted from crying and searching endlessly for answers. I purchased a bunch of alternative medicines in hopes a miracle can happen. Colloidal silver , essiac tea, dandelion root. Since being home he's eaten. He spends most of his time in the litter box with nothing coming out. I'm wondering if the tumor feels like a bowel movement and he's trying to push it out. Has anyone had a similar heartbreak like this ? Or experience with any of the alternative medicines I mentioned?

I am so sorry, I am glad you are looking for solutions and wish I had some answers. I do want to caution you with respect to human remedies. Many plants and compounds innocuous to us are extremely toxic to cats. So make sure that what you give him is proven safe for cats.

is  surgery to remove the  tumour possible? If you can, call a vet that specializes in oncology? I don't want to give you any false hope, but a second opinion might be worth considering.  

praying for you and your kitty 

The vet gave me contact information for the closest oncologist but they are 4 hours away. He said surgery wouldn't be an option as its likely spread throughout our cat since he's started to lose weight. He said there's no cure for his type of cancer and it's pretty far along. He explained that the treatments offered by the oncologist are very expensive and wouldn't be effective for his type of cancer. Very depressing situation.

Thank you for your kind words and prayers.

This is so sad - your poor little boy. And it's so hard for you. I know the heartache of getting a cancer diagnosis and being told that chemo wouldn't help. All I could do was being my cat home and love him and keep him comfortable. It helped to write about him - after he was gone, reading what I'd written helped me feel like we were still connected.
My heart really goes out to you for what you're going through.

I don't know about any of the alternative methods you mentioned. Mostly I wanted to let you know you and your dear boy are in my thoughts. [emoji]128062[/emoji]

I cannot add anything to this, but to offer you ((hugs)).

I will keep you and your kitty in my thoughts and prayers...

Poor thing must be feeling the mass and and is trying to poop it out...

If it is blocking things from exiting, then he will automatically stop eating...and feel miserable...

so sad..

((hugs)))