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Calvin (5 months) has not been well and I am waiting to take him to the vet in about an hour. He comes to our bed at night and then spends most of the night under our bed. Usually when the alarm goes of in the morning he comes up and smothers us will love - it really is adorable. However, this morning he did not. We waited for him, called him and he was just lying there. Then he came out and seemed very quite (which he is not normally). Then he came down to his room (where he has his litterbox in the closet and his food and water) and called for us. I came down and he was standing in front of the litterbox but not going in. He then ran out of the closet and almost seemed to be scared of the box and was moving away from it. He then retched and vomited some white foam (about a teaspoon) and has been very quite since - sitting or lying in 1 place - not running to the faucet when it is turned on (which he does every time). So needless to say, we are concerned.
There defintely can be a couple things that I can think of which has been different:
1) we are in the process of moving him to wellness from science diet dry. I added about 1/5 of wellness to his science diet day before evening and yesterday and although he ate some on sunday and a little yesterday, there's a lot left over - which is a normal occurance. I give him about 1/4 cup of dry food a day and usually he does not finish them. He also has about 7.5 ish oz of wet food. Yesterday morning he was not eating his wet and going to the kibbles and so I took away the kibbles for a bit hoping he'd go to the wet. When that did not happen I brought out the kibbles and he did not eat that either. At 4 pm he was looking for his wet food and had about 2.5 oz and at night he had about 3 oz. He seemed hungry then but then he's not eaten or drank anything this morning. He usually has a bowel movement at breakfast time (usually in between) but none this morning. I scooped his litter box and his poop was fine from yesterday.
2) he licked my finger for a tiny bit of whipped cream yesterday, which I did not realize was there. He, in the past, had got into some whipped cream in the trash bin (long story) and was just fine. Plus I do not think he's lactose intolerant since he's had creamcheese with his med (as per vet's recommendation) and been fine. He otherwise does not get any human food - not for the lack of want - but because he refuse him.
Thanks for reading. We are heading to the vets in a bit but am looking for any advice. Should I stop the Wellness?
There defintely can be a couple things that I can think of which has been different:
1) we are in the process of moving him to wellness from science diet dry. I added about 1/5 of wellness to his science diet day before evening and yesterday and although he ate some on sunday and a little yesterday, there's a lot left over - which is a normal occurance. I give him about 1/4 cup of dry food a day and usually he does not finish them. He also has about 7.5 ish oz of wet food. Yesterday morning he was not eating his wet and going to the kibbles and so I took away the kibbles for a bit hoping he'd go to the wet. When that did not happen I brought out the kibbles and he did not eat that either. At 4 pm he was looking for his wet food and had about 2.5 oz and at night he had about 3 oz. He seemed hungry then but then he's not eaten or drank anything this morning. He usually has a bowel movement at breakfast time (usually in between) but none this morning. I scooped his litter box and his poop was fine from yesterday.
2) he licked my finger for a tiny bit of whipped cream yesterday, which I did not realize was there. He, in the past, had got into some whipped cream in the trash bin (long story) and was just fine. Plus I do not think he's lactose intolerant since he's had creamcheese with his med (as per vet's recommendation) and been fine. He otherwise does not get any human food - not for the lack of want - but because he refuse him.
Thanks for reading. We are heading to the vets in a bit but am looking for any advice. Should I stop the Wellness?