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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2006HELP! Cat doesnt want to drink or eat
Hi My cat stopped wanting to eat more than a morsel and hardly drinks and has been like this for about 4 days, she's done this before and i got her better by giving her fresh prawns and that worked. Just before she started doing this she was weeing more than normal (about 4 times a day - normally twice a day but BIG wee's!), hard to monitor how much she passes now as she goes out every evening but she keeps doing that thing you do when you swallow food and opens her mouth slightly.... she seems ok in herself but i know something is wrong as she;s not eating chicken and prawns like she would normally, she's cat-orexic! She's 4 years old and plump so i know she's not gonna starve in a hurry but i am concerned about the low level of fluid intake... Help! Phil She needs to see a vet ASAP. Gail > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Phil why? last time they did nothing.... Phil > She needs to see a vet ASAP. > Gail [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > Phil i mean i'm gonna take her tomorrow AM, its 10pm here now... just got a pipette and squirted quite a bit of water down her throat..... she just looks moody now. skype chat me - pinballheaven Phil > why? last time they did nothing.... > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > > > > Phil Something is very wrong with her and she needs a good vet. If your vet did nothing and couldn't find anything wrong -- try a better vet! Cats can't go without eating for very long, especially plump ones. They very quickly, in a day or two, can get fatty liver disease from not eating. Rhonda > why? last time they did nothing.... > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> >>>Phil they gave her anti biotics etc but couldnt find a reason why she didnt want to eat, at first, last time, she looked like she couldnt chew with her full mouth, almost like you'd expect if she'd had a stroke and was half paralised... but then got better after a diet of king prawns for 2 days. she is eating but very little, and drinking but very little, how much should a cat actually drink and eat?! she's a house cat for 21 hours a day as i dont let her go out when i'm not at home or at night (after losing 2 other cats to the main road) so i dont know if that's upsetting her the fact she cant go out... P > Something is very wrong with her and she needs a good vet. If your vet > did nothing and couldn't find anything wrong -- try a better vet! [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >>> > >>>Phil I can't imagine she would be upset enough about not going out that she would not eat or drink. It sounds to me like there is something else going on. If she was on antibiotics, that could have been what made her better the first time, instead of just the diet. Did the vet thoroughly check her mouth? Infected teeth are a pretty common issue in cats and cause all kinds of problems. I really would take her to another vet, it doesn't hurt to get another medical opinion. There is something wrong, it just may take some persistence to find out what that is. Good luck, Rhonda > they gave her anti biotics etc but couldnt find a reason why she didnt > want to eat, at first, last time, she looked like she couldnt chew with [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >>>>> >>>>>Phil Thanks, I'll take her to a different vet tomorrow am. Yeah they checked her mouth, i took her back a few times to check progress but they couldnt see anything wrong with her. Thanks. Phil > I can't imagine she would be upset enough about not going out that she > would not eat or drink. It sounds to me like there is something else [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > >>>>> > >>>>>Phil Let us know what they say tomorrow! Hope they can find the source. Rhonda > Thanks, I'll take her to a different vet tomorrow am. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Phil OK, went to vets, and just as he was about to take her temperature up her bum, a MASSIVE absess caused by a cat bite on her bum cheek burst all over his table, it was really big! GROSS! But he said that's the cause as she would feel very unwell and had a temperature but given her anti-biotics for now... Thanks all Phil + Tyson the cat. > Let us know what they say tomorrow! Hope they can find the source. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > Phil > OK, went to vets, and just as he was about to take her temperature up > her bum, a MASSIVE absess caused by a cat bite on her bum cheek burst [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > > > Phil Hi I am new to this group! I just read all that you went through! Good for you that you got another opinion! Absesses are hard to find sometimes on a cat 'cause their wounds close up so fast. I had a cat one time that kept following me around for 2 weeks! This was very unusual behavior for him. I finally looked at him and said "What do you want?" He turned his head and ripped open this wound on his shoulder!!! Then looked at me like he was saying "Now will you take me to the vet?" Besides following me around too much there was no other changes in him. His whole shoulder area was swallon and the vet found 2 absseses on him!! He was an indoor/outdoor cat and of course very "Alpha". So after that I always kept an eye on him. Hope your cat heals quickly and starts eating and drinking more! Sue Wow, I'll bet that was a shocker! I'm so glad you took her in for another opinion. Hopefully, she's feeling much better by now and will heal nicely. Good job! Take care, Rhonda > OK, went to vets, and just as he was about to take her temperature up > her bum, a MASSIVE absess caused by a cat bite on her bum cheek burst [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> >>>Phil >OK, went to vets, and just as he was about to take her temperature up >her bum, a MASSIVE absess caused by a cat bite on her bum cheek burst [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Phil + Tyson the cat. oh my gosh!!! weird and sick and good news at the same time! >[quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> > >> > Phil
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