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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2003HELP... Fever and Not Eating
Greetings All, I have a 5 year old neutered male cat who is a very special part of our family. Monday morning, we noticed strange behaviour - not eating, lifeless, depressed, glassy eyes, etc. He also urinated outside his litterbox which he has never done before. We monitored him over the next 24 hours and since he did not get any better we brought him into the vet first thing this morning. The vet said he had a fever and was concerned that he was not eating so she hospitalized him with antibiotics, iv, and pending bloodwork. I'm supposed to call at 3:00 today for an update. I have been reading as much as I can over the past couple of hours and have seen these symptoms associated with fatty liver, FIP and the like, and I'm am sick to death with worry for our guy. Are these symptoms also common with non life threatening illnesses? I'm so hopeful that he'll immediately respond to treatment and get back to being his normal self, but is this realistic considering his symptoms? God forbid, should I be preparing myself to possibly lose him in a matter of hours or days? Sick with worry, Jill There are all kinds of treatable and more serious things it could be. Just plain not feeling well could cause the urinating. Has he had shots lately? Good luck and keep us posted on the bloodwork. Karen > Greetings All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Sick with worry, > Jill >From: mavalon2003@yahoo.com (Mavalon) >I'm so hopeful that he'll immediately respond to treatment and get >back to being his normal self, but is this realistic considering his >symptoms? God forbid, should I be preparing myself to possibly lose >him in a matter of hours or days? Good that you got him to a vet. It could be a simple urinary tract infection. But I know how awful it is when they're sick. Try not to worry to much until you have some feedback from the vet. Healing purrs to your kitty and please let us know how he's doing. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm >Greetings All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >Sick with worry, >Jill Hopefully it is a cold. I hope with treatment he feels better soon. Good luck to all. MLB Hi Jill, He does sound very poorly. I hope the anti-biotics work and gets better soon. Alison -- Alison > Greetings All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Sick with worry, > Jill Jill have you got some cimicat or lactol to give him in a syringe, every 30 mins 10ml and did the vet give you any glucose type stuff to add to his water? which you can also syringe down him drip by drip. Aloe Vera capsules and vit c to build up his immune system. Kittyvite is good too. give him plenty of cuddles and I really hope he get better soon keep up informed. good luck  SignatureLuv'n'Stuff *~*SooZy*~* New Pictures added every few days http://community.webshots.com/user/ragdollcatsuk > Hi Jill, > He does sound very poorly. I hope the anti-biotics work and gets [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Sick with worry, > > Jill A bit of an update: Called the vet this morning. His blood test results are not back yet. He's still on IV and the technicians said he ate a littel bit this morning. The tech I spoke to did not know if he still had a fever. I feel a bit better knowing he ate something, but still am very worried. I'm going to visit him on my lunch break today and bring him some of his favourite treats and try to get him to eat. Hopefully the test results will be back when I go and I'll get word on his fever. Somebody asked if his shots are up to date. They are not, and if he has caught something that could have been prevented by immunizations, I will never forgive myself. :-( He's strictly an indoor cat. Could not sleep last night...feeling very worried and horrible about not having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat is his buddy. >A bit of an update: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat >is his buddy. TuTu and I are sending multiple purrs for a quick healing.MLB Another update: Not very good news. Blood tests show kidney problems. At this point we don't know if it's acute or chronic. Kitty was nibbling on a bit of food yesterday and the fever is down but the vet wants to keep him hospitalized for 2 more days on IV fluids. After that she figures we'll know if it's acute or chronic. Is it possible that it's just an infection rather than a failure? Can anyone give an opinion on the likelihood of him pulling though? > Another update: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > infection rather than a failure? Can anyone give an opinion on the > likelihood of him pulling though? aww I am sorry to here that, I do not know but I wish you and Kitty all the best anyway (((hugs))) Soozy > Not very good news. Blood tests show kidney problems. At this point > we don't know if it's acute or chronic. Kitty was nibbling on a bit of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > infection rather than a failure? Can anyone give an opinion on the > likelihood of him pulling though? Fever points to infection. Body temperature can be low with kidney failure. Of course, kidney infections can result in kidney failure. |
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