Hi guys, this is hard to write and not a happy topic I guess I am still looking for answers
In January we adopted a cat, King. And when we adopted him with another kitten, Baby, we went through this whole long process because he tested slightly positive for leukemia but the vet assumed false positive because his litter mates and mother didn't have it. They let us take him home while they sent it out for more in depth testing.... and then we NEVER HEARD from the adoption agency again. Like we tried to contact them but never heard anything about it. We planned to follow up and establish with a vet of our own, but the local vets have been booked or not accepting new patients. A week ago. King started throwing up and gagging so we assumed he had a hairball cause he's long haired, then got a little wheeze but was acting normal, then two days ago started rapid breathing. We brought him to the vet ER yesterday thinking he had a respiratory infection, but he actually had a murmur and pleural effusion. We had to decide if we wanted to do surgery and hospitalized him, but the vet said his prognosis was very poor either way. And recommended euthanizing him, which is what we ended up doing. The vet assumed heart failure. But it is so OUT OF THE BLUE, that in a week he went from fine, to not here. Has anyone experienced this in cats under 1 year old? I keep wracking my brain thinking maybe he got into something, hurt himself, ate something, or that maybe he actually did have leukemia and we didn't know? But our other cat still is negative for that? It's all very confusing and heartbreaking
In January we adopted a cat, King. And when we adopted him with another kitten, Baby, we went through this whole long process because he tested slightly positive for leukemia but the vet assumed false positive because his litter mates and mother didn't have it. They let us take him home while they sent it out for more in depth testing.... and then we NEVER HEARD from the adoption agency again. Like we tried to contact them but never heard anything about it. We planned to follow up and establish with a vet of our own, but the local vets have been booked or not accepting new patients. A week ago. King started throwing up and gagging so we assumed he had a hairball cause he's long haired, then got a little wheeze but was acting normal, then two days ago started rapid breathing. We brought him to the vet ER yesterday thinking he had a respiratory infection, but he actually had a murmur and pleural effusion. We had to decide if we wanted to do surgery and hospitalized him, but the vet said his prognosis was very poor either way. And recommended euthanizing him, which is what we ended up doing. The vet assumed heart failure. But it is so OUT OF THE BLUE, that in a week he went from fine, to not here. Has anyone experienced this in cats under 1 year old? I keep wracking my brain thinking maybe he got into something, hurt himself, ate something, or that maybe he actually did have leukemia and we didn't know? But our other cat still is negative for that? It's all very confusing and heartbreaking