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Hi, I'm new but I'm looking for experience or suggestions.
I have a 16 year old neutered cat named Midnight that I adopted when he was about 13 years old (so I don't know too much about his health history). Last week, he started hiding and refusing to eat. This is very unusual for him as he usually is obnoxiously meowing for his meals and never skips wolfing down his food. He also is normally very affectionate and seeks attention once bedtime rolls around. We kept bringing food to him and trying to tempt him but he refused. This went on for a few days(about 4) until Sunday night he finally came out for some food but I noticed a significant limp on his back left leg and both his back paws were tender. He ate a mouthful of food then refused to finish and then urinated when brought to the litter box. I called the vet Monday morning and they did some xrays and immediately saw bone shards in his left left that she thought were there for a while and just shifted enough to cause him pain. He also has no cartilage in either knee and his left leg bones has so many holes in it that the vet said it looked "moth eaten" and suspected cancer.
She prescribed 6 days of two different pain meds (onipor and buprenex I believe) and sent me home with no real advice except wait and see.
It now going on his third day of pain meds and he is still growling and meowing in pain whenever he moves and limps. He has been eating a few mouthfuls since being on the pain meds and climbed up on the couch. He still is not himself and spends the majority of his time on the makeshift bed we made for him to keep him comfortable. He has not used the litter box since Sunday. We give him miralax and cosequin as a supplement as per the vet's suggestion (I give it to him directly since he is eating so little).
I called the vet again since he is still in pain and she suggested either adding a third pain med or amputating his worst leg, both of which she didn't have high hopes for due to his age and the lack of response to the pain meds so far.
Is there anything else we can do or do we have to consider letting him go?
I have a 16 year old neutered cat named Midnight that I adopted when he was about 13 years old (so I don't know too much about his health history). Last week, he started hiding and refusing to eat. This is very unusual for him as he usually is obnoxiously meowing for his meals and never skips wolfing down his food. He also is normally very affectionate and seeks attention once bedtime rolls around. We kept bringing food to him and trying to tempt him but he refused. This went on for a few days(about 4) until Sunday night he finally came out for some food but I noticed a significant limp on his back left leg and both his back paws were tender. He ate a mouthful of food then refused to finish and then urinated when brought to the litter box. I called the vet Monday morning and they did some xrays and immediately saw bone shards in his left left that she thought were there for a while and just shifted enough to cause him pain. He also has no cartilage in either knee and his left leg bones has so many holes in it that the vet said it looked "moth eaten" and suspected cancer.
She prescribed 6 days of two different pain meds (onipor and buprenex I believe) and sent me home with no real advice except wait and see.
It now going on his third day of pain meds and he is still growling and meowing in pain whenever he moves and limps. He has been eating a few mouthfuls since being on the pain meds and climbed up on the couch. He still is not himself and spends the majority of his time on the makeshift bed we made for him to keep him comfortable. He has not used the litter box since Sunday. We give him miralax and cosequin as a supplement as per the vet's suggestion (I give it to him directly since he is eating so little).
I called the vet again since he is still in pain and she suggested either adding a third pain med or amputating his worst leg, both of which she didn't have high hopes for due to his age and the lack of response to the pain meds so far.
Is there anything else we can do or do we have to consider letting him go?