Any vets that have an idea for this cat?I have a 3 year old siamese mix cat that I adopted from a rescue about a year ago. Two weeks ago she began vomiting. After 24 hours of vomiting immediately after eating food we went to the vet. He thought it was a virus, gave her an anti-vomitting shot, and sent her home. She threw up again that night so we went back in the next day. He kept her for the weekend, ran a few tests that didn't show any conclusive results, started her on Reglan (anti-vomitting meds), and she came home last Monday. After almost a week on the Reglan, she began vomitting again, while still on the meds. We went back to the vet this Monday and she stayed overnight. She hasn't vomitted again, but she also hasn't eaten much at the vet's office. He has run a battery of tests: 2 blood work-ups, thyroid, X-rays, heartworm test, etc. Her calcium and potassiam are up on her blood test, and he his certain that is what is causing the vomitting, just not what is causing those elevations. There is no evidence other evidence in the tests to make him think kidney disease. She has no other sypmptoms at all. She is still pottying, cleaning herself, being social, playing, eating (when she's at home, not at the vet), etc. The only problem is she vomits within 1-2 min of consuming food.
My vet recommended going for a second opinion, and if they can't help, he wants to do an exploratory surgery. There is one odd thing in her abdominial X-ray that he would want to look at (possibly scar tissue or something left over from her spay surgery), but he says the chances that whatever it is is causing hte problems are slim.
We are going to another vet tomorrow for a second opinion, but I just can't afford much more of this. My vet is kind enough to let me go on a payment plan, but I can't afford to be making monthly payments equal to an auto payment on my cat. I have already made the decision that if she has a chronic disease (kidney, liver, etc) I will have to put her down, but I do not want to do this until I know what is wrong. I hate the thought that I could make such a final decision and her problem be something that would have had a simple fix if we had just known what it was. Should the second opinion turn up no results, I will probably go ahead with the exploratory surgery, but if that doesn't help, I will be financially forced to stop searching.
I know that is very long, but I was hoping that if anyone one here was a vet, they might have some ideas to ask my vet about. Maybe something that he missed? I just want to know that I have done everything I can before I give up on my kitty! =( Thank you in advance!
Posted by Smartie.
In cats, it's extremly difficult to find out if they're sick.
Your vet did everything he can.
Watch your cat, see what she eats.
If your cat goes outside, she might eat foreign foods.
WHEN she eats. (Surpervise her)
WHERE she eats. (Bugs or etc. might crawl in her food)
She's still doing everything normal for a cat.
If you love her, don't give up.
Clean up after your cat.
A healthy animal should never be put down.
And in this case, your pet is healthy.
Just an eating problem.
Posted by TENI
Go to SPCA for second opinion, they will help you with finance... and cheaper
Posted by zipper1998
x-rays with contrast (barium) to rule out a foreign body, exploratory, with a biopsy. Possibly inflammatory bowel disease, possibly food allergy, although these are usually more chronic, and often cause diarrhea.
Even a young cat can develop intestinal lymphoma, a cancer that is sometimes associated with Feline Leukemia Virus. If your cat was around another cat that had FeLV, she is more likely to develop lymphoma. This may show up on exploratory and biopsy.
Good luck. You sound like you really care for your cat and are doing all you can. I hope they find an answer.
Posted by metalissa
Have you switched her food prior to her starting to vomit? It could be a food allergy, or her stomach might not agree with the food. Try something else. What food do you feed?
Posted by Nibblet
Has your vet considered that your kitty may have a food allergy? My 4 year old male orange Tabby (Gizmo) has a food allergy and can only eat hypoallergenic foods.
In October, out of the blue, Gizmo started vomiting. Everything he would eat, wet food, dry food, he would vomit about 30 minutes after eating. We fed him Science Diet so it wasn't "cheap" food. We couldn't explain it. We brought him to the vet. They couldn't find anything wrong with him. In two weeks, Gizmo had a total of two blood works, 3 X-Ray's, an abdominial ultrasound, anti vomiting meds, urine tests, and had to stay overnight for intravenous fluids and for observation for a few days. All of the tests the vet took (including the ultrasound) came back clean. But he continued to vomit. All of those things cost us about $ 2000.
The vet started to feed Gizmo hypoallergenic food because she thought he may have a food allergy. It takes a few days for a kitty's system to clear once it starts a new food so Gizmo still vomited for a bit but eventually, he stopped.
He now only eats Hypoallergenic foods. He is doing great! The vet warned us that he may have "spouts" of vomiting every once in a while but he hasn't vomited in months.
Please ask your vet about a possible food allergy. Hopefully that is all it is because it is very easily treatable.
Good luck!
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