I'm hoping someone can give me some advice...i'm looking for advice other than from my vet, who i know will just tell me to come back in for an appointment.
I have two cate, Delph and Josie.
On Feb. 22, two more cats came to stay with me (I was cat-sitting). On the 23rd, I woke up and Josie has pooped blood (normal-looking stool) in the bathtub and had a large stream of dried blood running down her thigh. The emergency vet said it could wait until MOnday morning, but that I should call my vet then. I did that and made an appt. for Monday evening. THey did nothing but feel around and tell me they would like to do a fecal test. I took a stool sample into them on WEdnesday, and it came back negative for parasites. She and Delph were on a bland diet (the other two cats were separate from them when I wasn't home, and all were together when I was home). I gradually, per the vets suggestion, started introducing their normal food back to them, and it seemed to be ok until Josie threw up Saturday (March 2) afternoon and woke me up at 5:45 Sunday morning throwing up. I thought I would watch her, and then around 10, two things happened....I noticed another line of blood down her thigh and Delph threw up. I took them both to the emergency vet and they took X-rays (no foreign bodies in there!), put Josie on Amoxi tabs (100mg) and metoclopramide (5mg), and said no food/water until the morning. Well, my girls bothered me for the next 6 hours, acting like they hadn't eaten in days, so right before I went to bed, I gave them a little rice and baby food (no onion powder in it). Josie ate a bit, but Delph wouldn't touch it. SHe just opted to drink a little bit of water.
Josie seems ok, but Delph has thrown up about 3 times over the night. Oh, at the emergency vet, they each got a sub-cutaneous shot to help prevent dehydration, and a shot of somethign to help calm down their tummies.
Can anyone give me a suggestion about what to do? I'll wait with Josie, who seems ok, to see if the medication helps...I'm just worried about Delph.
They are both about two years old, and are both spayed.
About 2 1/2 weeks ago, Josie got her booster distemper shot, and Delph got the starter shot...could they have distemper (from the live cultures in the vaccine)?????
Thanks so much.
Steph
I have two cate, Delph and Josie.
On Feb. 22, two more cats came to stay with me (I was cat-sitting). On the 23rd, I woke up and Josie has pooped blood (normal-looking stool) in the bathtub and had a large stream of dried blood running down her thigh. The emergency vet said it could wait until MOnday morning, but that I should call my vet then. I did that and made an appt. for Monday evening. THey did nothing but feel around and tell me they would like to do a fecal test. I took a stool sample into them on WEdnesday, and it came back negative for parasites. She and Delph were on a bland diet (the other two cats were separate from them when I wasn't home, and all were together when I was home). I gradually, per the vets suggestion, started introducing their normal food back to them, and it seemed to be ok until Josie threw up Saturday (March 2) afternoon and woke me up at 5:45 Sunday morning throwing up. I thought I would watch her, and then around 10, two things happened....I noticed another line of blood down her thigh and Delph threw up. I took them both to the emergency vet and they took X-rays (no foreign bodies in there!), put Josie on Amoxi tabs (100mg) and metoclopramide (5mg), and said no food/water until the morning. Well, my girls bothered me for the next 6 hours, acting like they hadn't eaten in days, so right before I went to bed, I gave them a little rice and baby food (no onion powder in it). Josie ate a bit, but Delph wouldn't touch it. SHe just opted to drink a little bit of water.
Josie seems ok, but Delph has thrown up about 3 times over the night. Oh, at the emergency vet, they each got a sub-cutaneous shot to help prevent dehydration, and a shot of somethign to help calm down their tummies.
Can anyone give me a suggestion about what to do? I'll wait with Josie, who seems ok, to see if the medication helps...I'm just worried about Delph.
They are both about two years old, and are both spayed.
About 2 1/2 weeks ago, Josie got her booster distemper shot, and Delph got the starter shot...could they have distemper (from the live cultures in the vaccine)?????
Thanks so much.
Steph
