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I have a ten year old cat called Charlie. She is an outdoor cat. Last Saturday she came home limping from the front paw and she was crying in pain all day, she couldn't walk on it at all. She did have something similar a few years ago and recovered after a few days so I thought I'd wait until Monday to take her to the vet. On Sunday she was limping a bit but walking on her front paw so it was reassuring. On Monday evening, her back collapsed and she was dragging herself, although the vet said the front leg was not related, that it was just coincidence.
When I took her to the vet, she was diagnosed with thrombosis and two options were offered to me, treatment or euthanasia. We opted for treatment. The following day she was using her right leg but the vet kept saying there was no pulse in her legs. The day after, she was walking normally on it and the left leg wasn't dragging as much. Yet again, the vet said it doesn't show improvement as they can't feel any pulse. Now her legs are not cold and her paws are not blue. On Wednesday, the vet said if she s no better by Thursday morning, to put her to sleep.
On Thursday morning, we thought she d improved as she was eating, grooming herself, using the litter tray, purring and even playing a bit. the vet said even though she was walking better she couldn't feel any pulse in her legs. I told her we wanted to nurse her at home as when she comes back from the vet she seems worse. The vet then told me that the cat was very stressed there, that they did struggle to give her the tablets and that she was better at home. But then she told me the reason why my cat wasn't sleeping at home was because she was in pain ( which the previous vet said she wasn't). So I took her back home and told my partner. Because we were told she was in pain and seeing the amount of medication we had to give her, we thought that euthanasia was the best option. So I phoned the surgery and booked the appointment. When I arrived there, I saw another vet (4th one) who asked me why I wanted to put my cat to sleep. So I explained the situation and he looked at her and said that we shouldn't put her to sleep, that she wasn't in pain, that she was improving and to give her a chance until Monday.
So back at home, she hid for the whole day and night and came out his morning. She has 4 meds to take a day including 3 tablets. Now my cat is not a people's cat, she hates being handled, by us or anybody. This morning she was walking on all her legs and she has regained some of her strength. I tried to give her a tablet with the pill popper, my partner holding her but this turned out to be a nightmare. She moved all the time even when holding her head. Anyway it took seven tries before she took the tablet ( not 100% sure it went in as she spat it 5 times but she was doing an awful amount of drooling) and we ended up with a super stressed cat who went hiding again as she was scared to death from us!
I can crush the aspirin and the kidney one but I have read you shouldn't crush the plavix tablet. She is a super fussy cat and she won't touch her food if medication is in it. So far I have managed to make her eat it by mixing tuna and I will try other stuff. I am going to buy different ham,beef and chicken slices to wrap the pill in, will buy a mackerel, maybe she'll enjoy that. I bought some cottage cheese but she didn't like it.
Have you got any experience of thrombosis and if so did your cat survive it? If not how long did it take before it died?
Also, any ideas on how to make her eat her meds without stressing her?
So sorry for the long post...
I have a ten year old cat called Charlie. She is an outdoor cat. Last Saturday she came home limping from the front paw and she was crying in pain all day, she couldn't walk on it at all. She did have something similar a few years ago and recovered after a few days so I thought I'd wait until Monday to take her to the vet. On Sunday she was limping a bit but walking on her front paw so it was reassuring. On Monday evening, her back collapsed and she was dragging herself, although the vet said the front leg was not related, that it was just coincidence.
When I took her to the vet, she was diagnosed with thrombosis and two options were offered to me, treatment or euthanasia. We opted for treatment. The following day she was using her right leg but the vet kept saying there was no pulse in her legs. The day after, she was walking normally on it and the left leg wasn't dragging as much. Yet again, the vet said it doesn't show improvement as they can't feel any pulse. Now her legs are not cold and her paws are not blue. On Wednesday, the vet said if she s no better by Thursday morning, to put her to sleep.
On Thursday morning, we thought she d improved as she was eating, grooming herself, using the litter tray, purring and even playing a bit. the vet said even though she was walking better she couldn't feel any pulse in her legs. I told her we wanted to nurse her at home as when she comes back from the vet she seems worse. The vet then told me that the cat was very stressed there, that they did struggle to give her the tablets and that she was better at home. But then she told me the reason why my cat wasn't sleeping at home was because she was in pain ( which the previous vet said she wasn't). So I took her back home and told my partner. Because we were told she was in pain and seeing the amount of medication we had to give her, we thought that euthanasia was the best option. So I phoned the surgery and booked the appointment. When I arrived there, I saw another vet (4th one) who asked me why I wanted to put my cat to sleep. So I explained the situation and he looked at her and said that we shouldn't put her to sleep, that she wasn't in pain, that she was improving and to give her a chance until Monday.
So back at home, she hid for the whole day and night and came out his morning. She has 4 meds to take a day including 3 tablets. Now my cat is not a people's cat, she hates being handled, by us or anybody. This morning she was walking on all her legs and she has regained some of her strength. I tried to give her a tablet with the pill popper, my partner holding her but this turned out to be a nightmare. She moved all the time even when holding her head. Anyway it took seven tries before she took the tablet ( not 100% sure it went in as she spat it 5 times but she was doing an awful amount of drooling) and we ended up with a super stressed cat who went hiding again as she was scared to death from us!
I can crush the aspirin and the kidney one but I have read you shouldn't crush the plavix tablet. She is a super fussy cat and she won't touch her food if medication is in it. So far I have managed to make her eat it by mixing tuna and I will try other stuff. I am going to buy different ham,beef and chicken slices to wrap the pill in, will buy a mackerel, maybe she'll enjoy that. I bought some cottage cheese but she didn't like it.
Have you got any experience of thrombosis and if so did your cat survive it? If not how long did it take before it died?
Also, any ideas on how to make her eat her meds without stressing her?
So sorry for the long post...