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Help with cat - vomiting and won't eat - vet was no help
Please help me if you have any idea what I could do to help my cat. Moochy is 3 years old and started vomiting a week ago. She coughed up two big hairballs in that time and wouldn't eat. I took her to the vet on the third day. The vet kept her for five days, did every test available and confirmed she has slight bilirubin and a very low white blood count but he couldn't find any cause. She doesn't have feline HIV or leukemia. He gave her broad spectrum antiobiotics and gave me some to give her now she's back home. But she still won't eat - she's lost loads of weight, and she's still vomiting - though it's only liquid now.
The vet didn't tell me how to keep her energy up or feed her with a syringe or anything and I don't htink they supplemented her the whole week! My uneducated theory is she had hairballs and started vomiting and developed cat anorexia after a few days of not feeling like eating. So her bilirubin would be due to anorexia. But that doesn't explain the blood count. The vet said all he could think of is that she got poisoned somehow. But she's an indoor cat and we live in a child-safe, clean house with no known poisons around.
Please give me some advice if you can as to what might be wrong and how we can help her eat again - or at least keep her energy up?? I'm desperate. I will look for another vet this week if she's no better because I was very unhappy with this first one - but it all cost us nearly $1000 so I don't know how much more I can do. If I can do anything myself in the meantime I want to....
Thanks in advance -
KW
The vet didn't tell me how to keep her energy up or feed her with a syringe or anything and I don't htink they supplemented her the whole week! My uneducated theory is she had hairballs and started vomiting and developed cat anorexia after a few days of not feeling like eating. So her bilirubin would be due to anorexia. But that doesn't explain the blood count. The vet said all he could think of is that she got poisoned somehow. But she's an indoor cat and we live in a child-safe, clean house with no known poisons around.
Please give me some advice if you can as to what might be wrong and how we can help her eat again - or at least keep her energy up?? I'm desperate. I will look for another vet this week if she's no better because I was very unhappy with this first one - but it all cost us nearly $1000 so I don't know how much more I can do. If I can do anything myself in the meantime I want to....
Thanks in advance -
KW
My 15 week old cat Delilah is in the same phase of trouble, she hasn't ate regularly in 3 days. When we feed her dry treats she eats 4 or 5 but that's it. She is supposed to be spunky and crazy like a baby kitten should be and now ses lathargic, she tries to get up and play but I watch her just struggle to even move. She just threw up again, yellowish liquid. I have a vet appt this morning. It seems when she tries to drink her water she can't get her tongue out to do it. I'm worried about our baby:( any suggestions?
We just had a cat come into the animal hospital I work in that actually did have a string wrapped around the back of its tongue. They had to sedate the cat to get it unraveled which saved the cats life. So it is possible. It's important that the string doesn't make its way down inside your cat because that can create even more problems, even the worst could happen if it wraps around the intestines. :( Please let your vet help you!
also wanted to mention there is something you can try to 'entice' marti to eat...its called Bonita flakes, I believe it mentioned in the catinfo page..butnot sure. I've never had to use it but apparently most cats love it, just need to sprinkle a few flakes on their food to get them interested in eating...NOT to be used as a complete diet...
http://www.iherb.com/Cat-Man-Doo-Sprinkles-Crushed-Dried-Bonito-Flakes-for-Cats-Dogs-2-5-oz-71-g/46334
http://www.iherb.com/Cat-Man-Doo-Sprinkles-Crushed-Dried-Bonito-Flakes-for-Cats-Dogs-2-5-oz-71-g/46334
your Vet friend is very right abt Hepatic Lipidosis it is critical for a kitty to eat their correct caloric need everyday.
I will send you two sites...this first one deals with ideas on how to transition cats over to canned food...maybe give you some hints on how to make the food more palatable for her.
I do advise with a vomiting kitty to feed 4-5x's per day and very small meals...just a few bites but more often. IF THIS IS ONLY A DIGESTION ISSUE and NOT a medical one.
http://www.catinfo.org/docs/TipsForTransitioning1-14-11.pdf
this next video and write up from Dr. Becker talks abt vomiting vs regurgitation ...and may also give you some help. keep us posted if we can be of more help. good luck to kitty♥
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/12/17/vomiting-vs-regurgitating.aspx?e_cid=20121217_PetsNL_art_1
I will send you two sites...this first one deals with ideas on how to transition cats over to canned food...maybe give you some hints on how to make the food more palatable for her.
