I'm writing this on behalf of my co-worker.
Her kitty, Whiskers, had an episode early last week where she suddenly jumped straight into the air, hissing and spitting, and continued bouncing around. When Kim tried to comfort her, Whiskers lashed out at her. Whiskers doesn't bounce, she doesn't jump, and she's usually a very laid back cat. She's 9 years old, lazy (it's just her personality, she never has shown much interest in toys and playing, even as a little one), pretty round but not extremely obese.
Kim took her to the vet on Friday where she was diagnosed with Stage 2 Kidney Failure. The vet didn't use the term CRF, but as soon as she told me the diagnosis, I knew that's what it was. She gave Kim Amoxicillan because she thinks there's an underlying infection, and a potassium supplement for Whiskers.
Whiskers has lost 2 pounds since her last vet visit, which was sometime last year. She has had a good appetite even this weekend, and is eating the prescription food (both wet and dry) well. She has been having litterbox issues off and on for a couple months. Since it wasn't persistent and started right after Kim lost Angel
to feline asthma, we (and her vet too) wondered if it was a behavioral/grief/heirarchy thing.
Whiskers is so lethargic and uninterested in things around her, Kim is wondering if it's time to consider the decision.
She doesn't want Whiskers to suffer.
I gave her some links, and I looked at the sticky but it's SO long that I don't think she'll want to wade through it all.
Any advice, stories of your own cats' with CRF, anything that could help her right now? I'll be printing this out for her later.
Thank you!
Her kitty, Whiskers, had an episode early last week where she suddenly jumped straight into the air, hissing and spitting, and continued bouncing around. When Kim tried to comfort her, Whiskers lashed out at her. Whiskers doesn't bounce, she doesn't jump, and she's usually a very laid back cat. She's 9 years old, lazy (it's just her personality, she never has shown much interest in toys and playing, even as a little one), pretty round but not extremely obese.
Kim took her to the vet on Friday where she was diagnosed with Stage 2 Kidney Failure. The vet didn't use the term CRF, but as soon as she told me the diagnosis, I knew that's what it was. She gave Kim Amoxicillan because she thinks there's an underlying infection, and a potassium supplement for Whiskers.
Whiskers has lost 2 pounds since her last vet visit, which was sometime last year. She has had a good appetite even this weekend, and is eating the prescription food (both wet and dry) well. She has been having litterbox issues off and on for a couple months. Since it wasn't persistent and started right after Kim lost Angel
Whiskers is so lethargic and uninterested in things around her, Kim is wondering if it's time to consider the decision.
I gave her some links, and I looked at the sticky but it's SO long that I don't think she'll want to wade through it all.
Any advice, stories of your own cats' with CRF, anything that could help her right now? I'll be printing this out for her later.
Thank you!