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Confusing (likely bad) new info on Espy
Espy went to the litterbox three times in five minutes last night and
appeared to be trying to poop but only a drop of liquid was in the litter. Since his bladder was plugged up last week, it was right off to the Specialty Vet. I gave them the whole story of last week's action, including the abnormal liver enzymes. The examination results were surprising. He did not currently have any urinary issues - bladder seemed normal and no irritation that would indicate a blockage. The reason for the litterbox performance is unknown. However, he has a heart murmur. I don't know why my vet didn't notice this, but neither did the emergency vet I took him to last week. The speciality vet also didn't think it too likely that eating something bad would have caused the liver enzymes to be abnormal - so what is causing that? Possibly heart problems if blood flow is impaired. Well, now I have more things to worry about. My vet will get the results from the Speciality Vet and we'll figure out what to do next. I think a chest X-Ray is in Espy's immediate future. |
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Confusing (likely bad) new info on Espy
"dgk" wrote in message ... Espy went to the litterbox three times in five minutes last night and appeared to be trying to poop but only a drop of liquid was in the litter. Since his bladder was plugged up last week, it was right off to the Specialty Vet. I gave them the whole story of last week's action, including the abnormal liver enzymes. The examination results were surprising. He did not currently have any urinary issues - bladder seemed normal and no irritation that would indicate a blockage. The reason for the litterbox performance is unknown. However, he has a heart murmur. I don't know why my vet didn't notice this, but neither did the emergency vet I took him to last week. The speciality vet also didn't think it too likely that eating something bad would have caused the liver enzymes to be abnormal - so what is causing that? Possibly heart problems if blood flow is impaired. Well, now I have more things to worry about. My vet will get the results from the Speciality Vet and we'll figure out what to do next. I think a chest X-Ray is in Espy's immediate future. Worrisome. I was hoping he was "out of the woods." Please let us know how it goes. |
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 03:09:24 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote: "dgk" wrote in message .. . Espy went to the litterbox three times in five minutes last night and appeared to be trying to poop but only a drop of liquid was in the litter. Since his bladder was plugged up last week, it was right off to the Specialty Vet. I gave them the whole story of last week's action, including the abnormal liver enzymes. The examination results were surprising. He did not currently have any urinary issues - bladder seemed normal and no irritation that would indicate a blockage. The reason for the litterbox performance is unknown. However, he has a heart murmur. I don't know why my vet didn't notice this, but neither did the emergency vet I took him to last week. The speciality vet also didn't think it too likely that eating something bad would have caused the liver enzymes to be abnormal - so what is causing that? Possibly heart problems if blood flow is impaired. Well, now I have more things to worry about. My vet will get the results from the Speciality Vet and we'll figure out what to do next. I think a chest X-Ray is in Espy's immediate future. Worrisome. I was hoping he was "out of the woods." Please let us know how it goes. My vet says Espy doesn't have a heart murmur and that Espy was likely just upset and it was transient. That sounds reasonable since neither he nor the emergency vet Espy saw two weeks ago noted a murmur. But I would think a vet at a specialty practice would also know about a transient murmur. Ah well, it's good news I guess. In a week or two we take another look at the liver enzymes and see where we go from there. Last night Espy ate a (relatively) lot of food. This morning not so much until I broke out the Fancy Feast Elegant Medley. I think I'm being trained to skip the healthy stuff and just go for junk food. I bought some Fancy Feast dry stuff that was on sale to have for some of the outdoor cats and he's willing to eat that as well but not too much of his Royal Canin #32. He did attack the Temptations with his prior enthusiasm over the last two days. Mostly he seems fine but I need to keep an eye on the litterbox habits. I got the camera and need to set it up tonight so I can use the motion detection software to see if he's going. I'm going away in two weeks so things really need to settle down. |
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Confusing (likely bad) new info on Espy
"dgk" wrote My vet says Espy doesn't have a heart murmur and that Espy was likely just upset and it was transient. That sounds reasonable since neither he nor the emergency vet Espy saw two weeks ago noted a murmur. But I would think a vet at a specialty practice would also know about a transient murmur. This actually happened to me a while back. One doctor said I had a murmur (mitral valve regurgitation) then another said I didn't. A third said it may be due to instruments (stethoscopes) that are of varying sensitivity. In any case, a murmur should not be a big deal. Ah well, it's good news I guess. In a week or two we take another look at the liver enzymes and see where we go from there. Last night Espy ate a (relatively) lot of food. This morning not so much until I broke out the Fancy Feast Elegant Medley. I think I'm being trained to skip the healthy stuff and just go for junk food. We love them so we are concerned that they eat the best quality, but the main thing is that they eat. Their little lives tend to be short anyway, why not give them what they want, as long as it is canned. I'm going away in two weeks so things really need to settle down. What do you do with your cats when you go away? We have a young lady across the street who cares for ours. |
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Confusing (likely bad) new info on Espy
