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Ping Phil All the cats in the house are sick
John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB |
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