Friends,
I have posted about my cat's digestive issues before. Let me tell the story and I'll make it short and to the point. My male, neutered 1 y.o cat has ALWAYS have problems when he evacuates. He doesn’t have problems evacuating but he does right after. He bleeds a lot, leaving traces of blood on the floor and wherever he goes. When I say he bleeds, I'm talking about bleeding as in IT’S REALLY CONCERNING. He never seemed to be in pain but cats are so good at hiding the pain sometimes. I have tried different brands thinking he had a sensitive stomach, and lastly I decided to switch him to better nutrition: cooked meat, chicken, fish, eggs, little to no carbs, fiber, vitamins and minerals added by me and, occasionally, raw meat. Well I was never able to accomplish this so I decided it was time for another trip to the vet.
The day I made an appointment I had an accident with him inside. A lady hit the back of my car. We are both fine but I had to cancel that appt and make a new one for next day. The next day my mom took us to the vet as I was in no condition to drive. I explained everything to the vet, to which he replied he needed to sedate Abby to take a look inside to see what's going on. I left him at the vet. An hour later I got a call from him, saying my cat had chronic colon issues. The mucosa is pure blood; it doesn't even look like normal mucus. The colon is so bad and there's so much blood that when my cat evacuates, all this blood comes out because of the pushing. Feces were checked and it's all fine. Blood in the bladder wasn't found. Only blood inside the colon. Vet said we had three options: Chronic digestive disorders - he also mentioned Chron's Disease- Parasites - highly unlikely he said- and Cancer. He did a biopsy, took cell samples and sent it out to the lab. I have not received the results yet. In the meantime, my cat is on Antibiotics - Flagyl- prednisone and prescription food -Hill's Z/D-
Since the cat came back from the vet 6 days ago he doesn't look too good. He has lost weight, is depressed, has had diarrhea, and doesn’t play. Mind you, my cat used to play all the time. He hates the new food so I've been mixing it up with the one he likes. I have called the vet twice about his diarrhea, to which he replied that the prescribed food was precisely to avoid diarrhea and that he didn't think the meds were causing it. He found this very odd. Now, yesterday he did not evacuate AT ALL. For a cat that hasn't been eating I understand. He has been pooing a lot and not eating, so there is that one day he hast to just stop evacuating since he isn't eating. But it is still concerning. The vet wants me to keep him informed until the lab results are in.
Has any of you been in this situation before? What would happen if he had cancer in the colon? Would I have to put him to sleep? What can I do to make him like the food? He is drinking plenty of water; but my poor fella just isn't himself. I'm reaching the point of frustration already.