I'm tired. I feel like every other week I have some kind of life or death fear with one of my animals and I often worry I annoy you guys when I post. I'm sorry. Tonights just raw for me.
About a week or so ago, Isabel (my senior cat) puked quite a bit. She was eating fine, so I wrote it off as just normal cat puke and since it didn't seem to happen again, I didn't think much of it.The other day, she also hacked a bit. She seemed to be okay though and hasn't hacked again since. I tried to give her some laxatone and she turned her nose up at that. That was a few days ago though.Through all that she seemed to be eating just fine, I assume drinking too but it's hard to tell because she's out in the house a lot and we have a huge water dish that all the animals like to drink out of and thus ignore their individual dishes.
This morning I woke up and there was some liquid spit up. Lil bubbly, but otherwise just looked like normal spit up. I put her food down, noticed she'd had some diarrhea in the litter box (I know it was her because Sammy opted to stay out in the house while she slept in the utility room.) I left her alone then in the utility room because she won't eat if people are in there with her. Even put some of the tiki cat on it for her, which usually she loves. Went back in to check on her and nothing had been touched. Okay, I thought maybe it's just the storm and she's afraid. She booked it out of the utility room and hopped up on the chair she likes to sit on behind my desk so I figured she was probably just afraid and I'd try to feed her later.
So I pick her up to feed her, notice she has wet poop all smeared on her butt. I clean her off, she's not happy but at least seems like she's purring in the sink. After being dried off, I take her inside again and put some food down for her. She still won't eat, so at this point I say whatever and let her come back into the house to sit with me like she likes to do. A few minutes later she starts getting a bit restless so I pick her up. I checked her mouth for sores and stuff because I'm paranoid, didn't or smell anything. Once I let her go, she hauls off and horks up bile, but it is VIVID yellow. I mean, it's about as yellow as the text in "thecatsite" text at the top of the webpage. I'm confused of course, because she has no teeth. It's not like she could have eaten an orange peel or anything, I haven't given her any turmeric in her food because she hates it, like there's no dye in her foods at all so I'm beyond unsure where this color came from. Granted she threw up on a gold mat, so maybe the gold color enhanced the yellow look. I'm not sure.
She's mad at me at this point for checking in her mouth though, so she jumps down onto her chair again. I think she's going to lay down, then I hear her jump down again and see her walk into the living room. I follow and notice her climb onto the dog bed and since she's restless and hates using the litter box in the living room, in my mind I'm like "oh crap" sure enough, she's trying to go on the bed. I pick her up and she leaks a little (diarrhea) on the floor but I put her down in the utility room because she was MAD I had picked her up. She climbed on her own into the litter box and had a small amount of diarrhea, though this time I could see some mucus in it.
My mother wants to wait a day before we rush her to the vet. It's been about 24 hours already, so I don't know. Should I push to rush her to the vet tomorrow or wait and see how things pan out tomorrow then take her saturday if she's not better?
She's a senior cat too. We're unsure her actual age. She's either 14, 15 or 16. Most likely 15.
She does have a fatty tumor lump on her side, though I seriously doubt that would cause this.
What do you guys think? Emergent, rush now? Or wait?
It's so stressful because I know taking her to the vet will be an ordeal for her right now and I'm so afraid of causing her unneeded stress, I just don't know if I should wait another day.
I just put fresh water down IN the utility room for her, so she has access to fresh/clean water and her litter box. I just hate not being in there with her 24/7. I'm so tired, I know I'll need to sleep soon but I'm so afraid of her dying over night and being alone.
I've had her half my life. She's been with me through every bad thing that has ever happened to me. I know at some point saying goodbye is always a thing that happens, I just don't want to fail her by not being there with her when it happens, so I'm struggling to stay awake to watch her
As of right now, she's huddled up like this. It's a spot she's usually in, so it's not out of character for her.
About a week or so ago, Isabel (my senior cat) puked quite a bit. She was eating fine, so I wrote it off as just normal cat puke and since it didn't seem to happen again, I didn't think much of it.The other day, she also hacked a bit. She seemed to be okay though and hasn't hacked again since. I tried to give her some laxatone and she turned her nose up at that. That was a few days ago though.Through all that she seemed to be eating just fine, I assume drinking too but it's hard to tell because she's out in the house a lot and we have a huge water dish that all the animals like to drink out of and thus ignore their individual dishes.
This morning I woke up and there was some liquid spit up. Lil bubbly, but otherwise just looked like normal spit up. I put her food down, noticed she'd had some diarrhea in the litter box (I know it was her because Sammy opted to stay out in the house while she slept in the utility room.) I left her alone then in the utility room because she won't eat if people are in there with her. Even put some of the tiki cat on it for her, which usually she loves. Went back in to check on her and nothing had been touched. Okay, I thought maybe it's just the storm and she's afraid. She booked it out of the utility room and hopped up on the chair she likes to sit on behind my desk so I figured she was probably just afraid and I'd try to feed her later.
So I pick her up to feed her, notice she has wet poop all smeared on her butt. I clean her off, she's not happy but at least seems like she's purring in the sink. After being dried off, I take her inside again and put some food down for her. She still won't eat, so at this point I say whatever and let her come back into the house to sit with me like she likes to do. A few minutes later she starts getting a bit restless so I pick her up. I checked her mouth for sores and stuff because I'm paranoid, didn't or smell anything. Once I let her go, she hauls off and horks up bile, but it is VIVID yellow. I mean, it's about as yellow as the text in "thecatsite" text at the top of the webpage. I'm confused of course, because she has no teeth. It's not like she could have eaten an orange peel or anything, I haven't given her any turmeric in her food because she hates it, like there's no dye in her foods at all so I'm beyond unsure where this color came from. Granted she threw up on a gold mat, so maybe the gold color enhanced the yellow look. I'm not sure.
She's mad at me at this point for checking in her mouth though, so she jumps down onto her chair again. I think she's going to lay down, then I hear her jump down again and see her walk into the living room. I follow and notice her climb onto the dog bed and since she's restless and hates using the litter box in the living room, in my mind I'm like "oh crap" sure enough, she's trying to go on the bed. I pick her up and she leaks a little (diarrhea) on the floor but I put her down in the utility room because she was MAD I had picked her up. She climbed on her own into the litter box and had a small amount of diarrhea, though this time I could see some mucus in it.
My mother wants to wait a day before we rush her to the vet. It's been about 24 hours already, so I don't know. Should I push to rush her to the vet tomorrow or wait and see how things pan out tomorrow then take her saturday if she's not better?
She's a senior cat too. We're unsure her actual age. She's either 14, 15 or 16. Most likely 15.
She does have a fatty tumor lump on her side, though I seriously doubt that would cause this.
What do you guys think? Emergent, rush now? Or wait?
It's so stressful because I know taking her to the vet will be an ordeal for her right now and I'm so afraid of causing her unneeded stress, I just don't know if I should wait another day.
I just put fresh water down IN the utility room for her, so she has access to fresh/clean water and her litter box. I just hate not being in there with her 24/7. I'm so tired, I know I'll need to sleep soon but I'm so afraid of her dying over night and being alone.
I've had her half my life. She's been with me through every bad thing that has ever happened to me. I know at some point saying goodbye is always a thing that happens, I just don't want to fail her by not being there with her when it happens, so I'm struggling to stay awake to watch her
As of right now, she's huddled up like this. It's a spot she's usually in, so it's not out of character for her.
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