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dona - 15 Feb 2005 13:28 GMT
My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
what to check?
Karin Gillette - 15 Feb 2005 15:26 GMT
I hope it is nothing serious but I would have her checked by the Vet.

My Shiloh was doing that but I thought she was just getting old. And I was
not home as much as I would have liked to but she did have company.  She ate
fine, drank plenty.  Loved to snuggle.

It turned out she had an infection.  In the beginning some antibiotics
picked her up.  But after several months it was apparent that her age was
catching up with her.  Abd I eventually had to make the choice to let her go
rather than prolong her discomfort.

The vet thought that had we caught it early she may have lived a bit longer.
BUT her age was a big factor.

> My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
> shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
> I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
> what to check?
tsr3 - 15 Feb 2005 18:21 GMT
> I hope it is nothing serious but I would have her checked by the Vet.
>
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> > I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
> > what to check?

Please have her checked out by a vet--could be an upper respitory,
kidney disease, infection--but check it out now instead of waiting.--r3
M.C. Mullen - 15 Feb 2005 18:39 GMT
| My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
| shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
| I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
| what to check?

If it's an outdoor cat, check on the weather, if not, keep an eye on her and
the litterbox, check her nose - if it's warm and dry, then it's no good.

Carola
Rhonda - 16 Feb 2005 02:16 GMT
If she hasn't had a blood test in awhile, it's a good time to have an
"elder" panel. Our vet likes to test them about every year when they're
in their teens. She checks the 4 potentials for older kitties (forget
them all, but hyperthyroidism, etc.), and just a general check of all
values.

Hope your girl is just a little tired.

Rhonda

> My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
> shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
> I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
> what to check?
Gabey8 - 25 Feb 2005 18:03 GMT
[[If she hasn't had a blood test in awhile, it's a good time to have an
"elder" panel. Our vet likes to test them about every year when they're
in their teens. She checks the 4 potentials for older kitties (forget
them all, but hyperthyroidism, etc.), and just a general check of all
values.

Hope your girl is just a little tired.

Rhonda

dona wrote:

> My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
> shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
> I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
> what to check? ]]

I second that emotion. Even if she's been to the vet's relatively
recently, prior to these symptoms cropping up, my advice is to go back and
have the geriatric blood panel done. It won't hurt to have the extra bit
of knowledge, and if the test shows anything, you'll be able to start
treatment for it right away.

Here's hoping it's either nothing, or something easily treated. But either
way, you'll KNOW what's going on if you have the vet give her a thorough
exam (and the blood test).

Donna, Captain, and Stanley
Jason Allen McPeak - 16 Feb 2005 06:53 GMT
Prob. and infection, usuall nothing too serious, but does need to be  
treated, if so the vet will prob. prescribe penicilian, amoxecilian, or  
keflex for 7-10 days. If there isn't an infection, it's prob. mild  
arthritis, and age. had a 16yrld orange tabby main coon that got that way,  
would up lacing is food with Glucosamine and Chronoditan for his joints,  
he was up and moving after 3 weeks much better, then we addeda small  
ammount of DHEA, which turns into male hormone in the body, and that  
really made him feel better, he's been on it for 2 yrs now, and my sister  
says he still does much better with than without. It's just age wearing  
him down

> My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
> shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
> I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
> what to check?

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Judy - 18 Feb 2005 03:54 GMT
> My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
> shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
> I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
> what to check?

If your cat is 14 years old, this relates to being 78 in human years.

Have to imagine that if I reach this age that I will be a bit sluggish as
well.
Gary Stone - 18 Feb 2005 04:44 GMT
>> My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
>> shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
>> I can't detect any limping or other obvious malady.  Any suggestions on
>> what to check?
Snip

Phone book, yellow pages, Veterinarians.

Stone
dug88 - 28 Feb 2005 01:58 GMT
i have two cats to expound
one is (was 23 ) years
one is (was 26 ) years
yes dead
but they will never be dead to me
when some one is alive and gives their life
to purr for you, then u did good

now i have 3 cats
so if i do not wake soon enough to the alarm clock, then 1 cat finds nop
problem in stabbing me on my nose otr whererever

>> My 14 yr old female seems sluggish lately.  She eats and drinks, coat is
>> shiny, but is going mainly from kitchen to living room and  'plops' down.
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> Have to imagine that if I reach this age that I will be a bit sluggish as
> well.

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