This doofus gave us a bit of a scare last week. I’d noticed he was losing some weight… not necessarily a bad thing, as he is on the chonky side… but then he started vomiting and stopped eating. It was so bad, I thought we might be saying goodbye to the old man.
We got him into the vet on Friday morning. The vet thought it might be diabetes, but his blood sugar was fine. So they kept him for the afternoon to rehydrate him and take some blood and urine for further testing.
We picked him up at the end of the day and were send home with an appetite stimulant and instructions to feed him by syringe until he started eating on his own.
By Sunday, he was doing much better and was almost 100%. The vet called back with test results which were… frustrating. Everything was pretty much normal. The vet can only surmise that he had a stomach ate and stopped eating because of that. And that caused the dehydration which made his situation even worse.
While I’m thrilled it was just an upset tummy and not something more serious… it was a $750 upset tummy. I think he’s been taking lessons from Burton.
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Eeks, nothing like a non-eating cat.
Here’s hoping the meds will keep doing the trick.
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So glad there was not a serious illness. I went thru the exact same thing with one of my cats a year ago.
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That’s so scary. I’m glad to hear it was not anything to worry about-except for the bill. We just spent almost $400 on a UTI for Pup so I feel your pain.
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Glad he is okay. Cats do the darndest things:( Next time do the syringe feedings yourself and you can boil water with sugar and salt in it …it sometimes gives them the boost they need to get better. Cool it of course after the sugar and salt are absorbed…I used to make a slush like that for our elderly dog and it perked him up almost all the time.
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Glad he is better !
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Oh, they can give us a scare, can’t they!!!!!!!? I’m glad all’s well.
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Glad your sweet boy is OK.
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