Hello,
I'm freaking out but I'm also very prone to anxiety so I thought I would write here for some advice.
My cat threw up hairball two days ago, I wasn't too worried but today in the morning he threw up several times in quick succession (just liquid) so I took him to the vet. Other than vomiting, he appeared to be fine, he was definitely playful yesterday (it's a bit harder to day how he felt today during the day because it's very hot during the day in my apartment and he is less energetic and eating less every summer). The vet did a blood test, said everything looked good, but he was dehydrated and have him iv fluids. She said it was most likely caused by the hair, and said to monitor if he defecates (to rule out any blockage). She also have him a few injections but I didn't ask what it was specifically, just that it was something to help with nausea/stomach. My cat was very stressed during the whole visit, we were there for over an hour and he was shaking the whole time. But he still had energy in the beginning, he was fighting HARD when they were taking his flood and setting up an IV. He still has the catheter in his arm, because they were planning to give more fluids tomorrow.
Once we came back from the vet, he went straight to bed. I wasn't too worried because it was very stressful for him. However, he hasn't eaten or drank anything (I tried his favourite wet food, snacks, and he doesn't even lick it. And he is extremely food motivated), only went to the litter box once to pee (very little urine, shouldn't it be more after all those fluids? Or is that not how it works?), and in general seems extremely low energy. He pretty much just lies on the bed or on the flood, and that's it. I'm getting very worried, my vet is closed at this point. Right now it's 3am in my time zone, and my vet opens at 9am, I'm planning to call them immediately at opening and ask to bee seen earlier than my appointment. But now I'm thinking, should I take him to a 24/7 vet clinic? I would much prefer not to, and just continue all of his care at his usual vet, but I just don't know. Maybe anyone here has any advice, or been in a similar situation?
Thank you
I'm freaking out but I'm also very prone to anxiety so I thought I would write here for some advice.
My cat threw up hairball two days ago, I wasn't too worried but today in the morning he threw up several times in quick succession (just liquid) so I took him to the vet. Other than vomiting, he appeared to be fine, he was definitely playful yesterday (it's a bit harder to day how he felt today during the day because it's very hot during the day in my apartment and he is less energetic and eating less every summer). The vet did a blood test, said everything looked good, but he was dehydrated and have him iv fluids. She said it was most likely caused by the hair, and said to monitor if he defecates (to rule out any blockage). She also have him a few injections but I didn't ask what it was specifically, just that it was something to help with nausea/stomach. My cat was very stressed during the whole visit, we were there for over an hour and he was shaking the whole time. But he still had energy in the beginning, he was fighting HARD when they were taking his flood and setting up an IV. He still has the catheter in his arm, because they were planning to give more fluids tomorrow.
Once we came back from the vet, he went straight to bed. I wasn't too worried because it was very stressful for him. However, he hasn't eaten or drank anything (I tried his favourite wet food, snacks, and he doesn't even lick it. And he is extremely food motivated), only went to the litter box once to pee (very little urine, shouldn't it be more after all those fluids? Or is that not how it works?), and in general seems extremely low energy. He pretty much just lies on the bed or on the flood, and that's it. I'm getting very worried, my vet is closed at this point. Right now it's 3am in my time zone, and my vet opens at 9am, I'm planning to call them immediately at opening and ask to bee seen earlier than my appointment. But now I'm thinking, should I take him to a 24/7 vet clinic? I would much prefer not to, and just continue all of his care at his usual vet, but I just don't know. Maybe anyone here has any advice, or been in a similar situation?
Thank you
