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My cat Gordon isn't doing so well.
Some history, when Gordon found my sister he was 4 pounds mostly ticks and bones. We think he's around 4-5 years old. He suffered from renal damage as a result of being starved and since then has had mild seizures. He's now a 14 pound snuggly goofball.
Until Saturday, when I woke up to him breathing funny and being unresponsive to me stepping over him or talking to him. I called my mom who took him to the vet. This was the first time. The vet said it seemed like he had a inflamed central nerves system. She gave him steroids and told us to come back on monday.
He didn't improve at all, he wasn't eating or drinking or being himself at all. My family came over to say good bye to him because I thought I was going to have to put him down.
On monday the vet asks to do an x-ray to make sure it's not heart disease and finds out he's got pneumonia and a fungal infection. Her idea is that it's causing his preexisting neural issue to flare up.
She gave him subcutaneous fluids and anti fungal and antibiotics. He improved so much. He was walking around a little bit, he peed in the litter box. He came to me for comfort.
I took him back today for more fluids. He's still not eating and he's isolating himself again.
What are realistic expectations for recovery? Is me freaking out over his not eating premature given he's only been on these meds for 2 days?
I feel like my vet is serving me soft ball because I'm a bit of a mess at the vet. Is this something after so many days should I put him down? Am I being cruel to him?
You know when you save animals that they are going to be a little broken but that's okay because you love them. I'm so worried I'm not serving his best interests.
I'm taking him back to the vet again tomorrow.
Some history, when Gordon found my sister he was 4 pounds mostly ticks and bones. We think he's around 4-5 years old. He suffered from renal damage as a result of being starved and since then has had mild seizures. He's now a 14 pound snuggly goofball.
Until Saturday, when I woke up to him breathing funny and being unresponsive to me stepping over him or talking to him. I called my mom who took him to the vet. This was the first time. The vet said it seemed like he had a inflamed central nerves system. She gave him steroids and told us to come back on monday.
He didn't improve at all, he wasn't eating or drinking or being himself at all. My family came over to say good bye to him because I thought I was going to have to put him down.
On monday the vet asks to do an x-ray to make sure it's not heart disease and finds out he's got pneumonia and a fungal infection. Her idea is that it's causing his preexisting neural issue to flare up.
She gave him subcutaneous fluids and anti fungal and antibiotics. He improved so much. He was walking around a little bit, he peed in the litter box. He came to me for comfort.
I took him back today for more fluids. He's still not eating and he's isolating himself again.
What are realistic expectations for recovery? Is me freaking out over his not eating premature given he's only been on these meds for 2 days?
I feel like my vet is serving me soft ball because I'm a bit of a mess at the vet. Is this something after so many days should I put him down? Am I being cruel to him?
You know when you save animals that they are going to be a little broken but that's okay because you love them. I'm so worried I'm not serving his best interests.
I'm taking him back to the vet again tomorrow.