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My cat Winston (3yrs old 10lbs) has been sick for the last days. Started with puking and diarrhea on Jan 12 and on Jan 13 puking, blood in diarrhea, and refusing food. I took him straight to an emergency vet when I saw the blood and they kept him overnight for fluids and to do an x ray and blood work. They told me the everything looked fine and they were going to treat him for an infection, they sent him home with 5mg omeprazole every 12hrs for 3 days and 0.5mls of metronidazole every 12 hrs for 5 days. As soon as he came home he was hungry and ate his food and didn’t puke it up which I thought was a good sign.
Jan 15 he was still hungry for his breakfast, had some diarrhea but still not puking. He had also been drinking water throughout this. In the evening of Jan 15 he stopped eating his food again.
Jan 16 he didn’t want to eat and he puked again so I took him to a different vet. (The first vet has bad reviews and are impossible to get answers from). The new vet says he is dehydrated and that they want to do multiple x rays after giving him bips to track movement through his system to check for blockages. They also said the medication the other vet prescribed wouldn’t help because his blood work showed no signs of infection. My options were to leave him and have him on an iv for the day or they could do Subcutaneous fluids and give him an anti nausea injection and send him home with me. I wanted to take him home because I know he won’t eat at the vet. Within 5 mins of getting him home he had puked up some of the bips, I called the vet and they wanted me to bring him back because he shouldn’t have thrown up after the anti nausea injection. When I got there with him we decide to do another blood test that also tests for pancreatitis. Winston spent the day there and they did another x ray at the end of the day that showed the bips were moving through his system nicely. He was given pantoprazole while there and was sent home with the iv port still in place. When we got home he still wasn’t hungry and went pee twice throughout the night. He has also been super lethargic throughout this, he’s normally very high energy, very vocal, but he’s been quiet.
Jan 17 I take him back to the vet, they do another x ray and the bips have almost made it through his system and his blood work looks normal still (pancreatitis test results not in yet), the vet also says he can now hear a heart murmur that wasn’t there before and that the 1st vet clinic never heard. He says it can be from the fluids but he is still dehydrated so they want to keep him for the day but alter the amount he gets, they also want to do one more x ray at the end of the day. I got a call from them a couple hours later saying the power had gone out due to a snow storm so I go pick him up. When I picked him up we decided to try mirataz to stimulate his appetite, he was also given a painkiller in case it does end up being pancreatitis as well as the anti nausea injection and pantoprazole. I bring him home and again he has no interest in food so I apply the mirataz to his ear. He went pee and also had a semi normal poop for the first time, I was feeling hopeful. He’s still lethargic and annoyed about the iv port in his arm. He doesn’t end up eating or drinking and started going into the litter box and getting into the position to pee but doesn’t actually try to pee. I’ve seen other cats with utis and he wasn’t straining.
Jan 18 he went back to the vet for more fluids and 2 more x rays to check the progress of the bips and almost all of them had made their way through. The pancreatitis test also came back negative. He was given more fluids, anti nausea, and pantoprazole. The vets said he had peed normally there so they weren’t worried about a uti. He also peed 2 more times at home. I was able to get him to actually eat something that night, 15-20 temptation treats and maybe a tablespoon of friskies wet food which I know neither are good for him but it was at least something. He was also a little less lethargic and purring when I would pet him which he hasn't really done since he stopped eating. Still not drinking water though.
We decided to do an ultrasound today, Jan 19, and also give him more fluids. I’m currently waiting for the phone call with how it went. I’m going to ask the vet for Royal Canin critical care to try to see if he’ll eat that. Does anybody have any other suggestions of what I can be doing at home to get him to eat? It’s killing me not knowing what’s wrong with him.
Jan 15 he was still hungry for his breakfast, had some diarrhea but still not puking. He had also been drinking water throughout this. In the evening of Jan 15 he stopped eating his food again.
Jan 16 he didn’t want to eat and he puked again so I took him to a different vet. (The first vet has bad reviews and are impossible to get answers from). The new vet says he is dehydrated and that they want to do multiple x rays after giving him bips to track movement through his system to check for blockages. They also said the medication the other vet prescribed wouldn’t help because his blood work showed no signs of infection. My options were to leave him and have him on an iv for the day or they could do Subcutaneous fluids and give him an anti nausea injection and send him home with me. I wanted to take him home because I know he won’t eat at the vet. Within 5 mins of getting him home he had puked up some of the bips, I called the vet and they wanted me to bring him back because he shouldn’t have thrown up after the anti nausea injection. When I got there with him we decide to do another blood test that also tests for pancreatitis. Winston spent the day there and they did another x ray at the end of the day that showed the bips were moving through his system nicely. He was given pantoprazole while there and was sent home with the iv port still in place. When we got home he still wasn’t hungry and went pee twice throughout the night. He has also been super lethargic throughout this, he’s normally very high energy, very vocal, but he’s been quiet.
Jan 17 I take him back to the vet, they do another x ray and the bips have almost made it through his system and his blood work looks normal still (pancreatitis test results not in yet), the vet also says he can now hear a heart murmur that wasn’t there before and that the 1st vet clinic never heard. He says it can be from the fluids but he is still dehydrated so they want to keep him for the day but alter the amount he gets, they also want to do one more x ray at the end of the day. I got a call from them a couple hours later saying the power had gone out due to a snow storm so I go pick him up. When I picked him up we decided to try mirataz to stimulate his appetite, he was also given a painkiller in case it does end up being pancreatitis as well as the anti nausea injection and pantoprazole. I bring him home and again he has no interest in food so I apply the mirataz to his ear. He went pee and also had a semi normal poop for the first time, I was feeling hopeful. He’s still lethargic and annoyed about the iv port in his arm. He doesn’t end up eating or drinking and started going into the litter box and getting into the position to pee but doesn’t actually try to pee. I’ve seen other cats with utis and he wasn’t straining.
Jan 18 he went back to the vet for more fluids and 2 more x rays to check the progress of the bips and almost all of them had made their way through. The pancreatitis test also came back negative. He was given more fluids, anti nausea, and pantoprazole. The vets said he had peed normally there so they weren’t worried about a uti. He also peed 2 more times at home. I was able to get him to actually eat something that night, 15-20 temptation treats and maybe a tablespoon of friskies wet food which I know neither are good for him but it was at least something. He was also a little less lethargic and purring when I would pet him which he hasn't really done since he stopped eating. Still not drinking water though.
We decided to do an ultrasound today, Jan 19, and also give him more fluids. I’m currently waiting for the phone call with how it went. I’m going to ask the vet for Royal Canin critical care to try to see if he’ll eat that. Does anybody have any other suggestions of what I can be doing at home to get him to eat? It’s killing me not knowing what’s wrong with him.