HELP... Fever and Not Eating

Hi Jill,
He does sound very poorly. I hope the anti-biotics work and gets
better soon.
Alison

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Alison
"Mavalon" wrote in message
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Greetings All,

I have a 5 year old neutered male cat who is a very special part of
our family. Monday morning, we noticed strange behaviour - not
eating, lifeless, depressed, glassy eyes, etc. He also urinated
outside his litterbox which he has never done before. We monitored
him over the next 24 hours and since he did not get any better we
brought him into the vet first thing this morning. The vet said he
had a fever and was concerned that he was not eating so she
hospitalized him with antibiotics, iv, and pending bloodwork. I'm
supposed to call at 3:00 today for an update. I have been reading as
much as I can over the past couple of hours and have seen these
symptoms associated with fatty liver, FIP and the like, and I'm am
sick to death with worry for our guy.

Are these symptoms also common with non life threatening illnesses?
I'm so hopeful that he'll immediately respond to treatment and get
back to being his normal self, but is this realistic considering his
symptoms? God forbid, should I be preparing myself to possibly lose
him in a matter of hours or days?

Sick with worry,
Jill

Hi Jill,
He does sound very poorly. I hope the anti-biotics work and gets
better soon.
Alison

--
Alison
"Mavalon" wrote in message
m...
Greetings All,

I have a 5 year old neutered male cat who is a very special part of
our family. Monday morning, we noticed strange behaviour - not
eating, lifeless, depressed, glassy eyes, etc. He also urinated
outside his litterbox which he has never done before. We monitored
him over the next 24 hours and since he did not get any better we
brought him into the vet first thing this morning. The vet said he
had a fever and was concerned that he was not eating so she
hospitalized him with antibiotics, iv, and pending bloodwork. I'm
supposed to call at 3:00 today for an update. I have been reading as
much as I can over the past couple of hours and have seen these
symptoms associated with fatty liver, FIP and the like, and I'm am
sick to death with worry for our guy.

Are these symptoms also common with non life threatening illnesses?
I'm so hopeful that he'll immediately respond to treatment and get
back to being his normal self, but is this realistic considering his
symptoms? God forbid, should I be preparing myself to possibly lose
him in a matter of hours or days?

Sick with worry,
Jill

Hi Jill,
He does sound very poorly. I hope the anti-biotics work and gets
better soon.
Alison

--
Alison
"Mavalon" wrote in message
m...
Greetings All,

I have a 5 year old neutered male cat who is a very special part of
our family. Monday morning, we noticed strange behaviour - not
eating, lifeless, depressed, glassy eyes, etc. He also urinated
outside his litterbox which he has never done before. We monitored
him over the next 24 hours and since he did not get any better we
brought him into the vet first thing this morning. The vet said he
had a fever and was concerned that he was not eating so she
hospitalized him with antibiotics, iv, and pending bloodwork. I'm
supposed to call at 3:00 today for an update. I have been reading as
much as I can over the past couple of hours and have seen these
symptoms associated with fatty liver, FIP and the like, and I'm am
sick to death with worry for our guy.

Are these symptoms also common with non life threatening illnesses?
I'm so hopeful that he'll immediately respond to treatment and get
back to being his normal self, but is this realistic considering his
symptoms? God forbid, should I be preparing myself to possibly lose
him in a matter of hours or days?

Sick with worry,
Jill

A bit of an update:

Called the vet this morning. His blood test results are not back yet.
He's still on IV and the technicians said he ate a littel bit this
morning. The tech I spoke to did not know if he still had a fever. I
feel a bit better knowing he ate something, but still am very worried.
I'm going to visit him on my lunch break today and bring him some of
his favourite treats and try to get him to eat. Hopefully the test
results will be back when I go and I'll get word on his fever.

Somebody asked if his shots are up to date. They are not, and if he
has caught something that could have been prevented by immunizations,
I will never forgive myself. :-( He's strictly an indoor cat. Could
not sleep last night...feeling very worried and horrible about not
having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat
is his buddy.

A bit of an update:

Called the vet this morning. His blood test results are not back yet.
He's still on IV and the technicians said he ate a littel bit this
morning. The tech I spoke to did not know if he still had a fever. I
feel a bit better knowing he ate something, but still am very worried.
I'm going to visit him on my lunch break today and bring him some of
his favourite treats and try to get him to eat. Hopefully the test
results will be back when I go and I'll get word on his fever.

Somebody asked if his shots are up to date. They are not, and if he
has caught something that could have been prevented by immunizations,
I will never forgive myself. :-( He's strictly an indoor cat. Could
not sleep last night...feeling very worried and horrible about not
having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat
is his buddy.

