It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)
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We have had Tiger Lilly for almost four weeks.
She is still very wary of the dogs, although they ignore her.
She is the smallest/lightest cat we have ever had. Almost like a kitten.
She has broken her front leg in the past so has a limp. When I see her limping it almost breaks my heart.
As you can probably guess, she has wormed her way into our affections
She is still very wary of the dogs, although they ignore her.
She is the smallest/lightest cat we have ever had. Almost like a kitten.
She has broken her front leg in the past so has a limp. When I see her limping it almost breaks my heart.
As you can probably guess, she has wormed her way into our affections
Well we are a bit worried about Nestle. At 5pm she was right as rain, then something changed, as by 530pm she bought herself to the bottom of the stares barely moving. She started meowing when you touched her in a painful sounding way. She was barely moving, panting, and sometimes opening her mouth with the panting.
Then she stumbled into the hall, pooed on the floor, and threw up. Since then she is barely able to move, and keeps stumbling, behaving in a way that I can only describe like an old dying cat. We called the vet who said just to monitor her, and that if she got worse to bring her in and of course that will only be the emergency vet at £100 per 10 mins. At the mo she has crawled under the wardrobe and is just lying there.
She hasn't eaten anything, doesn't go outside, and literally nothing has happened to bring this on. We just monitor her I guess.
Then she stumbled into the hall, pooed on the floor, and threw up. Since then she is barely able to move, and keeps stumbling, behaving in a way that I can only describe like an old dying cat. We called the vet who said just to monitor her, and that if she got worse to bring her in and of course that will only be the emergency vet at £100 per 10 mins. At the mo she has crawled under the wardrobe and is just lying there.
She hasn't eaten anything, doesn't go outside, and literally nothing has happened to bring this on. We just monitor her I guess.
Dizeee said:
Well we are a bit worried about Nestle. At 5pm she was right as rain, then something changed, as by 530pm she bought herself to the bottom of the stares barely moving. She started meowing when you touched her in a painful sounding way. She was barely moving, panting, and sometimes opening her mouth with the panting.
Then she stumbled into the hall, pooed on the floor, and threw up. Since then she is barely able to move, and keeps stumbling, behaving in a way that I can only describe like an old dying cat. We called the vet who said just to monitor her, and that if she got worse to bring her in and of course that will only be the emergency vet at £100 per 10 mins. At the mo she has crawled under the wardrobe and is just lying there.
She hasn't eaten anything, doesn't go outside, and literally nothing has happened to bring this on. We just monitor her I guess.
Take her to the vet. Damn the cost. Then she stumbled into the hall, pooed on the floor, and threw up. Since then she is barely able to move, and keeps stumbling, behaving in a way that I can only describe like an old dying cat. We called the vet who said just to monitor her, and that if she got worse to bring her in and of course that will only be the emergency vet at £100 per 10 mins. At the mo she has crawled under the wardrobe and is just lying there.
She hasn't eaten anything, doesn't go outside, and literally nothing has happened to bring this on. We just monitor her I guess.
If it's come on this quickly, it's a trip to the emergency vets. No decent vet would have said to monitor her, considering the speed it progressed.
Any chance she's ingested antifreeze, as that causes vomiting, diarrhoea and ataxia.
Alarm bells are ringing on this one, you need to take her in.
Any chance she's ingested antifreeze, as that causes vomiting, diarrhoea and ataxia.
Alarm bells are ringing on this one, you need to take her in.
[quote=Dizeee]Well we are a bit worried about Nestle. At 5pm she was right as rain, then something changed, as by 530pm she bought herself to the bottom of the stares barely moving. She started meowing when you touched her in a painful sounding way. She was barely moving, panting, and sometimes opening her mouth with the panting.
Then she stumbled into the hall, pooed on the floor, and threw up. Since then she is barely able to move, and keeps stumbling, behaving in a way that I can only describe like an old dying cat. We called the vet who said just to monitor her, and that if she got worse to bring her in and of course that will only be the emergency vet at £100 per 10 mins. At the mo she has crawled under the wardrobe and is just lying there.
She hasn't eaten anything, doesn't go outside, and literally nothing has happened to bring this on. We just monitor her I guess. [/quote
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You need to get the cat to a vet NOW ! Not just monitor her ! FFS
Then she stumbled into the hall, pooed on the floor, and threw up. Since then she is barely able to move, and keeps stumbling, behaving in a way that I can only describe like an old dying cat. We called the vet who said just to monitor her, and that if she got worse to bring her in and of course that will only be the emergency vet at £100 per 10 mins. At the mo she has crawled under the wardrobe and is just lying there.
She hasn't eaten anything, doesn't go outside, and literally nothing has happened to bring this on. We just monitor her I guess. [/quote
]
You need to get the cat to a vet NOW ! Not just monitor her ! FFS
k the cost. 
Sorry not updated sooner... didn't get back until 0030 last night. The whole thing has been utterly weird.
