Help! One our cats died yesterday and we want to find out why...

And we were trying to find out the reason why. I live with my boyfriend and his family and they have lots of cats, three females and four males, and the yesterday one of the female cats died.

I was not at home when that happened (I was at work), and the news broke my heart so much, especially because one of the female cats is so close to me and I already miss her being so cuddly and jumping on my lap for attention.

We live in a very remote area in our country, BF tried to looking for a vet in the nearest city but he didn't managed to find any. Now another female cat is showing the same symptoms as the one who died yesterday, and we're stumped on what we could do for her atm.

Btw, all of their cats are outdoor cats, they go home at diff. times of the day to eat and leave again. It is now summer in here, and he was wondering if it is the same "disease" (since we have no idea on what it is) that killed a few of their kittens two years ago (it had summer that time as well).

The first cat (who died yesterday) came home after being out for two days, and BF said she was very thin compared to when they last saw her (this cat was a big eater and is very chubby). He tried feeding her yesterday but it was no use. She won't drink any water either, and BF noticed some blood on her mouth. It seems as if she kept vomiting blood yesterday before she died.

Now we are both hoping it's not something contagious, we don't want the rest of the cats to suffer the same thing.

I"m sorry this happened...  Are they vaccinated?  Fixed?

Hmm. I presume from what you wrote that these are outdoor cats, or they have regular access to the outdoors. By extension, they probably hunt at least a little. Is there any chance that they might have gotten some prey that had gotten into poison, like rat or mouse poison?

Are there any venomous animals like reptiles, snakes, insects, spiders, etc. in you part of the country? I see you are in the Philippines so we'll need your help. 

Toxic plants?

As you can see, there are many possibilities, some of which our U.S. and non Philippines posters would not know. Truthfully, without doing a post-mortem exam on the deceased cat or a good exam and maybe blood work on the one who is sick now... it will be hard to give you a definite answer. This is a tough question, and we know how much an answer would mean to someone who unexpectedly had a cat pass away.

I hope you are able to find a vet somewhere and get your current sick cat some help and care for the symptoms she has now, and a diagnosis to go with it. As much as we want to help you, it may be that we just can't come across the right answer. A vet can do so many tests and exams and collect many more pieces of evidence than we can here.

But we will try! Any other info you can provide... what you saw, what you felt, etc. might help us steer you the right way.

~Mackie