Hi,
My cat has been feeling down lately, and hasn't been eating much. This started when I went to Mexico and had some people taking care of her for me. Unfortunately they only told me she was "sad", not that she ate hardly anything for 10 days!!! When I got home I started feeding her wet food to get her to gain weight again, I thought maybe it was just stress. She still hasn't been eating much. Today I took her to the vet. The vet found fluid in her lungs and one of her kidneys was slightly inflamed (probably because she hasn't drank much water lately). She does not have a fever right now (but it's possible she did earlier). The vet wasn't sure what it was - said it could be FIV, feline leukemia, FIP, desert fever and lymphoma. He recommended I get a second opinion, which I did. The second vet was very pessimistic and basically said whatever it is, it is serious and I should think about putting her down. She is my only buddy and I love her so much, I don't want to even contemplate putting her down if it may be something that can be treated or cured. Does anyone know - could she have just pneumonia, brought on by the stress? Or some other condition? I was reading about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and it seemed to fit a lot of the symptoms too. Thanks for your help.
My cat has been feeling down lately, and hasn't been eating much. This started when I went to Mexico and had some people taking care of her for me. Unfortunately they only told me she was "sad", not that she ate hardly anything for 10 days!!! When I got home I started feeding her wet food to get her to gain weight again, I thought maybe it was just stress. She still hasn't been eating much. Today I took her to the vet. The vet found fluid in her lungs and one of her kidneys was slightly inflamed (probably because she hasn't drank much water lately). She does not have a fever right now (but it's possible she did earlier). The vet wasn't sure what it was - said it could be FIV, feline leukemia, FIP, desert fever and lymphoma. He recommended I get a second opinion, which I did. The second vet was very pessimistic and basically said whatever it is, it is serious and I should think about putting her down. She is my only buddy and I love her so much, I don't want to even contemplate putting her down if it may be something that can be treated or cured. Does anyone know - could she have just pneumonia, brought on by the stress? Or some other condition? I was reading about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and it seemed to fit a lot of the symptoms too. Thanks for your help.