Hi folks,
I have a 5 year old cat, indoors, that started acting lethargic late last week. He was in the care of my daughter and mom while we were gone. Over the weekend he seemed really ticked that we had left and my mom brought her small dog...so we thought it could have been a depression ticked off thing. We kept a close eye on him and it continued throu the weekend so we took him to the vet tonight.
No vomiting, no sore spots, the vet said he did not feel any blockages, he does have a temp of over 104, lethargic in the sense that he is not as playful, just laying around, but will still purrs and such. He will take some food and water if brought to him, but he will not go get it. That was the first sign since he is normally 19 lb. He did lose about a pound over the past few days.
The vet put him on amoxicillyn with a steroid to eat more and said to keep an eye on him..if it doesn't change, we are looking at $400 worth of xrays and blood tests.
I am at a loss. I cannot figure out what would bring this on in otherwise a very healthy indoor cat.
Any ideas?
Thank you!
I have a 5 year old cat, indoors, that started acting lethargic late last week. He was in the care of my daughter and mom while we were gone. Over the weekend he seemed really ticked that we had left and my mom brought her small dog...so we thought it could have been a depression ticked off thing. We kept a close eye on him and it continued throu the weekend so we took him to the vet tonight.
No vomiting, no sore spots, the vet said he did not feel any blockages, he does have a temp of over 104, lethargic in the sense that he is not as playful, just laying around, but will still purrs and such. He will take some food and water if brought to him, but he will not go get it. That was the first sign since he is normally 19 lb. He did lose about a pound over the past few days.
The vet put him on amoxicillyn with a steroid to eat more and said to keep an eye on him..if it doesn't change, we are looking at $400 worth of xrays and blood tests.
I am at a loss. I cannot figure out what would bring this on in otherwise a very healthy indoor cat.
Any ideas?
Thank you!