Hi all, I am new here! We have three cats: Bill and Ted are 6 year old brothers, and Rufus is 2 years old. Last week Bill began to throw up his food. After a couple days with no improvement we brought him to the vet. He found Bill to be jaundiced, and thin. He said his intestines felt swollen, and that he recommended we do blood work. It came back that he is in liver failure. I know his enzymes were up, but I can't recall what else. He was tested for feline leukemia and was negative. The vet asked to take x-rays but we already spent almost $400 and x-rays were $100 a piece. So, he was put on antibiotics, and another pill to reduce his vomitting. He has not vomitted in several days, but he refuses to eat anything but about a spoonful of cheap canned cat food (he normally eats dick van patten's). We have been giving him nutrical twice a day in addition to what he'll eat to help sustain him. He will drink on his own, and he has used the litterbox (urine only). He won't walk unless forced, and must be carried to the water and litterbox. It is amazing this all happened so fast, as he was seemingly heathly before! The vet doesn't know what is wrong, and can't fully diagnose him with out more tests. However, he told us that diagnosis or not, the prognosis is poor. Has anyone had an experience like this before? The other two cats are doing well and checked out in good health at the vet, so I am not sure what it is that could be causing Bill's problems. Would cancer cause such rapid deterioration?
Thanks in advance,
Amy Franz
Thanks in advance,
Amy Franz