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Back Legs Giving Out
My friend's 7 year old cat has diabetes. In the past two weeks, he has been
having on and off again diarhhea and his back legs give out on him. She brought him to the vet on Monday in fear that it was his diabetes acting up and was told that his blood and feces were fine and that it may be neurological. She is waiting for them to run more tests. Other than these symptoms, he is fine. Normal appetite, not lethargic, goes to the bathroom normally (besides the occassional diarhhea). While we wait for more test results (she is always trying to get a urine sample from him), does anyone have any idea what this could be? -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200705/1 |
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"MoMo via CatKB.com" u27647@uwe wrote in message news:729eea194ed06@uwe... My friend's 7 year old cat has diabetes. In the past two weeks, he has been having on and off again diarhhea and his back legs give out on him. She brought him to the vet on Monday in fear that it was his diabetes acting up and was told that his blood and feces were fine and that it may be neurological. She is waiting for them to run more tests. Other than these symptoms, he is fine. Normal appetite, not lethargic, goes to the bathroom normally (besides the occassional diarhhea). While we wait for more test results (she is always trying to get a urine sample from him), does anyone have any idea what this could be? -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200705/1 Has he been tested for kidney function (testing both blood and urine)? MaryL |
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Thank you both for your responses.
Mary - When she called the vet this morning (she takes her kitty to the Humane Society) she was just told that the blood and stool sample showed that his diabetes has not flared up and they were waiting for the results of other tests (what those are, I don't know). I will have her call tomorrow and ask if they are running kidney tests. Narnia - Thank you for the websites! I will give them to her tomorrow. The neuopathy does sound like what she was explaining to me but would that have showed up when they tested him to see if his diabetes had flared up (they said that he was fine in that department) or is there a seperate test for that? Would that also cause the diarhhea he is experiencing? Thanks again guys! ~ narnia ~ wrote: My friend's 7 year old cat has diabetes. In the past two weeks, he has been having on and off again diarhhea and his back legs give out on him. She [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] results (she is always trying to get a urine sample from him), does anyone have any idea what this could be? This is diabetic neuropathy. The wiki of the Feline Diabetes website has an explanation he http://petdiabetes.wikia.com/wiki/Neuropathy I highly recommend this site to your friend. The people who post on the forum are very knowledgable and it's a great support group: http://felinediabetes.com/ ~ narnia ~ -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200705/1 |
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MoMo via CatKB.com wrote:
My friend's 7 year old cat has diabetes. In the past two weeks, he has been having on and off again diarhhea and his back legs give out on him. She brought him to the vet on Monday in fear that it was his diabetes acting up and was told that his blood and feces were fine and that it may be neurological. She is waiting for them to run more tests. Other than these symptoms, he is fine. Normal appetite, not lethargic, goes to the bathroom normally (besides the occassional diarhhea). While we wait for more test results (she is always trying to get a urine sample from him), does anyone have any idea what this could be? Jesus! Back legs giving out and other than that plus the digestive issues and diabetes and everything is fine you say?!?! "The house burned down last week, other than that everything is fine at home." |
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Yes Joe, other than his back legs giving out and the diarhhea, everything
else is fine. I see you can read which is good. Joe Canuck wrote: My friend's 7 year old cat has diabetes. In the past two weeks, he has been having on and off again diarhhea and his back legs give out on him. She [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] results (she is always trying to get a urine sample from him), does anyone have any idea what this could be? Jesus! Back legs giving out and other than that plus the digestive issues and diabetes and everything is fine you say?!?! "The house burned down last week, other than that everything is fine at home." -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200705/1 |
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MoMo via CatKB.com wrote:
Yes Joe, other than his back legs giving out and the diarhhea, everything else is fine. I see you can read which is good. Joe Canuck wrote: My friend's 7 year old cat has diabetes. In the past two weeks, he has been having on and off again diarhhea and his back legs give out on him. She [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] results (she is always trying to get a urine sample from him), does anyone have any idea what this could be? Jesus! Back legs giving out and other than that plus the digestive issues and diabetes and everything is fine you say?!?! "The house burned down last week, other than that everything is fine at home." The whole point is... there needs to be more of a sense of urgency over this issue because back legs giving out is a serious condition. Trading insults doesn't help the cat. |
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First of all Joe, as far as trading insults, you need to take your own advice.
