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On Jul 1, 3:24 am, "Phil P." wrote:
... Your FeLV+ cat had nothing to do with your deceased cat's death. It's good to have that possibility eliminated; especially since two others of my seven remaining cats also were exposed to the FeLV+ stray tomcat. I know that no one can diagnose my oldest cat's symptoms and determine cause of death without having examined her, but her symptoms might ring a bell, so here they are as I saw them: She had had weak back legs for two or three years, not jumping high at all, preferring to climb steps one at a time rather than jump up on a porch. She would jump up in my lap, but she had her front paws to help. Lately, when walking, as when coming to a meal, she would stop and settle down over all fours for a minute or two, and then get up and continue walking. I thought that probably was a sign that her back legs were becoming still weaker, and I was planning to take her to the vet soon to have them examined and possibly X-ray'd. But maybe it was a tiredness that had nothing to do with her legs? The other symptom was that she had been eating less than usual, and usual had never been much, compared to my other cats. Lately I had been taking her favorite dry food to her between the wet food meals. She always ate some of it, and always part of the meals, but she was eating so little that I was starting to get concerned, and that's when I should have taken her to the vet, on Monday or Tuesday of last week, but I didn't. Wednesday night late, when I gave the cats snacks, she came for them as usual, and I was glad to see that she drank some water, and that she ate more when I made it a point to put it in front of her. But it still was not much. Then she walked back toward the wooded area where she had liked to spend most of her time lately, and I found her body there after she didn't come to breakfast. |
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Sounds like numerous things - its possible - depending on her age -
the legs were due to arthritis or bone deterioration. Her lack of appetite could be that or that her teeth were giving her problems. I know several times that one of my parents cats would go on and off with eating because she kept having teeth issues. This led to them pulling about three of them that had abscessed and then regular annual cleanings after that for all of my parents cats. Really, without more indepth analysis, her waning strength and appetite could have been numerous things. |
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![]() "calvin" wrote in message ... Lately, when walking, as when coming to a meal, she would stop and settle down over all fours for a minute or two, and then get up and continue walking. Sounds like CHF secondary to HCM. |
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On Jul 5, 3:13*am, "Phil P." wrote:
"calvin" wrote: Lately, when walking, as when coming to a meal, she would stop and settle down over all fours for a minute or two, and then get up and continue walking. Sounds like CHF secondary to HCM. Thanks; googling them I find Congestive Heart Failure and feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. At one of the sites for the latter it says that weakness of the back legs may develop suddenly and fatally. In my cat's case there had been some weakness of the back legs for years, though of course that wouldn't preclude a new additional weakness due to blood clotting. |
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