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Hello everyone,
I'm new here, so sorry if I make any mistakes,
I would like someone to help me diagnose my cat. I'm not a veterinary doctor and I'm not sure if I can diagnose a cat just like I would diagnose a human (not sure about cat diseases or parasites). I'm also not sure if he has a disease at all. Although I've been observing some unfamiliar things, and today I found something that might be linked to these "unfamiliar things":
-Sometimes (about twice or less a month) my cat vomits this orange-like mixture, with (what I judge) some fur.
(my other cat has only done this twice in a period of 3 years)
-He is really thin. It looks like it's hard for him to gain weight. Although he does not seem weak. He runs around the whole apartment and plays with his brother (the other cat I mentioned before).
-It looks like he loses fur more easily than the other cat (it could be because his fur is longer, but I don't know)
-He has this circular dark brown (about 2cmx2cm, or 2cm in diameter) stain on the dorsal portion of his tail that sometimes is more visible and comes out when I wash it (I don't know what this could be related to because it's considerably far from the cat's anus).
-He meows a lot. Basically all the time when he's awake. I believe he could be suffering from some abdominal pain, maybe.
*- Now this last one is the one that led me to this forum. About 2 or 3 days ago I found a circular red stain (about 1cm in diameter) on his feces while I was cleaning his litter box (I could see it because he does not know how to cover them up; he basically keeps punching the walls and does not realize he's supposed to "punch" the "sand"). Well, after looking at it carefully I judged it as being blood. It did not happen again until now, though I'm a bit worried.
He looks like this cat, but more skinny. I'll post a photo of him soon, if it helps.
I'm sorry I sound so uncertain about dates and measures, it's because I've been studying really hard in the last months, and trying to concentrate the most I can on med school.
I hope you guys can help me with this,
João P.
I'm new here, so sorry if I make any mistakes,
I would like someone to help me diagnose my cat. I'm not a veterinary doctor and I'm not sure if I can diagnose a cat just like I would diagnose a human (not sure about cat diseases or parasites). I'm also not sure if he has a disease at all. Although I've been observing some unfamiliar things, and today I found something that might be linked to these "unfamiliar things":
-Sometimes (about twice or less a month) my cat vomits this orange-like mixture, with (what I judge) some fur.
(my other cat has only done this twice in a period of 3 years)
-He is really thin. It looks like it's hard for him to gain weight. Although he does not seem weak. He runs around the whole apartment and plays with his brother (the other cat I mentioned before).
-It looks like he loses fur more easily than the other cat (it could be because his fur is longer, but I don't know)
-He has this circular dark brown (about 2cmx2cm, or 2cm in diameter) stain on the dorsal portion of his tail that sometimes is more visible and comes out when I wash it (I don't know what this could be related to because it's considerably far from the cat's anus).
-He meows a lot. Basically all the time when he's awake. I believe he could be suffering from some abdominal pain, maybe.
*- Now this last one is the one that led me to this forum. About 2 or 3 days ago I found a circular red stain (about 1cm in diameter) on his feces while I was cleaning his litter box (I could see it because he does not know how to cover them up; he basically keeps punching the walls and does not realize he's supposed to "punch" the "sand"). Well, after looking at it carefully I judged it as being blood. It did not happen again until now, though I'm a bit worried.
He looks like this cat, but more skinny. I'll post a photo of him soon, if it helps.
I'm sorry I sound so uncertain about dates and measures, it's because I've been studying really hard in the last months, and trying to concentrate the most I can on med school.
I hope you guys can help me with this,
João P.