Mandy LOVES to eat. She knows when it's time for treats in the morning...like clockwork. She will wake us up on weekends to get them. Needless to say, she is just short of 15 pounds! Last night she seemed to be herself. We had family over from out of town with three boys ranging from 10-13 in age. They were completely into our cats. Mandy is a tad skittish with people she doesn't know, but it's not extreme. She let them pet her but I don't think she was thrilled by it. She did eat her treats when the kids were here. Our trap and release adoptee wouldn't come out....she wanted nothing to do with any of it. Lucy...the queenie at 19yo wasn't bothered at all by any of it.
Enter this morning. No Mandy asking for treats. No Mandy when the treats were distributed. And THAT is NOT normal. We couldn't find her. I found a pile of soft-serve-type feces on the floor in my craft room. She had defecated in the past on the floor, but only maybe twice and it was never this soft. The feces smell like cow manure. We tore the house apart and could not find her. We thought maybe she slipped outside last night or maybe the door didn't completely latch. My son hopped on his bike and scouted the neighborhood. I also went out into the neighborhood on foot. No luck. This went on for two hours. I was in our bedroom when I heard my daughter yell, "MANDY!!". Mandy came out of nowhere...have NO idea where she was..somewhere in the house.
Mandy's eyes were goopy. She had a film over part of her eyes. When she blinked, it strung from her top eyelid to her bottom eyelid. She wanted nothing to do with food...nothing to do with treats. I cleaned her eyes and got her into the vet. The vet said she has pink eye, but could not say if she had upper respiratory...there weren't a ton of symptoms. She gave us eyedrops, cleaned her bottom (Mandy could not clean herself...she's a bit overweight and she would not let us do it, either...the vet was way more experienced with it. Got her home...let her out. She proceeded to go under the couch. She was completely exhausted and couldn't keep her eyes open. She had urinated all over the blanket in her carrier at some point while on the way to (or from) the vet.
A few hours later, we were going to try and get eyedrops in her eyes.....but, she then went to the water dish and drank for a few minutes (after we made her come out). She then forcefully vomited up all the water. After that, she proceeded to the sunroom and sat on the second to last step wanting to go outside. We went out with her (She is NEVER alone out side). She just wanted to lay in the sign, then the shade...then in the grass....she was out there for an hour and a half. She drank a small amount of water and she did not vomit.
It is now 10pm. My husband brought home some cat-type of broth and she engulfed it, but then went back under the couch. My husband got on the floor and raised the flap/skirting of the couch to see her. He talked to her (she loves to talk back) and then got her brush out (she loves that thing) and she rubbed her head on the bristles. Then....PURR. LOUD PURRING! She is still under the couch, though.
I am baffled and looking for any insight. My kids have had pink eye and I know it can stand alone, but they had it alongside a cold/virus type of thing....not anything gastro. But this happened so very suddenly. The vet said it could a stress reaction from the kids last night, but I would've thought if it were that stressful, she never would've stayed out in reach. Thank you so much in advance for any thoughts!
Enter this morning. No Mandy asking for treats. No Mandy when the treats were distributed. And THAT is NOT normal. We couldn't find her. I found a pile of soft-serve-type feces on the floor in my craft room. She had defecated in the past on the floor, but only maybe twice and it was never this soft. The feces smell like cow manure. We tore the house apart and could not find her. We thought maybe she slipped outside last night or maybe the door didn't completely latch. My son hopped on his bike and scouted the neighborhood. I also went out into the neighborhood on foot. No luck. This went on for two hours. I was in our bedroom when I heard my daughter yell, "MANDY!!". Mandy came out of nowhere...have NO idea where she was..somewhere in the house.
Mandy's eyes were goopy. She had a film over part of her eyes. When she blinked, it strung from her top eyelid to her bottom eyelid. She wanted nothing to do with food...nothing to do with treats. I cleaned her eyes and got her into the vet. The vet said she has pink eye, but could not say if she had upper respiratory...there weren't a ton of symptoms. She gave us eyedrops, cleaned her bottom (Mandy could not clean herself...she's a bit overweight and she would not let us do it, either...the vet was way more experienced with it. Got her home...let her out. She proceeded to go under the couch. She was completely exhausted and couldn't keep her eyes open. She had urinated all over the blanket in her carrier at some point while on the way to (or from) the vet.
A few hours later, we were going to try and get eyedrops in her eyes.....but, she then went to the water dish and drank for a few minutes (after we made her come out). She then forcefully vomited up all the water. After that, she proceeded to the sunroom and sat on the second to last step wanting to go outside. We went out with her (She is NEVER alone out side). She just wanted to lay in the sign, then the shade...then in the grass....she was out there for an hour and a half. She drank a small amount of water and she did not vomit.
It is now 10pm. My husband brought home some cat-type of broth and she engulfed it, but then went back under the couch. My husband got on the floor and raised the flap/skirting of the couch to see her. He talked to her (she loves to talk back) and then got her brush out (she loves that thing) and she rubbed her head on the bristles. Then....PURR. LOUD PURRING! She is still under the couch, though.
I am baffled and looking for any insight. My kids have had pink eye and I know it can stand alone, but they had it alongside a cold/virus type of thing....not anything gastro. But this happened so very suddenly. The vet said it could a stress reaction from the kids last night, but I would've thought if it were that stressful, she never would've stayed out in reach. Thank you so much in advance for any thoughts!
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