worried about my flamepoint siamese

[JacquelineG]

I took in this cat in July of this year.. it kept crying.. stray outside my apartment.. I felt horrible.. fed it.. took it to the vet where they charged me 52 for antibiotics and to tell me this is a 5 to 6 year old flamepoint that is neutored... asked if I would like to get the feline aids test.. was too much money and I just thought that he was well taken care of and is just sick with a respiratory disease. Its like 4 months later... and I brought him inside with my other cat Mary. They hated each other at first but now they lay next to each other and play hide and seek and playfully fight. What i am worried about is that he drools when laying on me and breathes loud.. seems as if this respiratory problem or whatever it is has not went away. I am really scared that theres a possibility he has that feline leukemia. I love this cat... please help! Also he has excessive calling... he seems to cry all day long!!! No matter what. I spoil him with wet food.. always feed him.. what am I doing wrong. Also the other night I woke up and he got so startled he jumped literally 5 feet in the air and ran so scared. He jumps to every loud noise there is. I am seriously broke and cannot even afford the vet I do not know what I am going to do. I fear that this is serious and my other cat Mary might be in harms way... any thoughts???

[opus88]

hi and welcome to our forum.....sorry your beautiful kitty is having some problems..I would also suggest you find away to get this kitty to a Vet, with the crying and drooling you mention IMO it is very likely a teeth problem. I will send you a link, but one thing they do not mention is FORL's which is very common in cats over 4 yrs of age, this is only seen by a dental xray and it is very painful...the tooth and root both need to be extracted if this is the case.
can you work out a payment plan with a Clinic? most will do this to help out a kitty in distress.
good luck keep us posted please...

http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/dental.html

[AnnieBrooke]

Drooling is not uncommon, especially if a cat is purring.  I once knew a cat whose name was Niagra because of how much he drooled.  I don't know what to tell you about the loud breathing -- again, it could just be an idiosyncracy of the cat, or it might be a health issue.  Siamese do have loud voices, so the calling all day long thing might again just be him, or it might be that he is in some kind of pain.  Does he use the litter box properly?

In your shoes, I'd take a night job for the Christmas season and put together a handful of paper and get him to the vet, just to get your questions answered.  That, or surrender him to the Humane Society.  A cat as beautiful as a flamepoint should not have any trouble being adopted.

Good luck!!!!!