Low Albumin/High Globulin in 13 year-old spry male cat!

Hello All

My 13 year old boy, Bernie, had his blood tested at the vets the other day. He had lost a tooth and we needed to test blood and urine to see that doing a dental cleaning would be OK. His Albumin came back low (2.4) and Globulin high 7.7. Urine, liver and kidney functions all normal.

He has no symptoms and is very energetic and sprints around, eats well. His stool has always been on the dry side and he has always been a bit of a vomiter. He drinks well - infrequently but will sit and drink for a long time when he does.

Our Dr recommended getting an ultrasound to see what's going on since they aren't quite sure.

My question(s) is/are this: Is there any diagnosis for this that could be fairly simple? Diet change (he eats Blue Wilderness - no grain - wet food and dry food and Royal Canin Sensitive Dental care dry food)? Maybe he needs antibiotics for his gums? He is so happy and playful that the last thing we want to do is find out that he has cancerous tumors and the treatment of them would cause loss of quality of life. 

Any insight or thoughts would be most appreciated.

Reading blood results takes a medical degree, really, because certain things go with other things.  You cannot look at just one or two results and come to any solid conclusions, unfortunately. 

What did you Vet think?  I'm guessing he threw out the word "cancer" and that's why you are thinking that?  It's, of course, possible, but doesn't sound like he has many symptoms.  Usually cats will have problems eating, etc.,but I guess that would depend on where it's located, if that were the case. 

I guess you could always get an ultrasound to see what you are dealing with, then make an informed decision. Just know that chemo for cats is not nearly as bad on them as it is on humans, normally.    In the meantime, are they giving your little guy antibiotics for his gums, just in case?  Since you mentioned that, I wondered if that was also something your Vet suggested as a possibility

If he DID end up having cancer, would you treat it?  If not, then maybe you don't want to know?  Some people are of the mindset that they won't treat, and will let their furbabies live as comfortably as possible until they no longer have a good quality of life, then let them go peacefully.  Others do everything possible to prolong their lives...sometimes too much.  And others land somewhere in between.  Each person is different.