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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005Back home - with Silver
I hope we can write this one up as a Bastard Cat Trick. She threw up five or six times more today until there wasn't a thing left in her little tummy, and she refused to drink anything. I didn't see her go to the litterbox today either, so I was really concerned. John got home at 3.30 and we drove her up to the vet, where she got poked, prodded and x-rayed. The vet said her tummy looks inflamed but she's not in any pain and more importantly the xray showed no signs of foreign bodies. So she hasn't swallowed a twist-tie or paperclip, which was my big worry. It looks like her poor tummy is very irritated by something :( He gave her an IV of fluid to make sure she's not dehydrated, an antibiotic shot, and a dose of pepcid and told us not to feed her tonight. In the morning I have to give her a very small amount of food and water and watch her to see what happens... hopefully she'll be okay. If she's not and it comes back up then I have to call the vet back and he'll book her in for a barium swallow to see what's going on. Poor Silly is very hungry... when we got home from the vet she raced to the bathroom to get food and water and I had to race to take them up before she ate them! She did have some water before the bowl was removed and sure enough, she got sick again. Let's hope that's the last of it... she's started washing herself again, which is a good sign. She just lay there like a big lump all day long. The cost for this visit was only $200 which isn't a big deal... we paid half today and they'll take the other half in a fortnight. Let's hope there isn't any more to follow. PS. the xray showed lots and lots of poopies in her intestines - we now have proof that like politicians the world around, that cat is full of s##t! :P ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply It sounds as though she may have eaten something that disagreed with her. Once it's all out of her system, she should be okay. Purrs that this is the case. Joy > I hope we can write this one up as a Bastard Cat Trick. She threw up > five or six times more today until there wasn't a thing left in her [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > http://www.kajikitscorner.com > *remove 'nospam' to reply > It sounds as though she may have eaten something that disagreed with her. > Once it's all out of her system, she should be okay. Purrs that this is the > case. > > Joy As Joy said, hopefully it's only a temporary tummy upset. Or as Margaret said, maybe she ate a spider that disagreed with her. I hope she'll be okay again in the morning. Melissa >I hope we can write this one up as a Bastard Cat Trick. She threw up > five or six times more today until there wasn't a thing left in her [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > http://www.kajikitscorner.com > *remove 'nospam' to reply Poor baby. Hope she just has an upset tummy and not enough sense to let it rest. We went through lots of bouts like this with Sugar, and while she didn't appreciate the very little food or water for 24 hours routine, it was effective. If she's "full of it" some gentle tummy rubs may get things headed in the right direction. Jo and she's still hungry, huh? silly cat...... Hopefully she just caught a tummy bug or something. Her stomach is probably irritated from all the vomiting. Purrs that she gets better.... Did the vet send any meds home for her to take? Kristi >and she's still hungry, huh? silly cat...... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Did the vet send any meds home for her to take? Only a hairball remedy to give her when she's able to eat, just in case she's having hair issues... we've never given either of them hairball stuff because they're shorthairs and they've shown no signs of having hairballs, but the vet said they should have it anyway... hopefully they'll agree to eat it! It's tunaflavoured, but so were their kitty vitamins and they turned their noses up at them after the first tube. ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply I had a similar problem with one of my cats. She got quite thin and was in the vet hospital for days. A test showed irritable bowel syndrome and she had to eat only Hills sensitive dry food for a while. In time she came good and is now a chubby happy cat on her normal diet. Marie from OZ >>and she's still hungry, huh? silly cat...... >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > http://www.kajikitscorner.com > *remove 'nospam' to reply > I hope we can write this one up as a Bastard Cat Trick. She threw up > five or six times more today until there wasn't a thing left in her [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > http://www.kajikitscorner.com > *remove 'nospam' to reply Do you have any plants she could have eaten? >Do you have any plants she could have eaten? Nope. No houseplants at all aside from a couple of silk ones. Also no cigarettes for them to eat, no dishwasher (dishwasher sludge is deadly), and no poisons in the apartment. And they're indoor-only so they don't have any contact with other animals who might spread germs. We didn't feed them anything unusual either... so it's a mystery to me what's made her sick! ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply >>Do you have any plants she could have eaten? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > http://www.kajikitscorner.com > *remove 'nospam' to reply Could she have eaten a spider? The one time we had a prolonged vomit episode with Oliver I was pretty sure the only unusual thing he had eaten was a spider. He managed to throw up on my husband's back not once but twice in the middle of the night that time. Good thing his Paw would forgive him anything. :-)  SignatureMargaret Fine mefine@mindspring.com Karen, I'm sure it was a relief to find out she didn't swallow anything! Poor baby -- do cats get gastritis, I wonder? Hope she feels better by tomorrow -- purrs, Christine > I hope we can write this one up as a Bastard Cat Trick. She threw up > five or six times more today until there wasn't a thing left in her [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > http://www.kajikitscorner.com > *remove 'nospam' to reply >> PS. the xray showed lots and lots of poopies in her intestines - we >> now have proof that like politicians the world around, that cat is >> full of s##t! :P And he didn't see any blockages? Maybe a kitty laxative is in order. I know from personal experience that if the stuff can't go out one way, nothing's coming in the other way. In short, if your stomach can't empty out one way, you throw up. Maybe that's what is happening with poor Silver? After she poops, she'll stop throwing up. Poor baby. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita >>> PS. the xray showed lots and lots of poopies in her intestines - we >>> now have proof that like politicians the world around, that cat is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >poor Silver? After she poops, she'll stop throwing up. >Poor baby. And that's what it was... once she stopped being stubborn and went to the bathroom (with the aid of the laxotone), things went back to normal. She's eating and drinking normally, playing and in general acting like she was never sick. ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply >I hope we can write this one up as a Bastard Cat Trick. She threw up >five or six times more today until there wasn't a thing left in her [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >http://www.kajikitscorner.com >*remove 'nospam' to reply Continued purrs that everything starts moving in the right direction. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Continued purrs and best wishes for Silver, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I hope we can write this one up as a Bastard Cat Trick. She threw up > five or six times more today until there wasn't a thing left in her [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > not in any pain and more importantly the xray showed no signs of > foreign bodies. <snip> |
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