I am taking this cat to the vet shortly (this am) and will update when I get back. I was wondering if anyone can put these pieces together, because he is confusing me to all grades of crazy!
My now 15 year old neutered & P/U'd male Persian has lost a surprising amount of weight, but we had thought it was from a rotted tooth. He had given up on his dry food and only wanted wet. We feed only feline C/D (Hill's Prescription Diet, per vet instructions because of crystals and blockage, hence the P/U) He has been doing fine on that, until his tooth, which I had extracted. He was on three rounds of antibiotics afterwards because the extraction site was still a little red and there is STILL a white scabby looking thing over the site (Extraction was done 2 months ago)
I am worried it is kidney failure, but he is not vomiting, he is peeing, he is drinking his water but not constantly, or "too much", pretty much the same there. He is not pooping very much but has not eaten very much. At times he will walk a few feet and lay down like he is exhausted, then he will go bounding up the steps like a kitten!
He scratched on his 2x4 (Their scratching post) today with all of the normal energy he usually has. Then he stands around looking as if he'd just gotten back from being put under at the vets, kind of disoriented. He also has a creamy/very light yellow discharge like snot from his eyes. I use a Q-tip at the inner corners and roll the q-tip (Never touching his eyeball) and it comes out just like SNOT. It's very strange. His ears are not hot, his nose is not hot, though he did have the sniffles and sneezed on and off for about 4 days (So did my younger female cat, though).
I am just so confused and will update when I get back from the vet. I've never had to put a pet to sleep and it is extremely terrifying for me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and/or respond to any of it.
My now 15 year old neutered & P/U'd male Persian has lost a surprising amount of weight, but we had thought it was from a rotted tooth. He had given up on his dry food and only wanted wet. We feed only feline C/D (Hill's Prescription Diet, per vet instructions because of crystals and blockage, hence the P/U) He has been doing fine on that, until his tooth, which I had extracted. He was on three rounds of antibiotics afterwards because the extraction site was still a little red and there is STILL a white scabby looking thing over the site (Extraction was done 2 months ago)
I am worried it is kidney failure, but he is not vomiting, he is peeing, he is drinking his water but not constantly, or "too much", pretty much the same there. He is not pooping very much but has not eaten very much. At times he will walk a few feet and lay down like he is exhausted, then he will go bounding up the steps like a kitten!
He scratched on his 2x4 (Their scratching post) today with all of the normal energy he usually has. Then he stands around looking as if he'd just gotten back from being put under at the vets, kind of disoriented. He also has a creamy/very light yellow discharge like snot from his eyes. I use a Q-tip at the inner corners and roll the q-tip (Never touching his eyeball) and it comes out just like SNOT. It's very strange. His ears are not hot, his nose is not hot, though he did have the sniffles and sneezed on and off for about 4 days (So did my younger female cat, though).
I am just so confused and will update when I get back from the vet. I've never had to put a pet to sleep and it is extremely terrifying for me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and/or respond to any of it.