We recently took my cat snowy to the vets as he had lost a great deal of weight (he was a pretty fat cat in the first place)
They got his blood tests back and said it indicated liver disease. He had no appetite but i managed to get him eating a little 3 days ago. He is now eating but only very little about 5 times a day.
He went back to the vet today and he told us that he's still dehydrated, and has given us anti nausea pills. He said that he would usually put him on a drip, maybe give him a feeding tube, but snowy gets very resistant and aggressive when he is handled, especially by the scruff of the neck, and these things require maintenance. this would also make assisted feeding quire difficult i think
He also said they could operate on him and look at the liver to find out what exactly is wrong with it, but then there may not be anything they can do still.
so i think we could do these things, but he's not sure if its worth putting snowy through it, if at the end they may not be able to cure him. sorry to rant, but i'm very worried, and i get the feeling we/the vet could be doing more to help him
They got his blood tests back and said it indicated liver disease. He had no appetite but i managed to get him eating a little 3 days ago. He is now eating but only very little about 5 times a day.
He went back to the vet today and he told us that he's still dehydrated, and has given us anti nausea pills. He said that he would usually put him on a drip, maybe give him a feeding tube, but snowy gets very resistant and aggressive when he is handled, especially by the scruff of the neck, and these things require maintenance. this would also make assisted feeding quire difficult i think
He also said they could operate on him and look at the liver to find out what exactly is wrong with it, but then there may not be anything they can do still.
so i think we could do these things, but he's not sure if its worth putting snowy through it, if at the end they may not be able to cure him. sorry to rant, but i'm very worried, and i get the feeling we/the vet could be doing more to help him