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Can stress cause this?
Had 3 16 year old cats...2 have passed away in the last 3 months. The
last one started getting very lonely..crying all the time and just not being himself. They didn't grow up together...the 2 that passed were mine and the other is my wife's...we put them together 2 years ago and they got along great. Since that worked out so well, we decided to get a kitten to keep him company thinking (and by recommendations) that the kitten would learn very quickly that the older cat was the dominant one so there wouldn't be a problem. For the first week, everything seemed ok...the older cat would hiss when the kitten came near him but that subsided. The older cat still played with us and seemed normal. Now suddenly, the older cat has diahrrea that just constantly leaks out of him, vomits after going to the litter box and he's hiding behind the couch. Did blood work and took a stool sample with nothing abnormal. Right now he's been admitted to the vet because he stopped eating as well. Can this be due to stress?? We're thinking of getting rid of the kitten but aren't really sure that's the problem. |
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Mike,
That sounds more serious than stress. Does the kitten have any symptoms? Could he or she have passed along a bug to your older cat? I don't remember what was wrong with the other 2 cats, was it different than this cat's illnesses? Did they check for distemper? If your vet can't find the cause, I'd get another vet's opinion right away. Your cat is probably dehydrated, too -- are they giving him fluids? Good luck, I hope he feels better quickly. Rhonda The Other Mike wrote: Had 3 16 year old cats...2 have passed away in the last 3 months. The last one started getting very lonely..crying all the time and just not being himself. They didn't grow up together...the 2 that passed were mine and the other is my wife's...we put them together 2 years ago and they got along great. Since that worked out so well, we decided to get a kitten to keep him company thinking (and by recommendations) that the kitten would learn very quickly that the older cat was the dominant one so there wouldn't be a problem. For the first week, everything seemed ok...the older cat would hiss when the kitten came near him but that subsided. The older cat still played with us and seemed normal. Now suddenly, the older cat has diahrrea that just constantly leaks out of him, vomits after going to the litter box and he's hiding behind the couch. Did blood work and took a stool sample with nothing abnormal. Right now he's been admitted to the vet because he stopped eating as well. Can this be due to stress?? We're thinking of getting rid of the kitten but aren't really sure that's the problem. |
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:05:13 GMT, Rhonda
wrote: Mike, That sounds more serious than stress. Does the kitten have any symptoms? Could he or she have passed along a bug to your older cat? I don't remember what was wrong with the other 2 cats, was it different than this cat's illnesses? Did they check for distemper? If your vet can't find the cause, I'd get another vet's opinion right away. Your cat is probably dehydrated, too -- are they giving him fluids? Good luck, I hope he feels better quickly. Rhonda The kitten had gooey eyes and sneezed a little when we got him but went right on medication and is fine now. We were hoping that the older one just caught whatever he had. Problem is he's not responding to 2 different medications they've given him over the past 4 days. The other 2 cats (different litter) passed away from cancer. He's admitted right now and on fluids and the next step is they want to do an ultrasound. We were just concerned that we did this to him by bringing home a kitten since I've been reading about stress related symptoms...but like you said, it seems more severe of a problem. Hopefully they'll find something treatable with the ultrasound. |
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"The Other Mike" wrote in message ... Had 3 16 year old cats...2 have passed away in the last 3 months. The last one started getting very lonely..crying all the time and just not being himself. They didn't grow up together...the 2 that passed were mine and the other is my wife's...we put them together 2 years ago and they got along great. Since that worked out so well, we decided to get a kitten to keep him company thinking (and by recommendations) that the kitten would learn very quickly that the older cat was the dominant one so there wouldn't be a problem. For the first week, everything seemed ok...the older cat would hiss when the kitten came near him but that subsided. The older cat still played with us and seemed normal. Now suddenly, the older cat has diahrrea that just constantly leaks out of him, vomits after going to the litter box and he's hiding behind the couch. Did blood work and took a stool sample with nothing abnormal. Right now he's been admitted to the vet because he stopped eating as well. Can this be due to stress?? We're thinking of getting rid of the kitten but aren't really sure that's the problem. It sounds more like your adult picked up a virus