I do advise with a vomiting kitty to feed 4-5x's per day and very small meals...just a few bites but more often. IF THIS IS ONLY A DIGESTION ISSUE and NOT a medical one.
http://www.catinfo.org/docs/TipsForTransitioning1-14-11.pdf
this next video and write up from Dr. Becker talks abt vomiting vs regurgitation ...and may also give you some help. keep us posted if we can be of more help. good luck to kitty♥
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/12/17/vomiting-vs-regurgitating.aspx?e_cid=20121217_PetsNL_art_1
Cat keeps throwing up.
Two months ago my 11 year-old Kitty had a complete senior health check up at the vet and all was well. She has no parasites, no opportunity to eat poisonous things, and gets brushed every other day.
Kitty stopped eating when the cat food company changed her SO food. After 3 days of refusal to eat the new SO, I offered canned food. She ate a little and threw up within an hour. For the last 3+ weeks we have tried numerous flavors of pate' variety of food. Some she walks away from, and others she eats. But, the food gets thrown back up most of the time.
Needless to say, she has lost weight. Kitty still has energy and shows interest in being fed, but doesn't eat one of the 2 meals offered each day. After 3 weeks, we still have vomiting at least every other day.
Calling my vet friend, she told me it is more serious for cats to stop eating for 48+ hours than it is for dogs and people. She said to take Kitty in to be checked for Hepatic lipidosis and look at the bilirubin level when the blood work returns. She also said vets at emergency clinics usually give a 10mg tab of famotidine when cats come in. She also suggested milk thistle, might be useful.
I found some useful info on H.L. here:
http://maxshouse.com/Feline_Hepatic_Lipidosis.htm
. . . . .and a more 'light weight' discussion here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_hepatic_lipidosis
Two months ago my 11 year-old Kitty had a complete senior health check up at the vet and all was well. She has no parasites, no opportunity to eat poisonous things, and gets brushed every other day.
Kitty stopped eating when the cat food company changed her SO food. After 3 days of refusal to eat the new SO, I offered canned food. She ate a little and threw up within an hour. For the last 3+ weeks we have tried numerous flavors of pate' variety of food. Some she walks away from, and others she eats. But, the food gets thrown back up most of the time.
Needless to say, she has lost weight. Kitty still has energy and shows interest in being fed, but doesn't eat one of the 2 meals offered each day. After 3 weeks, we still have vomiting at least every other day.
Calling my vet friend, she told me it is more serious for cats to stop eating for 48+ hours than it is for dogs and people. She said to take Kitty in to be checked for Hepatic lipidosis and look at the bilirubin level when the blood work returns. She also said vets at emergency clinics usually give a 10mg tab of famotidine when cats come in. She also suggested milk thistle, might be useful.
I found some useful info on H.L. here:
http://maxshouse.com/Feline_Hepatic_Lipidosis.htm
. . . . .and a more 'light weight' discussion here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_hepatic_lipidosis
I hope you are able to give fluids to your kitty if you cannot take it to a vet, cats become dehydrated very quickly if vomiting and not holding fluids down. if the vomiting has STOPPED it is very important to rehydrate....please read the post I recently replied too.
it also leads to instructions on how to assist feed and lastly a video on how to properly give fluids by a dropper or syringe.
when a cat becomes severely dehydrated because of extensive vomiting it can lead to cardiac arrest....it becomes an emergency situation. IF the vomiting has not stopped by now, this kitty must see a Vet!!!!!
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Pets/Syringe--Force-feeding-for-cats--Part-one/show/491?cid=2
and this video to show how
http://www.monkeysee.com/play/1334-cat-care-giving-liquid-medication
it also leads to instructions on how to assist feed and lastly a video on how to properly give fluids by a dropper or syringe.
when a cat becomes severely dehydrated because of extensive vomiting it can lead to cardiac arrest....it becomes an emergency situation. IF the vomiting has not stopped by now, this kitty must see a Vet!!!!!
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Pets/Syringe--Force-feeding-for-cats--Part-one/show/491?cid=2
and this video to show how
http://www.monkeysee.com/play/1334-cat-care-giving-liquid-medication
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