Hi everyone! I don’t usually resort to this type of measure but I am so desperate right now.
Background:
My cat, Chance, is a 4 1/2 year old orange tabby cat. He is a very big boy, about 14 pounds. He loves to go outside in the afternoon and hang out around the house. He is up to date on all shots. He is VERY vocal about EVERYYYTHING. Very fun loving cat.
So the short story.. my cat has not eaten or drank anything since Tuesday night. He doesn’t want to go outside anymore. Just wants to sleep. He seems to be interested in food but then gets nauseous and walks away from it. He is not having trouble using the restroom, except once Wednesday night when nothing came out. He has not vomited. The first vet thought it was urinary inflammation and prescribed a muscle relaxant and pain killer—said to watch for any blockage symptoms and bring him in immediately if those symptoms show up… they never did but he just continued to not eat or drink and started having diarrhea. So we took him back to get some fluids and more tests done. The next vet thinks its gastrointestinal and prescribed anti nausea, appetite stimulant, and anti diarrhea. That isn’t working either. We have tried every food/treat on the planet at this point. It’s Saturday now and I am extremely concerned that he is dying or that he isn’t going to make it through this. He has never had any problems like this before. It came very sudden and hit fast.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Was there ever a diagnosis?? Does famotidine suppress appetite? because he is just not eating!
We are going to his regular vet on Monday but I’m so scared he’s not going to make it with only having two rounds of fluid in a week with no food or water.
(FYI his blood work came back fine and showed nothing wrong with his kidney)
Long story:
On Monday and Tuesday I started noticing he started sleeping right next to my face which was odd. But I didn’t think anything of it!
Wednesday: he went outside like normal at 6:30 AM and came back in around 7/7:30. not sure whether he ate or not that morning. The remainder of the day he slept ALL DAY on my bed. He got up once to use the litter box. Never wanted to go outside in the evening like usual (very odd). And never ate or drank water the rest of the day.
Thursday: he didn’t want to go outside in the morning (extremely odd, this is his routine) and he spent all day on my bed sleeping. No food or water. Went to the litter box once and I noticed he didn’t actually go.
At 4pm on Thursday I took him to the vet ER (our vet was closed due to winter storm). They seemed to think that he was having some stress on his urethra and prescribed Prazosin (muscle relaxer for urethra) and Gabapentin pain killer. Also gave him fluids. They did not perform blood work or X-rays, just physical examination. When he got home he was extremely loopy and so tired. Seemed to be interested in food and licked a tiny bit of wet food. Still no water.
Friday: woke up, still no movement. No wanting to go outside. No water no food, nothing. I gave him one does of Prazosin and half a dose of the pain killer because I didn’t like how tired it made him. After the dosage he walked up to his food and immediately started drooling, then he went to the bathroom and had diarrhea and peed. Back to sleep. He was drooling all day and non stop sleeping. He went to the bathroom again with diarrhea and peed. He was so out of it, it was terrifying and so sad to see. I couldn’t take it anymore so I took him back to the vet ER on Friday night.
Friday night: vet noticed he was licking his lips and drooling — he was nauseous. Physical exam fine. She questioned the diarrhea and thought maybe it was gastrointestinal. Did some blood work and X-rays of the abdomen. All came back fine.Gave him some fluids and prescribed him Famotidine (anti nausea) and Capromorelin (appetite stimulant). She also gave us an anti diarrheal (metronidazole).
As of right now… it’s Saturday afternoon and poor boy STILL hasn’t eaten or drank anything. I gave him the Famotidine this morning but I’m hesitant to give him anything else because of side effects. I just feel like medication is making all this worse but also big boy needs to eat and drink water. I just don’t know what to do and I’m helpless at this point.
Background:
My cat, Chance, is a 4 1/2 year old orange tabby cat. He is a very big boy, about 14 pounds. He loves to go outside in the afternoon and hang out around the house. He is up to date on all shots. He is VERY vocal about EVERYYYTHING. Very fun loving cat.
So the short story.. my cat has not eaten or drank anything since Tuesday night. He doesn’t want to go outside anymore. Just wants to sleep. He seems to be interested in food but then gets nauseous and walks away from it. He is not having trouble using the restroom, except once Wednesday night when nothing came out. He has not vomited. The first vet thought it was urinary inflammation and prescribed a muscle relaxant and pain killer—said to watch for any blockage symptoms and bring him in immediately if those symptoms show up… they never did but he just continued to not eat or drink and started having diarrhea. So we took him back to get some fluids and more tests done. The next vet thinks its gastrointestinal and prescribed anti nausea, appetite stimulant, and anti diarrhea. That isn’t working either. We have tried every food/treat on the planet at this point. It’s Saturday now and I am extremely concerned that he is dying or that he isn’t going to make it through this. He has never had any problems like this before. It came very sudden and hit fast.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Was there ever a diagnosis?? Does famotidine suppress appetite? because he is just not eating!
We are going to his regular vet on Monday but I’m so scared he’s not going to make it with only having two rounds of fluid in a week with no food or water.
(FYI his blood work came back fine and showed nothing wrong with his kidney)
Long story:
On Monday and Tuesday I started noticing he started sleeping right next to my face which was odd. But I didn’t think anything of it!
Wednesday: he went outside like normal at 6:30 AM and came back in around 7/7:30. not sure whether he ate or not that morning. The remainder of the day he slept ALL DAY on my bed. He got up once to use the litter box. Never wanted to go outside in the evening like usual (very odd). And never ate or drank water the rest of the day.
Thursday: he didn’t want to go outside in the morning (extremely odd, this is his routine) and he spent all day on my bed sleeping. No food or water. Went to the litter box once and I noticed he didn’t actually go.
At 4pm on Thursday I took him to the vet ER (our vet was closed due to winter storm). They seemed to think that he was having some stress on his urethra and prescribed Prazosin (muscle relaxer for urethra) and Gabapentin pain killer. Also gave him fluids. They did not perform blood work or X-rays, just physical examination. When he got home he was extremely loopy and so tired. Seemed to be interested in food and licked a tiny bit of wet food. Still no water.
Friday: woke up, still no movement. No wanting to go outside. No water no food, nothing. I gave him one does of Prazosin and half a dose of the pain killer because I didn’t like how tired it made him. After the dosage he walked up to his food and immediately started drooling, then he went to the bathroom and had diarrhea and peed. Back to sleep. He was drooling all day and non stop sleeping. He went to the bathroom again with diarrhea and peed. He was so out of it, it was terrifying and so sad to see. I couldn’t take it anymore so I took him back to the vet ER on Friday night.
Friday night: vet noticed he was licking his lips and drooling — he was nauseous. Physical exam fine. She questioned the diarrhea and thought maybe it was gastrointestinal. Did some blood work and X-rays of the abdomen. All came back fine.Gave him some fluids and prescribed him Famotidine (anti nausea) and Capromorelin (appetite stimulant). She also gave us an anti diarrheal (metronidazole).
As of right now… it’s Saturday afternoon and poor boy STILL hasn’t eaten or drank anything. I gave him the Famotidine this morning but I’m hesitant to give him anything else because of side effects. I just feel like medication is making all this worse but also big boy needs to eat and drink water. I just don’t know what to do and I’m helpless at this point.
