It is Sunday night and I will be bringing my cat to the vet in the morning for another emergency appt. He began to seem a bit under the weather last week--I did not think he was sick, I thought he was just a bit depressed because I had to work late all week. But early Thursday morning he woke me up dry-heaving and his left eye was watering excessively. He spit up nothing but foamy saliva. I was concerned that he may have been having difficulty with a hairball, so I cuddled him and he slept by me the rest of the morning. He seemed fine at breakfast time, but he retched again to no avail. But when I came home from work, he was lying under the dining room table looking very tired and sad and his left eye now looked infected. I tried bringing him some bits of kibble which ordinarily he would gobble up, but he just began sticking his tongue out as if trying not to gag. He had the same response to water. The next day I brought him into the vet for an afternoon appt. They pumped him full of fluids and sent me home with a perscription for an antibiotic pill and antibiotic eyedrops. He still would not eat all night and the next day, Saturday, the vet called to check on him. I told her he was not improving and she seemed concerned. She called back late Saturday afternoon to check and I told her there was still no improvement. The vet suggested that I bring him in on Monday if I don't see a big improvement so here I am.
What concerns me is that he is an indoor only cat and the only other cat he is exposed to is my other indoor only cat. I guess I am not convinced that his condition is due to any infection--although I can't say that it is an absolute impossibility. He just does not seem feverish to me. His mind is very alert--he just seems to have lost his appetite and it seems that the thought of eating triggers a gag reflex. His eye seems to be clearing up with the eyed drops, but is certainly taking its time. And while I have been force feeding him small amounts of baby food and water, he is obviously in need of fluids again. He is urinating, but when I went into the vet on Friday she felt his abdomin and said he has some hard stool in him. He still has not passed that.
Poor baby. He hates being forced to eat and being pilled and water used to be like a treat to him but now he appears distrustful of it. Hopefully the vet will figure out what is wrong. Right now he is sleeping peacefully. Tonight he stopped gagging over the attempts to feed and water him, but he still fights.
I am hoping that the vet will cure him. Does anyone out there have any inkling what could be wrong?
What concerns me is that he is an indoor only cat and the only other cat he is exposed to is my other indoor only cat. I guess I am not convinced that his condition is due to any infection--although I can't say that it is an absolute impossibility. He just does not seem feverish to me. His mind is very alert--he just seems to have lost his appetite and it seems that the thought of eating triggers a gag reflex. His eye seems to be clearing up with the eyed drops, but is certainly taking its time. And while I have been force feeding him small amounts of baby food and water, he is obviously in need of fluids again. He is urinating, but when I went into the vet on Friday she felt his abdomin and said he has some hard stool in him. He still has not passed that.
Poor baby. He hates being forced to eat and being pilled and water used to be like a treat to him but now he appears distrustful of it. Hopefully the vet will figure out what is wrong. Right now he is sleeping peacefully. Tonight he stopped gagging over the attempts to feed and water him, but he still fights.
I am hoping that the vet will cure him. Does anyone out there have any inkling what could be wrong?