I adopted a 10 year old male cat over a year ago. Cat has been fine, a bit skittish at times but very alert and playful. He's nurtured and is indoor only. He developed a head tilt about a week ago and his balance was slightly off, not too bad just had a tilted head, eating and drinking normally and showing no obvious signs of pain. However I understand he's a cat. Anyway, long story short I took him to the vets office early this week and they diagnosed ear infection, cleaned his ears (said they were very dirty) and put on some anti fungal ointment Otipac. He was also given a Penicillin injection and a Dexamethasone injection. Sent him home with Baytril and Prednisolone.
First day back the cat slept, didn't move much and didn't eat at all. I got him to take a mix of tuna and water but that was it. Next day the cat is almost non responsive. Not responding to anything and extremely lethargic. He could hardly stand, would fall over or just collapse. He was refusing all food and water. I call the vets office and they advise bring him in. Take him back, they run every test known to man on him and tell me he has some fluid in his lungs but otherwise they can't explain why he's acting how he is and the treatments the previous day shouldn't cause this. Keeping in mind I hadn't yet been able to give him any of his take home medication. I asked how he went from a head tilt to a near corpse in the space of a day and they denied any treatments would cause that. I've used the same office for years and I trust them. One day later the cat is coming back to life, eating, drinking, excited for the smell of catnip and substantially more stable on his feet, still not as he was before treatment.
Today I noticed why the cat isn't responding to almost anything. He appears to be deaf, 90% can't hear a thing deaf. Normally when I come home he runs up to greet me but not since I took him home. He seems surprised when I pet him if he hasn't seen me. He's eating mostly normally, drinking, using his litterbox without issue. He's navigating the house without any problems and is more himself just deaf? I assume it's the combination of treatments and/or the ointment in his ears?
First day back the cat slept, didn't move much and didn't eat at all. I got him to take a mix of tuna and water but that was it. Next day the cat is almost non responsive. Not responding to anything and extremely lethargic. He could hardly stand, would fall over or just collapse. He was refusing all food and water. I call the vets office and they advise bring him in. Take him back, they run every test known to man on him and tell me he has some fluid in his lungs but otherwise they can't explain why he's acting how he is and the treatments the previous day shouldn't cause this. Keeping in mind I hadn't yet been able to give him any of his take home medication. I asked how he went from a head tilt to a near corpse in the space of a day and they denied any treatments would cause that. I've used the same office for years and I trust them. One day later the cat is coming back to life, eating, drinking, excited for the smell of catnip and substantially more stable on his feet, still not as he was before treatment.
Today I noticed why the cat isn't responding to almost anything. He appears to be deaf, 90% can't hear a thing deaf. Normally when I come home he runs up to greet me but not since I took him home. He seems surprised when I pet him if he hasn't seen me. He's eating mostly normally, drinking, using his litterbox without issue. He's navigating the house without any problems and is more himself just deaf? I assume it's the combination of treatments and/or the ointment in his ears?
