Please help my cat, i don't know what to do!?ok its a long story but please read it. my cat is 11 years old.
my cat was throwing up yellow liquid every day for a week and kept making an awful yelping noise before he would vomit. we took him to the vet and they said there were crystals in his kidney that were small enough to be dissolved by a special type of food, which he ate and seemed to like. they also prescribed an antibiotic and an anti vomiting pill for him to take (cerenia?). he seemed better for about a day or two, but then he refused to eat his food and threw up a few times over the course of 4 days and sometimes the vomit was like white foam; other times it was yellow liquid. We took him to the vet after he refused to eat for 4 days. the vet made a chiropractic adjustment on his back (((also made one one week prior, because he had hip/back problems before and his back was sort of swayed near his butt. the vet thought that it may have been pressing on his kidneys and causing a gag reflex. his back was better but he still vomited afterward))) and this time his back seemed better but this did not cure his illness. he prescribed a higher dosage of cerenia (anti vomit/anti nausea), and said to stop giving our cat the antibiotic, which he felt may have been ruining his appetite. also, because our cat was not eating at all for 4 days, he said to feed him wet food through a syringe. we took him home today after he went to the vet yesterday and gave him his second anti-vomit/nausea pill (cerenia) and fed him a few times with the syringe. (((the vet also suggested that the cat may have developed a aversion to the special food for his kidney because he got more sick while eating it, so we tried to give him his old dry food today. he seemed interested in the food and ate a few pieces but mostly just pushed it around the bowl.))) after we gave him the cerenia pill, he sat near the wall in a ball (he'd been doing this since we noticed him getting sick and he also hid in new places; idk if this means anything. throughout all of this, he has seemed more lethargic, tired, and overall weak than we have ever seen him.) and i walked over to see what he was doing. i noticed a few drops of water/drool? were coming out of his mouth. now i'm not sure if he just drank, but i don't think he did. he dripped a few times like a faucet that's barely left on. on sunday hes going back to the vet to have a urinalysis completed because he had blood in his urine in the last examination. i don't know what's going on, and it seems as if the vet is just as perplexed (he basically said it could be any number of things and i remember him saying pancreaitis and other things like if he doesn't eat he will get fatty liver disease.) so i'm just really confused and am looking for anyone who has experienced the same thing or has any suggestions.
sorry it is so long....but i'm getting desperate now.
Posted by Cara
Did you think about getting pet insurance then getting a 2nd opinion from another vet?
Posted by seeker
There's not much anyone can do here. You need to take your cat to the vet. I'm really sorry that he is so sick but he needs to see a professionally trained veterinarian.
Posted by bell
I would be taking him to another vet for a second opinion.
Posted by b_bardi99
please get a second opinion from another vet:the drooling is from nausea-my sis has a dog that would throw up in the car.it did get better,but sometimes we still see him start drooling:uh-oh,this means he will throw up in a minute.
you kitty needs a few blood tests done:just in case its already having kidney failure?these tests are:BUN and creatinine
please continue feeding him with the syringe,its important!
i worked at a vet for a while,we used to buy baby food for older fussy cats:chicken,beef etc.get the really pureed one and add tiny bit of warm water:can be give to him with the syringe.
Posted by wmponygirl
My cat has some kidney issues and he would not eat a single morsel of food from the vet's office. He was also nauseated so the vet gave us Tagamet for him. It is the injectable liquid but is squirted in the mouth. By the way, some of my cats will slobber heavily after I give them meds.
I had to find something that he would eat so I was doing a lot of research. What I found was that there are a lot of people, and some vets, that think a cat should not be given a low protein diet. It is the QUALITY of the protein and not the QUANTITY that is important. A good diet is one that is low carb, grain free and low in phoshorous. A muscle meat like chicken should be the first ingredient. I found a brand, EVO, that my kitty seems to like. The link to the website is listed below. He is starting to come around. He is more energetic and has even started to sleep on the bed again.
I must caution you though. This is something that absolutely MUST be discussed with your vet. If you are uneasy about your vet's inability to diagnose your cat, then get a second opinion. Be sure to write down a list of questions to ask so that you don't forget anything.
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