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:02:17 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote: "dgk" wrote My vet says Espy doesn't have a heart murmur and that Espy was likely just upset and it was transient. That sounds reasonable since neither he nor the emergency vet Espy saw two weeks ago noted a murmur. But I would think a vet at a specialty practice would also know about a transient murmur. This actually happened to me a while back. One doctor said I had a murmur (mitral valve regurgitation) then another said I didn't. A third said it may be due to instruments (stethoscopes) that are of varying sensitivity. In any case, a murmur should not be a big deal. Ah well, it's good news I guess. In a week or two we take another look at the liver enzymes and see where we go from there. Last night Espy ate a (relatively) lot of food. This morning not so much until I broke out the Fancy Feast Elegant Medley. I think I'm being trained to skip the healthy stuff and just go for junk food. We love them so we are concerned that they eat the best quality, but the main thing is that they eat. Their little lives tend to be short anyway, why not give them what they want, as long as it is canned. I'm going away in two weeks so things really need to settle down. What do you do with your cats when you go away? We have a young lady across the street who cares for ours. Unfortunately everyone I really trust to take care of the cats is going with me since it's a family get together in Chicago. When this happens I hire a lady who comes over and feeds and supposedly sits with them. She's sort of ditzy but gets the job done. If Espy needs any real special type of care though I'm probably going to book him a stay at the Vet. He'll hate it but I won't worry about him. Looks unlikely though. Actually, I doubt if the lady ever really sees Nipsy and Marlo since they're scardy cats. I do have the litter-cam up and running - I'll deal with that in a separate post for Billy. I saw Espy poop on a captured video from last night. |
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"dgk" wrote If Espy needs any real special type of care though I'm probably going to book him a stay at the Vet. He'll hate it but I won't worry about him. Sounds like a good plan! .. Actually, I doubt if the lady ever really sees Nipsy and Marlo since they're scardy cats. Same with the lady across the street who cares for my cats when I am gone. They both hide. (Man, I keep forgetting Boo is gone and I only have one now.) I do have the litter-cam up and running - I'll deal with that in a separate post for Billy. I saw Espy poop on a captured video from last night. The poop cam. You boys just kill me. I once knew a guy who hated squirrells so he set up a homemade electric shock system. |
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Suddenly, without warning, dgk exclaimed (7/9/2009 8:38 AM):
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 03:09:24 -0400, "cybercat" wrote: "dgk" wrote in message ... Espy went to the litterbox three times in five minutes last night and appeared to be trying to poop but only a drop of liquid was in the litter. Since his bladder was plugged up last week, it was right off to the Specialty Vet. I gave them the whole story of last week's action, including the abnormal liver enzymes. The examination results were surprising. He did not currently have any urinary issues - bladder seemed normal and no irritation that would indicate a blockage. The reason for the litterbox performance is unknown. However, he has a heart murmur. I don't know why my vet didn't notice this, but neither did the emergency vet I took him to last week. The speciality vet also didn't think it too likely that eating something bad would have caused the liver enzymes to be abnormal - so what is causing that? Possibly heart problems if blood flow is impaired. Well, now I have more things to worry about. My vet will get the results from the Speciality Vet and we'll figure out what to do next. I think a chest X-Ray is in Espy's immediate future. Worrisome. I was hoping he was "out of the woods." Please let us know how it goes. My vet says Espy doesn't have a heart murmur and that Espy was likely just upset and it was transient. That sounds reasonable since neither he nor the emergency vet Espy saw two weeks ago noted a murmur. But I would think a vet at a specialty practice would also know about a transient murmur. Ah well, it's good news I guess. In a week or two we take another look at the liver enzymes and see where we go from there. Last night Espy ate a (relatively) lot of food. This morning not so much until I broke out the Fancy Feast Elegant Medley. I think I'm being trained to skip the healthy stuff and just go for junk food. I bought some Fancy Feast dry stuff that was on sale to have for some of the outdoor cats and he's willing to eat that as well but not too much of his Royal Canin #32. He did attack the Temptations with his prior enthusiasm over the last two days. Mostly he seems fine but I need to keep an eye on the litterbox habits. I got the camera and need to set it up tonight so I can use the motion detection software to see if he's going. I'm going away in two weeks so things really need to settle down. Meep had an intermittent murmur for years - same vet, sometimes it was there, sometimes it wasn't. One vet did an ultrasound and said she had a bit of cardiomyopathy. Great. Over time, the murmur went from transient to every time. Fast forward a few years, took her to a specialist animal cardiologist and lo and behold - no cardiomyopathy! I can't remember the name, some weird fibrous band along the chamber wall looked like the wall was thickened to less of a specialist. Does have a murmur, but apparently it's no big deal. Was there some reason simple constipation wasn't mentioned for the litterbox performance? Meep gets constipated when she's stressed. Laxatone and ... darn, that other oily stuff that starts with an L is what Meep gets, for a while she was getting a bit of benefiber mixed into her food but I'm not sure that was doing anything. You'll find lots of advice hereabouts for dealing with constipation. Pumpkin, I believe, is often suggested, though I've never tried it on Meep the FussyCat jmc |
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