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It's me, again. I really can't catch a break this year! Sorry for my long post, but I want to cover everything as clearly as I can to get some new advice as previous advice have all been exhausted.
Once again this is about my 11 year old cat Boogie. He always had hairball vomits but this year it's worse than usual, ironic since I started slowly transitioning him with some wet food from his all dry food life this year. Last few months have been bad, with June showing a huge vomit episode where he barfed multiple times a day. He also started not eating his food, which the vet concluded could be due to the nausea related to his vomiting, since he always goes to the bowl happily but walks away after a few licks. I managed to get him to my vet quickly and they gave him some fluids and anti nausea shot, as well as take home throat medicine for me to syringe. He got his appetite back for a few days... then it stopped again.
So I rushed him to the vet 2nd time, where they specifically did blood work, xray and exam focusing on his digestive system. The vet went thru the results with me over the phone and said they have not found anything at all that is off. He is even still well hydrated! His blood numbers all look good, all his organ numbers, xray shows nothing except some gas. He had decent appetite for a few days again after this, but it died off once more.
So then a week after my 2nd visit I had the ultrasound for his abdomen. The specialist made a point to tell me everything looked so good that he was happy. He came home and was sulky but had good appetite for a few days before his eating reduced ONCE MORE.... and this time we welcome a new issue that he has never had... Diarrhea. Between these weekly vet visits, he would barf a few times, less than his big vomit episode but like maybe 2-3 times a week. The latest few episodes involved clear liquid rather than his usual yellow liquid.
I called my vet again to tell her about him not eating much (maybe like a few teaspoons of food a day after multiple tries to offer with as many additions as you guys have recommended). I will once again ask her about dental issues, like everyone always suggests, but I have asked about his dental every visit since May so that's over 8 times and every time she says his mouth looks fine. She won't be able to get back to me until later tonight or tomorrow at earliest. Literally ALL vets in my area are booked for 2 weeks - 1 months out. I have been trying to balance finishing a very important work project that is due in August, as well as an upcoming business trip in August. I basically have to wipe his butt every single time he uses the litter box and still I find his skid marks on my furniture and his fur. He absolutely hates being handled and I have gotten a lot of scratch and bite marks from him these few weeks. I'm extremely worried about how the pet sitter who visits 2x a day can manage with my cat having diarrhea multiple times a day (very tiny amounts every time) and not eating his food. I fear I will come home to a dead cat and an apartment covered in wet poop.
What do I do in this situation where all the vets are busy??
PS: I no long have a car so everytime I need to take him out, whether it's to groomers for a wash and a butt trim, or a vet visit, it's around $40+ round trip of uber cost. I don't make a lot of money esp with covid and I just spend probably close to $3000 on this cat in the last 3 months in vet bills.
Once again this is about my 11 year old cat Boogie. He always had hairball vomits but this year it's worse than usual, ironic since I started slowly transitioning him with some wet food from his all dry food life this year. Last few months have been bad, with June showing a huge vomit episode where he barfed multiple times a day. He also started not eating his food, which the vet concluded could be due to the nausea related to his vomiting, since he always goes to the bowl happily but walks away after a few licks. I managed to get him to my vet quickly and they gave him some fluids and anti nausea shot, as well as take home throat medicine for me to syringe. He got his appetite back for a few days... then it stopped again.
So I rushed him to the vet 2nd time, where they specifically did blood work, xray and exam focusing on his digestive system. The vet went thru the results with me over the phone and said they have not found anything at all that is off. He is even still well hydrated! His blood numbers all look good, all his organ numbers, xray shows nothing except some gas. He had decent appetite for a few days again after this, but it died off once more.
So then a week after my 2nd visit I had the ultrasound for his abdomen. The specialist made a point to tell me everything looked so good that he was happy. He came home and was sulky but had good appetite for a few days before his eating reduced ONCE MORE.... and this time we welcome a new issue that he has never had... Diarrhea. Between these weekly vet visits, he would barf a few times, less than his big vomit episode but like maybe 2-3 times a week. The latest few episodes involved clear liquid rather than his usual yellow liquid.
I called my vet again to tell her about him not eating much (maybe like a few teaspoons of food a day after multiple tries to offer with as many additions as you guys have recommended). I will once again ask her about dental issues, like everyone always suggests, but I have asked about his dental every visit since May so that's over 8 times and every time she says his mouth looks fine. She won't be able to get back to me until later tonight or tomorrow at earliest. Literally ALL vets in my area are booked for 2 weeks - 1 months out. I have been trying to balance finishing a very important work project that is due in August, as well as an upcoming business trip in August. I basically have to wipe his butt every single time he uses the litter box and still I find his skid marks on my furniture and his fur. He absolutely hates being handled and I have gotten a lot of scratch and bite marks from him these few weeks. I'm extremely worried about how the pet sitter who visits 2x a day can manage with my cat having diarrhea multiple times a day (very tiny amounts every time) and not eating his food. I fear I will come home to a dead cat and an apartment covered in wet poop.
What do I do in this situation where all the vets are busy??
PS: I no long have a car so everytime I need to take him out, whether it's to groomers for a wash and a butt trim, or a vet visit, it's around $40+ round trip of uber cost. I don't make a lot of money esp with covid and I just spend probably close to $3000 on this cat in the last 3 months in vet bills.