I wrote about Katie in a thread called "air under cat's skin". That turned into
'Katie can't keep any food down'. It's been 8 days since she stopped eating and began regurgitating/vomiting. I've been syringe feeding her and giving her sub-q fluids since then. The last 2 days she's shown an interest in food, but within 1-2 hours it comes back up again--regurgitated, not vomited (I think). She hasn't had a bowel movement that I know of since Saturday (she had watery stools for 3 days last week, now nothing).
I took her to the vet last Thursday; blood work and xrays came back normal.
I'm takiing her back in this morning for a fecal exam and barium xrays, and anything I can think of to solve this problem. The vet mentioned a virus or the possibility of IBD, but she's only 1 1/2 y/o so that doesn't really seem likely.
Her demeanor and activity level are back to normal, after feeling pretty puny over the weekend. She's up and about, giving me head butts, circling her food dish, she even chased one of the boys a little this morning.
I've read about megaesophagus, but she seems a little too old for that to be popping up, and this came on so suddenly I doubt that's the problem.
I don't know of anything she could have gotten into, but then again, she's a cat, so who knows? I've been wracking my brain and can't come up with anything.
She could use some vibes. Hopefully, the tests will find a cause for what's going on with her.
'Katie can't keep any food down'. It's been 8 days since she stopped eating and began regurgitating/vomiting. I've been syringe feeding her and giving her sub-q fluids since then. The last 2 days she's shown an interest in food, but within 1-2 hours it comes back up again--regurgitated, not vomited (I think). She hasn't had a bowel movement that I know of since Saturday (she had watery stools for 3 days last week, now nothing).
I took her to the vet last Thursday; blood work and xrays came back normal.
I'm takiing her back in this morning for a fecal exam and barium xrays, and anything I can think of to solve this problem. The vet mentioned a virus or the possibility of IBD, but she's only 1 1/2 y/o so that doesn't really seem likely.
Her demeanor and activity level are back to normal, after feeling pretty puny over the weekend. She's up and about, giving me head butts, circling her food dish, she even chased one of the boys a little this morning.
I've read about megaesophagus, but she seems a little too old for that to be popping up, and this came on so suddenly I doubt that's the problem.
I don't know of anything she could have gotten into, but then again, she's a cat, so who knows? I've been wracking my brain and can't come up with anything.
She could use some vibes. Hopefully, the tests will find a cause for what's going on with her.