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I have a 4 yr old male Maine Coon (house cat) with no previous health issues. Had vaccincation last Saturday and was treated with Frontline flea treatment. Health was fine. Vet felt a slightly solid poo but advised not an issue but may be a little hard when it came out. All fine for next 3 days then started vomitting clear liquid early hours Wednesday morning. This settled. Wednesday evening he was in pain, behaviour changed, he was growling and hiding under bed. Signs of more clear vomit. No sign of any food eaten and no sign of litter tray being used. Took to after hours vet. Xrays done- no issues. Bloods done. No evidence of any issue other than slight evidence of stress (raised glucose) and low potassium. Given pain relief. Given fluids by IV with potassium. Treatment for vomitting & over night monitoring. No problem with urination. Early morning he vomitted more clear liquid (vile smelling) and was given treatment to stop vomitting. Transferred to another vet who monitored for the day and continued IV & potassium. Gave anti-inflammatory. Improved during day and was sent home with no medication on Thursday evening. Seemed fine that night but following evening seemed to be going down hill again. By Saturday was lethargic and hiding away. Not urinating and no bowel movement. Took to our local vet who checked fully and found some muscle tremor in right hind leg during movement. Gave anti-inflammatory, steroid, parrafin oil, small dose valium to induce appetite (which didn't work as hoped). As he hadn't eaten for days he was fed liquidised wet food by syringe. Took him home with various medications and treatment plan and advice on food/ fluids and request to keep in contact with any change. Used bowel within the hour- all okay. That night he went down hill again with drooling and making grunting sounds (scared the life out of me as I thought I was going to lose him). Settled overnight and today seems better and has been at a constant state all day. However, he has not used the litter tray and he will not eat or drink himself. He is being fed 2-3 hourly with a very watered down mix of his favourite cat food, natural yoghurt & plenty of water. No signs of pain or discomfort but just lying behind lounge. Does anyone have experience of a similar range of symptoms? At this point all the vets are unsure of the cause of the problem and the most we can do is treat the symptoms. Vets were thinking a bowel obstruction or pancreatitis but tests don't support this. Any suggestions of similar case/causes would be appreciated so we might be able to narrow things down to the cause and possibly nore specific treatment.
Thanks
I have a 4 yr old male Maine Coon (house cat) with no previous health issues. Had vaccincation last Saturday and was treated with Frontline flea treatment. Health was fine. Vet felt a slightly solid poo but advised not an issue but may be a little hard when it came out. All fine for next 3 days then started vomitting clear liquid early hours Wednesday morning. This settled. Wednesday evening he was in pain, behaviour changed, he was growling and hiding under bed. Signs of more clear vomit. No sign of any food eaten and no sign of litter tray being used. Took to after hours vet. Xrays done- no issues. Bloods done. No evidence of any issue other than slight evidence of stress (raised glucose) and low potassium. Given pain relief. Given fluids by IV with potassium. Treatment for vomitting & over night monitoring. No problem with urination. Early morning he vomitted more clear liquid (vile smelling) and was given treatment to stop vomitting. Transferred to another vet who monitored for the day and continued IV & potassium. Gave anti-inflammatory. Improved during day and was sent home with no medication on Thursday evening. Seemed fine that night but following evening seemed to be going down hill again. By Saturday was lethargic and hiding away. Not urinating and no bowel movement. Took to our local vet who checked fully and found some muscle tremor in right hind leg during movement. Gave anti-inflammatory, steroid, parrafin oil, small dose valium to induce appetite (which didn't work as hoped). As he hadn't eaten for days he was fed liquidised wet food by syringe. Took him home with various medications and treatment plan and advice on food/ fluids and request to keep in contact with any change. Used bowel within the hour- all okay. That night he went down hill again with drooling and making grunting sounds (scared the life out of me as I thought I was going to lose him). Settled overnight and today seems better and has been at a constant state all day. However, he has not used the litter tray and he will not eat or drink himself. He is being fed 2-3 hourly with a very watered down mix of his favourite cat food, natural yoghurt & plenty of water. No signs of pain or discomfort but just lying behind lounge. Does anyone have experience of a similar range of symptoms? At this point all the vets are unsure of the cause of the problem and the most we can do is treat the symptoms. Vets were thinking a bowel obstruction or pancreatitis but tests don't support this. Any suggestions of similar case/causes would be appreciated so we might be able to narrow things down to the cause and possibly nore specific treatment.
Thanks