Advice on Cat Health

Hi folks, as a newbie to this site/forum I'm writing to ask whether any of you might have any suggestions to some symptons one of my moggies is displaying as it has so far stumped my vet!

I have a black and white moggie of around 9 years old. He has, in the last few months starting eating, and especially drinking water, excessively. He has become almost solid around his tummy and where he licks his white fur area especially on his front legs and under his chin, he has started leaving a yellow stickiness.

He has had in-depth blood profiles at the vets, all of which have come back with normal results. A few years back he had all of his teeth (apart from one!) removed due to cat flu before we homed him but he has no current problems in his mouth to cause these issues and he has been wormed and all of his injections are up to date.

The only remaining thing left for the vets to do is carry out a urine sample as they didn't manage this on his last visit but I'm curious to know if anyone else has experienced any symptons with their cats which are along these lines just so I might be able to suggest the vet looks in this area.

Apart from the above symptons he is acting quite normally and appears to be quite content, but his size is becoming a worry to me so any thoughts on this would be gratefully appreciated....

Thanks in advance.

in article , BeeneybabeUK at
wrote on 8/26/05 6:23 PM:

Hi folks, as a newbie to this site/forum I'm writing to ask whether any
of you
might have any suggestions to some symptons one of my moggies is
displaying as
it has so far stumped my vet!

I have a black and white moggie of around 9 years old. He has, in the
last
few months starting eating, and especially drinking water,
excessively. He
has become almost solid around his tummy and where he
licks his white fur area
especially on his front legs and under his
chin, he has started leaving a
yellow stickiness.

He has had in-depth blood profiles at the vets, all of which have come
back
with normal results. A few years back he had all of his teeth
(apart from
one!) removed due to cat flu before we homed him but he has
no current
problems in his mouth to cause these issues and he has been
wormed and all of
his injections are up to date.

The only remaining thing left for the vets to do is carry out a urine
sample
as they didn't manage this on his last visit but I'm curious to
know if anyone
else has experienced any symptons with their cats which
are along these lines
just so I might be able to suggest the vet looks
in this area.

Apart from the above symptons he is acting quite normally and appears
to be
quite content, but his size is becoming a worry to me so any
thoughts on this
would be gratefully appreciated....

Thanks in advance.


--
BeeneybabeUK

have they checked his thyroid? It's not always done on a blood panel unless
asked for.

BeeneybabeUK wrote:
I have a black and white moggie of around 9 years old. He has, in the
last few months starting eating, and especially drinking water,
excessively. He has become almost solid around his tummy and where he
licks his white fur area especially on his front legs and under his
chin, he has started leaving a yellow stickiness.

He has had in-depth blood profiles at the vets, all of which have come
back with normal results. A few years back he had all of his teeth
(apart from one!) removed due to cat flu before we homed him but he has
no current problems in his mouth to cause these issues and he has been
wormed and all of his injections are up to date.

Have they checked for parasites like giardia or cryptosporidium? It's
much more common than you would think, like over 8% in the Glasgow
area, for example.

The licking of his fur and the tummy are possible indications. I have
seen many a supposedly "good" vet miss parasites. It's not obvious.
Even a good, municipal water supply can harbor parasites. Just a
thought since I had suggested the same thing to someone else whose vets
had missed parasites. Extremely easy to cure too once the vet gets
enlightened.

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BeeneybabeUK wrote:
I have a black and white moggie of around 9 years old. He has, in the
last few months starting eating, and especially drinking water,
excessively. He has become almost solid around his tummy and where he
licks his white fur area especially on his front legs and under his
chin, he has started leaving a yellow stickiness.

He has had in-depth blood profiles at the vets, all of which have come
back with normal results. A few years back he had all of his teeth
(apart from one!) removed due to cat flu before we homed him but he has
no current problems in his mouth to cause these issues and he has been
wormed and all of his injections are up to date.

Have they checked for parasites like giardia or cryptosporidium? It's
much more common than you would think, like over 8% in the Glasgow
area, for example.

The licking of his fur and the tummy are possible indications. I have
seen many a supposedly "good" vet miss parasites. It's not obvious.
Even a good, municipal water supply can harbor parasites. Just a
thought since I had suggested the same thing to someone else whose vets
had missed parasites. Extremely easy to cure too once the vet gets
enlightened.

Thanks for your suggestions, I will definitely mention these when I next see the vet!