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My name is Jamey and this is my first post on this forum. My wife and I have a 3 year old female, nuetered cat named Tucker. We found Tucker in a trash can when she was approx 3 weeks old. She has been to the Vet a few times since we have owned her for routine check ups. About 6 weeks ago Tuckers behavior changed and she began to lose weight. We thought it was due to a new kitten that we adopted, Andy, that Tucker was not friendly with at all. She also became nasty towards us at times, and she also stoped using her litter box (something she never ever did before the new kitten came along.) About two weeks ago we took Tucker to the Vet to see if anything was wrong. Our Vet said that Tucker was healthy, but gave her some shots, along with some Clomicalm to maybe help her mood with the new kitten. We also mentioned letting Tucker outside so she could get some alone time away from Andy, and she was always eager to get outside anyway. The Vet gave her the necessary preventative treatment so she could go outside. The bill for that visit was around $300.
Anyway, we let Tucker out for the fifth night in a row last Thursday, and she disappeared. Sunday morning she came back, but she was very tired and weak. She actually let me pick her up and hold her, something she would not let me do for a few months now. I immediately brought her in and gave her some water she she drank up quickly, but she wouldn't eat. I figured she just needed some rest so we let her sleep all day Sunday, and then kept her confined away from Andy on Monday. Anyway last night when I came home, Tucker was still sleeping. When I woke her up she did not look well at all. Her food was untouched and she could barely keep her head up to drink water. Also her eyes were half shut and she looked kind of dizzy. She is also the thinest I have ever seen her. The first thing that came to my mind is maybe she ate a mouse that had ingested some poison, or maybe she ate some herself from a neighbors house or something, but I have no idea. My wife took her to the Animal Hospital, in Linwood New Jersey, and commited to spending $1400.00 for treatments, IV's, Catheter, Normosol, and some testing including Platelet Count LaserCyte, Chemistry III SJVES, Cytology RBVH, Radiographs, Urinalysis, Cursory Ultrasound Group, Chemistry V Liver Panel SJVES, and Pcv Ts. I have no idea what any of this stuff means, but they told us the she has blood in her urin, and as of today they still do not know what is wrong. She had a fever of 107 I think when she was admitted, and today it dropped 2 degrees, and she is now hydrated, but she is still not eating on her own, and according to the doctor she is very depressed looking. Now they want another $1000 to do more testing and I don't know what to do. It seems to me that even if we come up with the extra money that it is just going to reveal something terminal that she wont survive from anyway. I really can't afford to spend anymore than the $1400. We love Tucker, but if her condition doesn't improve by tomorrow evening we are probably going to have to put her down. We called our Vet today to ask her for advise, but she didn't call us back. I also have a friend that Manages the Humane Society here, and he said he would be more than happy to have his doctor look at Tucker, but I am afraid to take her from the hospital in the condition she is in.
What I am looking for here is some advise on what to do. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
My name is Jamey and this is my first post on this forum. My wife and I have a 3 year old female, nuetered cat named Tucker. We found Tucker in a trash can when she was approx 3 weeks old. She has been to the Vet a few times since we have owned her for routine check ups. About 6 weeks ago Tuckers behavior changed and she began to lose weight. We thought it was due to a new kitten that we adopted, Andy, that Tucker was not friendly with at all. She also became nasty towards us at times, and she also stoped using her litter box (something she never ever did before the new kitten came along.) About two weeks ago we took Tucker to the Vet to see if anything was wrong. Our Vet said that Tucker was healthy, but gave her some shots, along with some Clomicalm to maybe help her mood with the new kitten. We also mentioned letting Tucker outside so she could get some alone time away from Andy, and she was always eager to get outside anyway. The Vet gave her the necessary preventative treatment so she could go outside. The bill for that visit was around $300.
Anyway, we let Tucker out for the fifth night in a row last Thursday, and she disappeared. Sunday morning she came back, but she was very tired and weak. She actually let me pick her up and hold her, something she would not let me do for a few months now. I immediately brought her in and gave her some water she she drank up quickly, but she wouldn't eat. I figured she just needed some rest so we let her sleep all day Sunday, and then kept her confined away from Andy on Monday. Anyway last night when I came home, Tucker was still sleeping. When I woke her up she did not look well at all. Her food was untouched and she could barely keep her head up to drink water. Also her eyes were half shut and she looked kind of dizzy. She is also the thinest I have ever seen her. The first thing that came to my mind is maybe she ate a mouse that had ingested some poison, or maybe she ate some herself from a neighbors house or something, but I have no idea. My wife took her to the Animal Hospital, in Linwood New Jersey, and commited to spending $1400.00 for treatments, IV's, Catheter, Normosol, and some testing including Platelet Count LaserCyte, Chemistry III SJVES, Cytology RBVH, Radiographs, Urinalysis, Cursory Ultrasound Group, Chemistry V Liver Panel SJVES, and Pcv Ts. I have no idea what any of this stuff means, but they told us the she has blood in her urin, and as of today they still do not know what is wrong. She had a fever of 107 I think when she was admitted, and today it dropped 2 degrees, and she is now hydrated, but she is still not eating on her own, and according to the doctor she is very depressed looking. Now they want another $1000 to do more testing and I don't know what to do. It seems to me that even if we come up with the extra money that it is just going to reveal something terminal that she wont survive from anyway. I really can't afford to spend anymore than the $1400. We love Tucker, but if her condition doesn't improve by tomorrow evening we are probably going to have to put her down. We called our Vet today to ask her for advise, but she didn't call us back. I also have a friend that Manages the Humane Society here, and he said he would be more than happy to have his doctor look at Tucker, but I am afraid to take her from the hospital in the condition she is in.
What I am looking for here is some advise on what to do. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.