My 3 years old cat, Anakin, has been to an emergency vet twice now for urinary blockage. Once in November or December and another time about a week ago. The first time he went, he stayed for 3 days, came home and was fine. This time, he came home and seemed to be fine for the first 1-2 days, but he suddenly is refusing to eat. We have tried everything, milk specifically for cats, chicken (which he did eat a very tiny amount of), wet cat food, etc etc. The only way he will drink water is if he licks it from our hands which is pretty strange. And yes, his food and water are in completely separated bowls that are not next to each other, and always have been. He has lost a lot of weight in just a few days and is visibly much, much skinnier.
He DOES have a vet appointment set up for tomorrow morning, but I am just looking for some potential answers in the meantime. The only thing we can think of is that the medicine he was sent home with after the emergency vet is causing him to lose his appetite for some reason. I'm just concerned about it being something serious because if we cannot afford it, we will have to either put him down or surrender him or something :/ We had no choice but to take him to the emergency vet because BOTH times he got sick on a weekend. And of course, emergency vets are NOT cheap. He's racked up over $3000 for us now..
He DOES have a vet appointment set up for tomorrow morning, but I am just looking for some potential answers in the meantime. The only thing we can think of is that the medicine he was sent home with after the emergency vet is causing him to lose his appetite for some reason. I'm just concerned about it being something serious because if we cannot afford it, we will have to either put him down or surrender him or something :/ We had no choice but to take him to the emergency vet because BOTH times he got sick on a weekend. And of course, emergency vets are NOT cheap. He's racked up over $3000 for us now..