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Purrs for Sammy?
Hi guys and Happy new year! I know I haven't posted here much lately
but I skim the group to keep up. Anyway, I wanted to update you on Sammy the Maine Coon. Well, he's not feeling so well. On Saturday he started vomiting up all of his food and hasn't eaten much since then. I even found a puddle of liquid vomit without food in it yesterday, just saliva and there was a good bit of bright red blood in it. He's not hiding and he comes out for some loving for a bit, so he isn't totally lethargic but I brought him to the vet this morning. She noticed he has some pain when feeling his stomach area, around the kidneys. But no indication of why he would have red blood in vomit because that should be coming from somewhere close to his mouth. My thought it possibly he broke a blood vessel in the esophagus from the vomiting, but vet says that would take a really lot of constant vomiting to break a blood vessel, but there are no other thoughts on that at this time. She x-rayed him but didn't get a good visual of his stomach or intestines, not enough to tell if there's a blockage of some kind so the plan of action is for her to wait for his blood test results and if they come back normal he'll have to go to a specialist if he doesn't improve. Should know tomorrow. She gave him fluids and a shot of anti-nausea medicine and since he's been home he ate a little bit, but not much. When he was out here with me in the living room he tried to jump up on the arm of the couch where I was sitting but couldn't do it, so he is back in "his" room sleeping or just resting. Yesterday he had no trouble jumping to the very same spot. We just don't know what's going on with him. Please keep him in your thoughts. He will be 10 years old on 4/5 so he isn't very old. Thank you! -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
eb.com... Hi guys and Happy new year! I know I haven't posted here much lately but I skim the group to keep up. Anyway, I wanted to update you on Sammy the Maine Coon. Well, he's not feeling so well. On Saturday he started vomiting up all of his food and hasn't eaten much since then. I even found a puddle of liquid vomit without food in it yesterday, just saliva and there was a good bit of bright red blood in it. He's not hiding and he comes out for some loving for a bit, so he isn't totally lethargic but I brought him to the vet this morning. She noticed he has some pain when feeling his stomach area, around the kidneys. But no indication of why he would have red blood in vomit because that should be coming from somewhere close to his mouth. My thought it possibly he broke a blood vessel in the esophagus from the vomiting, but vet says that would take a really lot of constant vomiting to break a blood vessel, but there are no other thoughts on that at this time. She x-rayed him but didn't get a good visual of his stomach or intestines, not enough to tell if there's a blockage of some kind so the plan of action is for her to wait for his blood test results and if they come back normal he'll have to go to a specialist if he doesn't improve. Should know tomorrow. She gave him fluids and a shot of anti-nausea medicine and since he's been home he ate a little bit, but not much. When he was out here with me in the living room he tried to jump up on the arm of the couch where I was sitting but couldn't do it, so he is back in "his" room sleeping or just resting. Yesterday he had no trouble jumping to the very same spot. We just don't know what's going on with him. Please keep him in your thoughts. He will be 10 years old on 4/5 so he isn't very old. Thank you! Purrs for Sammy are on the way. I'll throw in a few for his worried meowmie, too. Joy |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message eb.com... We just don't know what's going on with him. Please keep him in your thoughts. He will be 10 years old on 4/5 so he isn't very old. Thank you! -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. ~~~~~~~ Oh, I'm so sorry you and Sammy are going through this. I know how difficult it is, and I want you to know we are sending our best wishes and strongest purrs. Thank you for taking such good care of him. Please keep us updated. MaryL |
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On 1/13/2014 6:56 PM, Cheryl wrote:
Hi guys and Happy new year! I know I haven't posted here much lately but I skim the group to keep up. Anyway, I wanted to update you on Sammy the Maine Coon. Well, he's not feeling so well. On Saturday he started vomiting up all of his food and hasn't eaten much since then. I even found a puddle of liquid vomit without food in it yesterday, just saliva and there was a good bit of bright red blood in it. He's not hiding and he comes out for some loving for a bit, so he isn't totally lethargic but I brought him to the vet this morning. She noticed he has some pain when feeling his stomach area, around the kidneys. But no indication of why he would have red blood in vomit because that should be coming from somewhere close to his mouth. My thought it possibly he broke a blood vessel in the esophagus from the vomiting, but vet says that would take a really lot of constant vomiting to break a blood vessel, but there are no other thoughts on that at this time. She x-rayed him but didn't get a good visual of his stomach or intestines, not enough to tell if there's a blockage of some kind so the plan of action is for her to wait for his blood test results and if they come back normal he'll have to go to a specialist if he doesn't improve. Should know tomorrow. She gave him fluids and a shot of anti-nausea medicine and since he's been home he ate a little bit, but not much. When he was out here with me in the living room he tried to jump up on the arm of the couch where I was sitting but couldn't do it, so he is back in "his" room sleeping or just resting. Yesterday he had no trouble jumping to the very same spot. We just don't know what's going on with him. Please keep him in your thoughts. He will be 10 years old on 4/5 so he isn't very old. Thank you! Many purrs for Sammy on the way. I hate when they make us worry so. Jill |