Second of all, my friend brought her cat to the vet on Monday, as soon as the symptoms started and they are presently running tests. I would say she acted quickly and with "urgency", what else do you want? I came on here to get some advice while we wait for the remainder of the test results. Now please, if you have no advice to offer in this matter, please keep your thoughts to yourself. Thank you. Joe Canuck wrote: Yes Joe, other than his back legs giving out and the diarhhea, everything else is fine. I see you can read which is good. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] "The house burned down last week, other than that everything is fine at home." The whole point is... there needs to be more of a sense of urgency over this issue because back legs giving out is a serious condition. Trading insults doesn't help the cat. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200705/1 |
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"MoMo via CatKB.com" u27647@uwe wrote in message news:729eea194ed06@uwe... My friend's 7 year old cat has diabetes. In the past two weeks, he has been having on and off again diarhhea and his back legs give out on him. She brought him to the vet on Monday in fear that it was his diabetes acting up and was told that his blood and feces were fine and that it may be neurological. She is waiting for them to run more tests. Other than these symptoms, he is fine. Normal appetite, not lethargic, goes to the bathroom normally (besides the occassional diarhhea). While we wait for more test results (she is always trying to get a urine sample from him), does anyone have any idea what this could be? Hello, We once had a diabetic cat. He also did fine except that his legs became progressively weaker. Eventually, he waddled sort of like a duck on the hind legs, but his front legs were fine. When he could not get in the litter box, we put those pads they use on hospital beds next to the box and he used them. He accepted the insulin injections without any problems. After he got to the point where we took him in to have him euthanized, I got a computer and Internet access. I wish I could have had access to help when he was still alive. I learned that the weakness in the hind legs can be caused by a potassium deficiency. You should suggest to your friend that she ask the vet about potassium supplementation. She can also research this online. Best wishes to your friend and her cat. Annie |
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MoMo via CatKB.com wrote:
First of all Joe, as far as trading insults, you need to take your own advice. Second of all, my friend brought her cat to the vet on Monday, as soon as the symptoms started and they are presently running tests. I would say she acted quickly and with "urgency", what else do you want? I came on here to get some advice while we wait for the remainder of the test results. Now please, if you have no advice to offer in this matter, please keep your thoughts to yourself. Thank you. Joe Canuck wrote: Yes Joe, other than his back legs giving out and the diarhhea, everything else is fine. I see you can read which is good. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] "The house burned down last week, other than that everything is fine at home." The whole point is... there needs to be more of a sense of urgency over this issue because back legs giving out is a serious condition. Trading insults doesn't help the cat. This is about the cat, not about the personalities in this group. One week is long enough for the vet to diddle about. |
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One week? She brought the cat to the vet on Monday which is only 3 days ago.
The vet called her last night and left her a message (which is only 2 days) and she was not able to get through to the vet today. Hopefully she will be able to get through tonight and be able to get the results and start treatment ASAP. You need to understand that this is the Humane Society in New York City and the demand that they are under is huge. You don't just call and get to talk to the vet in most cases right away, they call you. The message that the vet left last night was that the blood test did in fact show "positive" for a flare up of the diabetes and that she would go more into it when they talk. This is bizarre being that she was originally told it was negative by the nurse. Please send purrs for my friend and her cat. She lost a cat to diabetes three years ago and adopted this one 2 years ago when he was 5 and knew that he had diabetes. He had spent his whole life in the shelter because no one wanted to deal with the illness and he deserves a long and healthy life. Thanks again everyone (even you Joe for seeming to care about the cat in your own way) Joe Canuck wrote: First of all Joe, as far as trading insults, you need to take your own advice. Second of all, my friend brought her cat to the vet on Monday, as soon as the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] Trading insults doesn't help the cat. This is about the cat, not about the personalities in this group. One week is long enough for the vet to diddle about. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200705/1 |
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