Hey all,
I have a poorly pussy cat here, Spike is 2 and has been getting sick and I htink he had diarrhea this morning as well but I'm not 100% sure as we have 3 other cats as well (all related, Mum, Dad and 2 kids, both almost 1) anyway... Anyway, yesterday morning I found a bit of... well I can only assume it was rat or mouse in the kitchen - it was just a little pile of innards (eeew) and I think therefore one of them ate the whole thing, then Spike gets sick last night and this morning (a lot). He seems to be ok now though, although he's looking for a lot of fuss and cuddles and has been padding at me, he doesn't normally you see... But other than that he seems ok now, he's grooming happily enough and I shook a tube of cat drops we have and he came running over to me.
How can I tell if he's ok, is it his nose will be wet and his guns will be very pale if he is sick? Anyway, his diet consists of wet food in the morning and dry food whenever he wants it. I was going to give him some chicken later on to ease him into food again but what does everyone else think? Sick and needs to go to the vet urgently or just a tummy bug and should be ok tomorrow, our vet is only open 1 hour a day (we live in the middle of nowhere) so we were going to takehim tomorrow if he doesn't seem any better... What does everyone else think? Thanks in advance folks!
I have a poorly pussy cat here, Spike is 2 and has been getting sick and I htink he had diarrhea this morning as well but I'm not 100% sure as we have 3 other cats as well (all related, Mum, Dad and 2 kids, both almost 1) anyway... Anyway, yesterday morning I found a bit of... well I can only assume it was rat or mouse in the kitchen - it was just a little pile of innards (eeew) and I think therefore one of them ate the whole thing, then Spike gets sick last night and this morning (a lot). He seems to be ok now though, although he's looking for a lot of fuss and cuddles and has been padding at me, he doesn't normally you see... But other than that he seems ok now, he's grooming happily enough and I shook a tube of cat drops we have and he came running over to me.
How can I tell if he's ok, is it his nose will be wet and his guns will be very pale if he is sick? Anyway, his diet consists of wet food in the morning and dry food whenever he wants it. I was going to give him some chicken later on to ease him into food again but what does everyone else think? Sick and needs to go to the vet urgently or just a tummy bug and should be ok tomorrow, our vet is only open 1 hour a day (we live in the middle of nowhere) so we were going to takehim tomorrow if he doesn't seem any better... What does everyone else think? Thanks in advance folks!