or parasite from the kitten. There is also the possibility that the organism causing this was already present in your adult and stress from the introduction (there is always some involved with bringing in any new animal) lowered his immune system a little. Some parasites don't show up all the time on fecal exam. I recently had a kitten with horrible diarrhea. Nothing showed up on his fecal at all. The vet treated him with Albon (Coccidia), Flagyl (Giardia sp?) with little improvement. The diarrhea finally stopped after he was treated with erythromycin. All the while the fecals were coming back negative. This kitten much like you describe had the diarrhea just running out of him. I hope your vet can figure it out. I wouldn't get rid of the kitten but until this is resolved, wouldn't let them share a litter box. If it turns out to be a parasite you might want to ask the vet about treating the kitten as well for it to avoid them just passing it back and forth. These things are frequently spread through sharing the box. W |
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I do know that stress can bring out certain illnesses that may lay dormant in
cats when not under any stress. When I first got my older guy, he came with an upper respitory infection and I was told that he will always harbor this and that it will tend to come out when he is stressed. Sure enough, last year I brought a kitten into the house and lo and behold my older guy, Jack, started to sneezing again. It did go away pretty quickly once they got somewhat used to each other. I know that this situation is nothing compared to what you are going through, I just wanted to let you know that stress does bring illnesses out and I hope that that is all that is going on with your guy/girl. Please let us know how everything goes and good luck. Wendy wrote: Had 3 16 year old cats...2 have passed away in the last 3 months. The last one started getting very lonely..crying all the time and just not [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] We're thinking of getting rid of the kitten but aren't really sure that's the problem. It sounds more like your adult picked up a virus or parasite from the kitten. There is also the possibility that the organism causing this was already present in your adult and stress from the introduction (there is always some involved with bringing in any new animal) lowered his immune system a little. Some parasites don't show up all the time on fecal exam. I recently had a kitten with horrible diarrhea. Nothing showed up on his fecal at all. The vet treated him with Albon (Coccidia), Flagyl (Giardia sp?) with little improvement. The diarrhea finally stopped after he was treated with erythromycin. All the while the fecals were coming back negative. This kitten much like you describe had the diarrhea just running out of him. I hope your vet can figure it out. I wouldn't get rid of the kitten but until this is resolved, wouldn't let them share a litter box. If it turns out to be a parasite you might want to ask the vet about treating the kitten as well for it to avoid them just passing it back and forth. These things are frequently spread through sharing the box. W -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:21:53 GMT, "MoMo via CatKB.com" u27647@uwe
wrote: Please let us know how everything goes and good luck. Well, after 2 days being admitted and on IV's and 2 different medications, it looks like he's making a recovery. They diagnosed it as Coccidia brought home by the kitten. He still wasn't eating at the vet so we made the decision to bring him home for 1 night and see what happens thinking he was stressed staying there. As soon as he got in the house he ate like a pig and still is so I think he's on the road to recovery. Thanks for the help and advice. |
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The Other Mike wrote: .. As soon as he got in the house he ate like a pig and still is so I think he's on the road to recovery. Good news! Is he getting on with the kitten? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Glad you found the problem and that he's eating! What a relief.
Rhonda The Other Mike wrote: Well, after 2 days being admitted and on IV's and 2 different medications, it looks like he's making a recovery. They diagnosed it as Coccidia brought home by the kitten. He still wasn't eating at the vet so we made the decision to bring him home for 1 night and see what happens thinking he was stressed staying there. As soon as he got in the house he ate like a pig and still is so I think he's on the road to recovery. Thanks for the help and advice. |
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On 18 Nov 2006 16:35:53 -0800, "Lesley" wrote:
Is he getting on with the kitten? He's coming around...he tolerates him...and the kitten licks his head once in a while and he doesn't hiss or anything. But if the kitten starts to play with him...he gets grumpy. He'll come around though..same thing happened when he met my 2 cats (he's my wife's) about 2 years ago and within a few months they were playing all the time. Do have an issue with the kitten though...which I'm about to make another post about. |
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