A bit of an update:

Called the vet this morning. His blood test results are not back yet.
He's still on IV and the technicians said he ate a littel bit this
morning. The tech I spoke to did not know if he still had a fever. I
feel a bit better knowing he ate something, but still am very worried.
I'm going to visit him on my lunch break today and bring him some of
his favourite treats and try to get him to eat. Hopefully the test
results will be back when I go and I'll get word on his fever.

Somebody asked if his shots are up to date. They are not, and if he
has caught something that could have been prevented by immunizations,
I will never forgive myself. :-( He's strictly an indoor cat. Could
not sleep last night...feeling very worried and horrible about not
having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat
is his buddy.

On 10 Sep 2003 10:47:27 -0700, (Mavalon) wrote:

A bit of an update:

Called the vet this morning. His blood test results are not back yet.
He's still on IV and the technicians said he ate a littel bit this
morning. The tech I spoke to did not know if he still had a fever. I
feel a bit better knowing he ate something, but still am very worried.
I'm going to visit him on my lunch break today and bring him some of
his favourite treats and try to get him to eat. Hopefully the test
results will be back when I go and I'll get word on his fever.

Somebody asked if his shots are up to date. They are not, and if he
has caught something that could have been prevented by immunizations,
I will never forgive myself. :-( He's strictly an indoor cat. Could
not sleep last night...feeling very worried and horrible about not
having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat
is his buddy.
TuTu and I are sending multiple purrs for a quick healing.MLB

On 10 Sep 2003 10:47:27 -0700, (Mavalon) wrote:

A bit of an update:

Called the vet this morning. His blood test results are not back yet.
He's still on IV and the technicians said he ate a littel bit this
morning. The tech I spoke to did not know if he still had a fever. I
feel a bit better knowing he ate something, but still am very worried.
I'm going to visit him on my lunch break today and bring him some of
his favourite treats and try to get him to eat. Hopefully the test
results will be back when I go and I'll get word on his fever.

Somebody asked if his shots are up to date. They are not, and if he
has caught something that could have been prevented by immunizations,
I will never forgive myself. :-( He's strictly an indoor cat. Could
not sleep last night...feeling very worried and horrible about not
having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat
is his buddy.
TuTu and I are sending multiple purrs for a quick healing.MLB

On 10 Sep 2003 10:47:27 -0700, (Mavalon) wrote:

A bit of an update:

Called the vet this morning. His blood test results are not back yet.
He's still on IV and the technicians said he ate a littel bit this
morning. The tech I spoke to did not know if he still had a fever. I
feel a bit better knowing he ate something, but still am very worried.
I'm going to visit him on my lunch break today and bring him some of
his favourite treats and try to get him to eat. Hopefully the test
results will be back when I go and I'll get word on his fever.

Somebody asked if his shots are up to date. They are not, and if he
has caught something that could have been prevented by immunizations,
I will never forgive myself. :-( He's strictly an indoor cat. Could
not sleep last night...feeling very worried and horrible about not
having his shots up to date. My husband is also very upset...this cat
is his buddy.
TuTu and I are sending multiple purrs for a quick healing.MLB

Jill have you got some cimicat or lactol to give him in a syringe, every 30
mins 10ml and did the vet give you any glucose type stuff to add to his
water? which you can also syringe down him drip by drip. Aloe Vera capsules
and vit c to build up his immune system. Kittyvite is good too.
give him plenty of cuddles and I really hope he get better soon

keep up informed. good luck

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"Alison" wrote in message
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Hi Jill,
He does sound very poorly. I hope the anti-biotics work and gets
better soon.
Alison

--
Alison
"Mavalon" wrote in message
m...
Greetings All,

I have a 5 year old neutered male cat who is a very special part of
our family. Monday morning, we noticed strange behaviour - not
eating, lifeless, depressed, glassy eyes, etc. He also urinated
outside his litterbox which he has never done before. We monitored
him over the next 24 hours and since he did not get any better we
brought him into the vet first thing this morning. The vet said he
had a fever and was concerned that he was not eating so she
hospitalized him with antibiotics, iv, and pending bloodwork. I'm
supposed to call at 3:00 today for an update. I have been reading as
much as I can over the past couple of hours and have seen these
symptoms associated with fatty liver, FIP and the like, and I'm am
sick to death with worry for our guy.

Are these symptoms also common with non life threatening illnesses?
I'm so hopeful that he'll immediately respond to treatment and get
back to being his normal self, but is this realistic considering his
symptoms? God forbid, should I be preparing myself to possibly lose
him in a matter of hours or days?

Sick with worry,
Jill