From: kte@INEL.GOV (Kathryn L Cook)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
Subject: Re: URGENT! my cat stoped eating for 4 days now!
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:29:46 GMT
Reply-To: kte@INEL.GOV (Kathryn L Cook)
Organization: Idaho National Engineering Lab

In article <1992Jul21.164437.1@max.u.washington.edu>, maji@max.u.washington.edu writes:
|> My cat kitty lost interest in food for four days now.
|> 
|> It started Saturday morning, he vomited the dry food he had before. since
|> he sometimes did that and resumed eating in few hours. I didn't worry 
|> too much. Then that night I gave him some cat treats. he seems like it.
|> But few hours later he vomited again.(you can see it is the cat treats.)
|> He didn't want to eat anything. if you put the canned food under his nose.
|> he will just walk away. 

  (Stuff about cat's continued vomiting deleted) 
|> 
|> What should I do? kitty still played with his toys on Saturday and Sunday.
|> but now he really weakened and lost interest in anything. 
|> (he is a neutered boy, orange tabby, long-hair. his normal food is dry
|> scinece diet maintenance , and canned Friskies.)
|> 
|> It really kills me to watch him vomiting in such a pain. and he just 
|> lies on the sofa. his eye doesn't shine. He looks so weak.
|> 
|> Any suggestion is welcome. Thanks for bearing with this long text.
|> 
|> Li
|> 


    Get your cat to the vet for Blood Tests *FAST* it sounds like kidney
and/or liver failure which can be caused by many things.  I'm know expert
in veterinary  medicine but, my old siamese, Simon had the same sort of
symptons and the vet said, "oh its probably worms" and gave him a shot.
Well he kept getting worse and after having my other old(er) cat
have renal failure several years ago I was very worried.  Anyway I took
him back in and insisted on blood test immediately.  They came back with
numbers (?) so high that my vet and the lab both felt that he had gotten
into anti-freeze and that he had no chance for survival.  I had my vet go
ahead with an IV therapy to flush his system.  After 24 hours I took him home, but the vet left the IV needle in because he really thought he would have
to be put down the next day.  Anyway he curled up in the farthest darkest
corner of the basement, and I went down and gave him fluids, medication, and
a little food regularly.  Imagine my relief the 3rd day when he actually
greeted me with a quiet, but quite siamese "m'yow". The next day he actually
got up and gave me a leg love and the next day he came up stairs and joined
the family.  This happen last fall and my 11yr boy is fortunately still with
me.  The vet and lab were amazed saying , "animals as bad off as this just
don't recover".

What I learned (I still kick myself for waiting that extra day):
 - If you think something is really wrong it probably is.
 - Even good vets make mistakes and missed important symptons sometimes.
 - Have a little faith and do what *you* think is best for your pet.

Good Luck with your Kitty, If you think it's best, insist on complete lab test.

                  -kayti

P.S. This guy has been through a lot in his life, I rescued him from drowning
     as a kitten.  He was shot with a hollow-point bullet at 8 months & had 
     to have his leg amputated.  And he damaged a canine years ago and it had
     to be pulled.  Please no flames about him being a sometimes outside cat,
     I much prefer my cats to be indoor kitties (his brother Julie is), but
     this one is very difficult to convince. Heavy sigh.  And yes he is neutered.
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