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Need opinions - Scared for Sneezy
Sneezy is a formerly-feril cat who about 6 months ago decided he was
going to make our home his home. I was okay with it as long as my 2 cats didn't mind and oddly enough, they didn't seem to. He's since become a very loving little fellow and has been domesticating himself VERY well. Best I've ever seen, in fact. But then he seems to get injured or sick, maybe a combination of the two. One day, Sneezy crawls to this very hard to get to place behind our couch and rested there for 2 or 3 days without ever leaving. I thought for sure he had some life threatening sickness and he had just simply given up. I continued to give him food and water and to my surprise, he continued to eat and drink. Maybe he's not so sick after all--maybe someone just stepped on his foot or a hip or something and he's just sore, I began to wonder. He could barely walk and his rear was shaking really bad when he tried to stand initially. He couldn't go far to go to make it outside to the bathroom and so I was forced to just keep cleaning up after him throughout this time. I felt like it was the least I could do for the little guy. About 10 days of this passed and slowly but surely he got up more and seemed to eventually fully recover. He was okay for maybe a week. Suddenly one day, we find these very strange puddles of clear, odorless liquid in various places around the house. It wasn't urine as it was thicker, almost gelatin based. Then later that day he is on my bed (of all places!) and stands up as if he is going to stretch and just leaks this clear liquid all over my bed. As I watched him do it he looked at me like "help, I can't control this - please don't be mad" (was my perception of his facial expression). Long story short, he is back under the couch most of the time (although he doesn't seem quite as bad this time around, he is up and moving around a little bit more, but is still reserving himself to his safety spot). It seems that was just a particularly bad day for him as he hasn't released these weird puddles in the last 3 days, but he is still very obviously not right. What on earth could be causing this?? More importantly, what can I do to help him? Is there anything I can do to relieve his apparent pain? If his rear is shaking as such, it must mean he's in pain..? Also he was VERY talkative when healthy and he won't speak a word. That makes me wonder if he's in pain at all? Maybe too much pain to even let out a squeak??? I'm so confused! I did a lot of research online and I am generally pretty accurate with my online-diagnosis, but this one is FAR too strange. I have read about the anal sac glands and how they may need to be cleared out, but I also read that if this is the case that the odor of the dispelled liquid should be very pungent. Also in the cases I read about regarding this problem, the cats didn't seem to eat and drink as normal (except in one case I read). I am in absolutely no financial position to even have him taken in to any vet for the most minor of a regular check-up. My financial state is completely at rock bottom. My fear is that my only option is that I will simply have to take him to the pound, wish him my very best, and hope they are able to get him healthy and put him up for adoption. This is my very, VERY, last rate option and I am really afraid that is what I am going to have to do. I just can't find any sort of home remedies or even plausible suggestions to try. Of course, everything on the web says "take him to a vet!" - but I don't have $150+ just to get him in the freaking door. Thank you very much for your time and suggestions, Capricious |
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