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It's been a rough week with my 14 year old cat. I'll try to give a clear picture.
Friday, March 16, he went to sleep on my bed next me as usual and was acting completely normal.
The next morning, he came out for breakfast but soon retreated under my bed. Not really unusual for him. After his lunch, he went behind the living room chair and stayed there. When I tried to coax him out, he hissed at me. I thought maybe he had an upset tummy, so I left him alone. By supper time, he wouldn't come out at all. I let him eat back there and stuck a litter box close by, which he did use overnight.
Sunday, he was more or the less the same thing. He'd come out for a meal and spend the rest of the day hiding in various places and only eating there.
Monday, I took him to my vet and explained what was going on. She weighed him, and decided to do senior blood test on him. She was wondering if it was thyroid related. She said she'd call Tuesday with the results.
Tuesday came and went, and knowing she was packed full the whole week with appointments, I waited until Wednesday to call myself. Turns out, she had called on Tuesday but they had the wrong number in their system. However, she had went home early Wed, due to a storm. By this point, he had been sleeping in a box all day and had even peed there and continued to lay in it. I decided to take him to a local 24 hour vet because I was so worried. Aside from him being underweight, she said his vitals were all great but came to the conclusion he was in pain, for whatever reason. She recommended I wait for the blood results from my vet (she didn't want to push me to spend more at her clinic) and go from there. She also gave me some pain medication to make him more comfortable. Which didn't do much of anything to help.
So yesterday (Thursday), by supper time I STILL hadn't heard from my vet, so I called again. I JUST missed her. However, the receptionist read me his results, which were actually pretty good. Thyroid was normal. Only abnormalities were slight elevation in creatinine and glucose. She listened as I explained what had been going on all week and managed to squeeze an appointment in for me for today. Keep in mind, his appetite has been totally normal throughout the week.
This morning he only ate a little, had peed in the box where he was sleeping and seemed grumpy. I took him back to the vet today and explained again that he wasn't doing ANYTHING all week and I figured he may be injured or something. Of course, when we got there, he was walking around like normal, rubbing on me, looking out the window and acting totally normal. (Mind you, he also peed in the carrier on the way there, which he has never done). She wanted me to keep him home for the weekend and bring him back Monday but after much convincing, she reluctantly agreed to keep him for the weekend.
She is planning on doing an x-ray Monday to see if it's physical but now, I am wondering if this could all be stress related. The isolation, urinating on himself, excessive sleeping, irritability. I've had a diffuser going consistently, have given him a quiet, secluded place to sleep and do not let the other cat bother him but with no improvement. There have been no recent changes in our home/lifestyle so I couldn't even begin to know what could be upsetting him. I'm just at a loss right now and so were both vets. All I know, he is a totally different cat right now and I miss him being by my side.
I guess I am just wondering if anyone may have some ideas/suggestions, anything really.
Thank you kindly for reading.
Friday, March 16, he went to sleep on my bed next me as usual and was acting completely normal.
The next morning, he came out for breakfast but soon retreated under my bed. Not really unusual for him. After his lunch, he went behind the living room chair and stayed there. When I tried to coax him out, he hissed at me. I thought maybe he had an upset tummy, so I left him alone. By supper time, he wouldn't come out at all. I let him eat back there and stuck a litter box close by, which he did use overnight.
Sunday, he was more or the less the same thing. He'd come out for a meal and spend the rest of the day hiding in various places and only eating there.
Monday, I took him to my vet and explained what was going on. She weighed him, and decided to do senior blood test on him. She was wondering if it was thyroid related. She said she'd call Tuesday with the results.
Tuesday came and went, and knowing she was packed full the whole week with appointments, I waited until Wednesday to call myself. Turns out, she had called on Tuesday but they had the wrong number in their system. However, she had went home early Wed, due to a storm. By this point, he had been sleeping in a box all day and had even peed there and continued to lay in it. I decided to take him to a local 24 hour vet because I was so worried. Aside from him being underweight, she said his vitals were all great but came to the conclusion he was in pain, for whatever reason. She recommended I wait for the blood results from my vet (she didn't want to push me to spend more at her clinic) and go from there. She also gave me some pain medication to make him more comfortable. Which didn't do much of anything to help.
So yesterday (Thursday), by supper time I STILL hadn't heard from my vet, so I called again. I JUST missed her. However, the receptionist read me his results, which were actually pretty good. Thyroid was normal. Only abnormalities were slight elevation in creatinine and glucose. She listened as I explained what had been going on all week and managed to squeeze an appointment in for me for today. Keep in mind, his appetite has been totally normal throughout the week.
This morning he only ate a little, had peed in the box where he was sleeping and seemed grumpy. I took him back to the vet today and explained again that he wasn't doing ANYTHING all week and I figured he may be injured or something. Of course, when we got there, he was walking around like normal, rubbing on me, looking out the window and acting totally normal. (Mind you, he also peed in the carrier on the way there, which he has never done). She wanted me to keep him home for the weekend and bring him back Monday but after much convincing, she reluctantly agreed to keep him for the weekend.
She is planning on doing an x-ray Monday to see if it's physical but now, I am wondering if this could all be stress related. The isolation, urinating on himself, excessive sleeping, irritability. I've had a diffuser going consistently, have given him a quiet, secluded place to sleep and do not let the other cat bother him but with no improvement. There have been no recent changes in our home/lifestyle so I couldn't even begin to know what could be upsetting him. I'm just at a loss right now and so were both vets. All I know, he is a totally different cat right now and I miss him being by my side.
I guess I am just wondering if anyone may have some ideas/suggestions, anything really.
Thank you kindly for reading.