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Our cat got out 2.5 weeks ago and hid in the woods, only coming out at night. (You can read about the ordeal here) We finally got him in on Thursday night and took him immediately to our vet to make sure he didn't have fleas, worms, etc. He has dropped 3 pounds (down to 11 pounds from 14) and wasn't eating much while he was out there. Since he has come back in, he's not eating much. The vet did bloodwork and found a very high white blood cell count.
The vet is thinking FeLv or FIP which would be devasting. We have other cats (2 older ones in kidney failure) so we could never bring him home again.
High WBC could also be from infection (non-viral) and stress. Maybe it's from stress? Any experience with this? Other blood work was fine.
(also he was in the office briefly, on the cat tree etc. before we quarantined him into the bathroom-- do we need to worry that we exposed our other cats??)
The vet is thinking FeLv or FIP which would be devasting. We have other cats (2 older ones in kidney failure) so we could never bring him home again.
High WBC could also be from infection (non-viral) and stress. Maybe it's from stress? Any experience with this? Other blood work was fine.
(also he was in the office briefly, on the cat tree etc. before we quarantined him into the bathroom-- do we need to worry that we exposed our other cats??)