She presented like she had been poisoned, but there is no access to anything here of that nature and she is not going outside yet. But her mouth and gums were blue, which suggested lack of oxygen hence the heart suspicions. Bloods and ultra sound was done, and showed no obvious problems. I had been in there around 5 mins before the vet rushed off with her and I saw nobody for at least an hour. Vet said she was very concerned.
After an hour she suddenly came round, and started eating some fish and had a drink. We had a long conversation about what had happened, and basically nobody has a clue. They questioned Lilys and paracetamol ad both are poisonous to cats - no Lilys but I have had some Lemsip from powder over last couple of days - who knows. But that would not explain the blueness. vet has basically said she may have a heart issue, but impossible to say at this stage. Investigations and management of any such issue would run into the high thousands, and likely be of no use anyway. Vet has suggested that this may be the only obvious prognosis and to be aware that if there is an underlying condition, she could pop her clogs at any minute.
Luckily though as she did improve, I was able to bring her home. Initially the thoughts were she may have to be put to sleep, which at 12 ish weeks and with our two young kids besotted with her, would have been awful. Plus that would have been the third RIP in 12 months they have had to go through.
The only other thing we discussed was possibility of seizure, as during the latter couple of hours of this 4 hour episode her head was bobbing as if she has parkinsons. She was unable to walk through most of it, collapsing and falling over. This miraculous recovery at the vets came out the blue, just as the initial symptoms had done, and nobody seems any the wiser.
For now she is leaping around like a lunatic and is full of original character. So, I think really, we just have to be aware. I get the feeling we have been lucky, and the vets seemed to agree. I can't fault them, they were not pushy at all explained everything at all times, even saying not to worry about payment it could be sorted at a later stage. I paid them before I left, after some thoughts last night and looking at her before we went to bed, I knew I had to take her in. £400 is money well spent when you consider it changed her from what looked like a dying cat to her original self. I just wish we had an answer as to the cause. We have Rug Doctor industrial carpet cleaning machine at home and started using that yesterday ( wet carpets ) but the vet said this should not have caused the problem, and again, poisoning does not explain the blueness and panting.
She presented like she had been poisoned, but there is no access to anything here of that nature and she is not going outside yet. But her mouth and gums were blue, which suggested lack of oxygen hence the heart suspicions. Bloods and ultra sound was done, and showed no obvious problems. I had been in there around 5 mins before the vet rushed off with her and I saw nobody for at least an hour. Vet said she was very concerned.
After an hour she suddenly came round, and started eating some fish and had a drink. We had a long conversation about what had happened, and basically nobody has a clue. They questioned Lilys and paracetamol ad both are poisonous to cats - no Lilys but I have had some Lemsip from powder over last couple of days - who knows. But that would not explain the blueness. vet has basically said she may have a heart issue, but impossible to say at this stage. Investigations and management of any such issue would run into the high thousands, and likely be of no use anyway. Vet has suggested that this may be the only obvious prognosis and to be aware that if there is an underlying condition, she could pop her clogs at any minute.
Luckily though as she did improve, I was able to bring her home. Initially the thoughts were she may have to be put to sleep, which at 12 ish weeks and with our two young kids besotted with her, would have been awful. Plus that would have been the third RIP in 12 months they have had to go through.
The only other thing we discussed was possibility of seizure, as during the latter couple of hours of this 4 hour episode her head was bobbing as if she has parkinsons. She was unable to walk through most of it, collapsing and falling over. This miraculous recovery at the vets came out the blue, just as the initial symptoms had done, and nobody seems any the wiser.
For now she is leaping around like a lunatic and is full of original character. So, I think really, we just have to be aware. I get the feeling we have been lucky, and the vets seemed to agree. I can't fault them, they were not pushy at all explained everything at all times, even saying not to worry about payment it could be sorted at a later stage. I paid them before I left, after some thoughts last night and looking at her before we went to bed, I knew I had to take her in. £400 is money well spent when you consider it changed her from what looked like a dying cat to her original self. I just wish we had an answer as to the cause. We have Rug Doctor industrial carpet cleaning machine at home and started using that yesterday ( wet carpets ) but the vet said this should not have caused the problem, and again, poisoning does not explain the blueness and panting.
Dizeee said:
Tried to reply twice earlier. Been at the vet for last hour. Doesn't look good, suspect heart problem. Will update when I know more
Open mouth breathing is a sign of cardiomyopathy (heart failure leading to poor lung capacity and low oxygen saturation). Our old Boris aged 14 has this and is on diuretics and blood thinners which have kept him fairly well for more than eighteen months post diagnosis. Sorry to learn Nestle has such worrying symptoms; hope the news gets better.Edited to say that I hadn't read your latest when I typed that. We looked after our daughter's cats for a year while she went off travelling and one did more or less what Nestle did but over a period of an hour only. We think she swallowed a large spider and that caused the funny turn. She fell over twitching, crapped and projectile vomited like yours. After an hour she was swanning about with no apparent ill effects and lived for years afterwards. Glad Nestle is better and hopefully recovered for good.
Edited by motco on Friday 20th December 14:04
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