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First and foremost we have a Vet visit first thing tomorrow, so I know I shouldn't come here to self diagnose but I need to make sure I can help get things going quickly, as Kubrick (Our male cat, not neutered, 1 year and a half old, inside house cat) has an illness that is stubborn and worsens in very surprising ways as it goes on....
It started out as runny nose and eyes and occasional vomiting of food but he still ate/drank, so I got amoxicillin and fenbendazole (to finish up his last deworm doeses) and started him on them ASAP , that was on march 17th -- five days into the treatment on the 21st, his runny nose and eyes were all but gone,,,but he had stopped drinking and eating, and threw up white foam (clear sign of dehydration and nausea I think) and he began collapsing and losing balance after each vomit episode, that night, I immediately syringed him food and water and took him off the amoxicillin and he acted better instantly, he even began eating again and attempting to drink as well for 2 days. But I kept syringing him food and water as what he ate was not sufficient for dehydration prevention and energy gain.
[He was alright at first being syringed his food and water, but at times he would squirm and become fidgety. And then began panting and losing balance again even at one point falling off the bed, about a foot and a half to the floor, (I hope to god he didnt injure himself, and that that isn't the cause of the new development.)]
Through the 22nd to the 23rd he began breathing heavily, inward and outward, but it was a normal respiratory rate, just harder than normal. He grooms himself and jumps around just as normally he would, he rubs on us for affection, he is alert and attempts to eat upon hearing food rattle but losing interest after, and even goes to the litter box on his own still (urinating normally, and having occasional bowel movements).
However, his breathing worsened by today and he began panting tonight. Its a hotter night than previous nights so we immediately took him to a room and turned the cooler on, and sure as that -- the panting subsided but the breaths are still hard (but NOT fast).
His runny nose and eyes are gone, he's been dewormed, he's been getting syringed water and pedialyte, and being syringed pureed food, and kept hydrated and fed, and goes to the litter box as normal like I said but I just want to know. If this is something serious such as fluid in the chest or lungs, etc. etc.,
Would the panting come and go? Why did the seemingly simple URI go and this new development come? What could it be? What should I tell the vet tomorrow?
I'm sorry for the wall of text but I'm at a loss here, and even though we're going to the vet tomorrow and I'm starting to feel very scared for my cat....I just want to be on the preemptive...
Please any help is greatly appreciated....
It started out as runny nose and eyes and occasional vomiting of food but he still ate/drank, so I got amoxicillin and fenbendazole (to finish up his last deworm doeses) and started him on them ASAP , that was on march 17th -- five days into the treatment on the 21st, his runny nose and eyes were all but gone,,,but he had stopped drinking and eating, and threw up white foam (clear sign of dehydration and nausea I think) and he began collapsing and losing balance after each vomit episode, that night, I immediately syringed him food and water and took him off the amoxicillin and he acted better instantly, he even began eating again and attempting to drink as well for 2 days. But I kept syringing him food and water as what he ate was not sufficient for dehydration prevention and energy gain.
[He was alright at first being syringed his food and water, but at times he would squirm and become fidgety. And then began panting and losing balance again even at one point falling off the bed, about a foot and a half to the floor, (I hope to god he didnt injure himself, and that that isn't the cause of the new development.)]
Through the 22nd to the 23rd he began breathing heavily, inward and outward, but it was a normal respiratory rate, just harder than normal. He grooms himself and jumps around just as normally he would, he rubs on us for affection, he is alert and attempts to eat upon hearing food rattle but losing interest after, and even goes to the litter box on his own still (urinating normally, and having occasional bowel movements).
However, his breathing worsened by today and he began panting tonight. Its a hotter night than previous nights so we immediately took him to a room and turned the cooler on, and sure as that -- the panting subsided but the breaths are still hard (but NOT fast).
His runny nose and eyes are gone, he's been dewormed, he's been getting syringed water and pedialyte, and being syringed pureed food, and kept hydrated and fed, and goes to the litter box as normal like I said but I just want to know. If this is something serious such as fluid in the chest or lungs, etc. etc.,
Would the panting come and go? Why did the seemingly simple URI go and this new development come? What could it be? What should I tell the vet tomorrow?
I'm sorry for the wall of text but I'm at a loss here, and even though we're going to the vet tomorrow and I'm starting to feel very scared for my cat....I just want to be on the preemptive...
Please any help is greatly appreciated....