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Old March 15th 10, 02:11 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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Default Nipsy sick? Off to the vet

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:16:10 GMT, (Gandalf) wrote:

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:39:34 -0500, dgk wrote:

Nipsy, 7-8yo long hair.

About two months ago he lost is voice for a few days. I checked on
internet and it seems to often be caused by a cold and he did seem a
bit more lethargic than normal so I gave him a few days and his voice
sort of came back. First just a pathetic yip but soon enough he was
whining just like always. He's never been a very happy cat and I used
to bring him to the vet when he sounded particularly unhappy but there
was never anything wrong.

But he also started sneezing a few weeks back. Since this coincides
with Scooter starting to live in the house, upsetting everyone, I
figured he might even be allergic to Scooter. I am a bit allergic to
him. Plus everyone is upset , Nipsy lesa

I was away for a week and the cat sitter reported that Nipsy was
sneezing quite a bit, and last night he was really sneezing a lot so
off we went to the vet this morning. He seems to have lost quite a bit
of weight and his temperature was low.

I can't understand the weight part - he has been 15.2 for quite some
time on my household scale and I weighed him a few weeks ago. I'll
drop him on it tonight but if he lost weight it was pretty sudden.
Since he's a big longhair it's tough to tell.

Anyway, $200 for visit, CBC/Chem, T4, and Amoxicillin. Hopefully we
turn up nothing bad but the vet did say a chest x-ray might be needed.

Well, start up the purring machine. Hopefully nothing serious here.


I hope Nipsey responds to the antibiotic.

It is very worrisome when there isn't a clear diagnosis; all you can do
is watch and hope



Good news! All tests are perfectly normal. He had lost a bit of
weight, not as much as the vet thought and pretty easily explained by
everyone being upset about the new cat in the house. He likely just
has a cold and seems to be over it already but now I have to finish
the antibiotic - and I've used about all the tricks I can come up with
for grabbing him. He knows now that sometime around the morning and
evening feeding I'm going to grab him so he is very difficult to
catch.

Somehow he knows when it's time and he starts hiding under things.