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On 1/13/2014 7:04 PM, Joy wrote:
Purrs for Sammy are on the way. I'll throw in a few for his worried meowmie, too. Thank you Joy. I am very worried. -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message eb.com... On 1/13/2014 7:23 PM, MaryL wrote: Oh, I'm so sorry you and Sammy are going through this. I know how difficult it is, and I want you to know we are sending our best wishes and strongest purrs. Thank you for taking such good care of him. Please keep us updated. Thank you Mary. I will keep you updated. I have to wonder if we got some bad food or something? Shamrock just vomited and he's not eating well either. In fact, no one is eating normally right now. I found some liquid vomit on my bed (no food in it) and I know Sammy wasn't up there. -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. ~~~~~~~ That does sound suspicious. Did you recently use a new brand (or variety of the same brand) of cat food? Or even buy a new batch of the same food? It's possible that a change has been made in the formulation of one of the types you have been using. If you have recently bought a new supply of the same food, it would be helpful if you can check to see if both versions were produced at the same location. MaryL |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message eb.com... Hi guys and Happy new year! I know I haven't posted here much lately but I skim the group to keep up. Anyway, I wanted to update you on Sammy the Maine Coon. Well, he's not feeling so well. On Saturday he started vomiting up all of his food and hasn't eaten much since then. I even found a puddle of liquid vomit without food in it yesterday, just saliva and there was a good bit of bright red blood in it. He's not hiding and he comes out for some loving for a bit, so he isn't totally lethargic but I brought him to the vet this morning. She noticed he has some pain when feeling his stomach area, around the kidneys. But no indication of why he would have red blood in vomit because that should be coming from somewhere close to his mouth. My thought it possibly he broke a blood vessel in the esophagus from the vomiting, but vet says that would take a really lot of constant vomiting to break a blood vessel, but there are no other thoughts on that at this time. She x-rayed him but didn't get a good visual of his stomach or intestines, not enough to tell if there's a blockage of some kind so the plan of action is for her to wait for his blood test results and if they come back normal he'll have to go to a specialist if he doesn't improve. Should know tomorrow. She gave him fluids and a shot of anti-nausea medicine and since he's been home he ate a little bit, but not much. When he was out here with me in the living room he tried to jump up on the arm of the couch where I was sitting but couldn't do it, so he is back in "his" room sleeping or just resting. Yesterday he had no trouble jumping to the very same spot. We just don't know what's going on with him. Please keep him in your thoughts. He will be 10 years old on 4/5 so he isn't very old. Thank you! -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. |
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On 1/13/2014 10:08 PM, MaryL wrote:
That does sound suspicious. Did you recently use a new brand (or variety of the same brand) of cat food? Or even buy a new batch of the same food? It's possible that a change has been made in the formulation of one of the types you have been using. If you have recently bought a new supply of the same food, it would be helpful if you can check to see if both versions were produced at the same location. All of the same foods, some bought at the grocery store, some bought from PetSmart. I'm not sure how that can help? I get Ca Natural from Petfooddrirect but Sammy doesn't eat much of that. We had a new batch come in a few days ago, but I'm still working on the old batch. No one reacted to it when I opened it about 6 weeks ago. It would have to be any of the Fancy Feast or some of the Friskies because I decided to supplement some of the canned expensive food with canned cheaper food but I've been doing that since Sept when I took Sammy in. -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message eb.com... On 1/13/2014 10:08 PM, MaryL wrote: That does sound suspicious. Did you recently use a new brand (or variety of the same brand) of cat food? Or even buy a new batch of the same food? It's possible that a change has been made in the formulation of one of the types you have been using. If you have recently bought a new supply of the same food, it would be helpful if you can check to see if both versions were produced at the same location. All of the same foods, some bought at the grocery store, some bought from PetSmart. I'm not sure how that can help? I get Ca Natural from Petfooddrirect but Sammy doesn't eat much of that. We had a new batch come in a few days ago, but I'm still working on the old batch. No one reacted to it when I opened it about 6 weeks ago. It would have to be any of the Fancy Feast or some of the Friskies because I decided to supplement some of the canned expensive food with canned cheaper food but I've been doing that since Sept when I took Sammy in. -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. Oh my... Purrs for All the kitties, as well as the humans. Mega purrs for a quick diagnosis, solution and explanation to what's going on. Sylvia & Pit2nya |
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