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Cat restless with apparent discomfort & clear vaginal discharge
I have a Tonkinese kitten of about ~6 months. She was fine yesterday,
but I noticed this morning (4am Eastern Time) that she seems to have some abdominal discomfort from the way she keeps rolling around and trying to reposition herself constantly. There also appears to be a minute discharge of clear liquid/gel-like substance from the vagina. I'm still new to cats and don't know what might be going on. After I send this I plan to do some googling, and if nothing else calling an animal hospital within the next hour. If anyone is online with ideas, I would be gratefull. Even suggestions of a good cat vet in Atlanta, GA that would be open. Thanks, Randy. |
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"Randy W. Sims" wrote in message ... I have a Tonkinese kitten of about ~6 months. She was fine yesterday, but I noticed this morning (4am Eastern Time) that she seems to have some abdominal discomfort from the way she keeps rolling around and trying to reposition herself constantly. There also appears to be a minute discharge of clear liquid/gel-like substance from the vagina. I'm still new to cats and don't know what might be going on. After I send this I plan to do some googling, and if nothing else calling an animal hospital within the next hour. If anyone is online with ideas, I would be gratefull. Even suggestions of a good cat vet in Atlanta, GA that would be open. Randy, do get her in to the vet. It sounds serious. |
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Mary wrote:
"Randy W. Sims" wrote in message ... I have a Tonkinese kitten of about ~6 months. She was fine yesterday, but I noticed this morning (4am Eastern Time) that she seems to have some abdominal discomfort from the way she keeps rolling around and trying to reposition herself constantly. There also appears to be a minute discharge of clear liquid/gel-like substance from the vagina. I'm still new to cats and don't know what might be going on. After I send this I plan to do some googling, and if nothing else calling an animal hospital within the next hour. If anyone is online with ideas, I would be gratefull. Even suggestions of a good cat vet in Atlanta, GA that would be open. Randy, do get her in to the vet. It sounds serious. I started to. I called a local emergency vet and was going to take her in. But as I was on the phone she had a bowel movement-a normal healthy movement, which was a relief to me. At least it wasn't an obstruction. I decide to wait a while and watch her close. She seemed to improve some, but I was still worried. I put her in the car (without a carrier as she was fairly inactive and I wanted to watch her). Less than a mile and she was all over the car exploring acting normal, so I turned around. I've still been watching her close. She's improved but something still seems to be wrong. I noticed several times one of her eyes is staying partly closed, sometimes twitching, and just a few moments ago was teared up. I don't know if her eye is causing all the other discomfort or the discomfort is causing her eye to tear up. But the latter seems less likely since it is just the one eye. I have no idea what is going on. But I'm watching very closely. If it weren't for noticeable improvement over the last hour, I'd be at the vet now. I'm still hoping it's just a tummy ache or that she got into something that's caused some irritation... I did find a can of Glade deodorizing spray with the top missing behind a cabinet, but that was probably the work of my ferrets when they were out of the cage. I don't see how any of them could discharge it. Likely the top broke off when they pushed it off the cabinet. Of course, an irritant like that would probably cause the same symptoms wouldn't it? Randy. |
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Hi Randy , Has she been spayed, is it likely she is coming into
season? Alison "Randy W. Sims" wrote in message ... I have a Tonkinese kitten of about ~6 months. She was fine yesterday, but I noticed this morning (4am Eastern Time) that she seems to have some abdominal discomfort from the way she keeps rolling around and trying to reposition herself constantly. There also appears to be a minute discharge of clear liquid/gel-like substance from the vagina. I'm still new to cats and don't know what might be going on. After I send this I plan to do some googling, and if nothing else calling an animal hospital within the next hour. If anyone is online with ideas, I would be gratefull. Even suggestions of a good cat vet in Atlanta, GA that would be open. Thanks, Randy. |
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Alison wrote:
Hi Randy , Has she been spayed, is it likely she is coming into season? Alison She hasn't been spayed yet. I'm supposed to have that done this month, ~6 months old. Randy. |
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"Randy W. Sims" wrote in message ... Alison wrote: Hi Randy , Has she been spayed, is it likely she is coming into season? Alison She hasn't been spayed yet. I'm supposed to have that done this month, ~6 months old. Randy. Yup. She is in heat. |
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That was actually the first thought that popped into my mind too. Just the
right age as well. Me, too. I don't know about the eye thing but constantly rolling around and trying to reposition herself and the clear discharge are signs of heat. Is she meowing a lot, too? Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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MacCandace wrote:
That was actually the first thought that popped into my mind too. Just the right age as well. Me, too. I don't know about the eye thing but constantly rolling around and trying to reposition herself and the clear discharge are signs of heat. Is she meowing a lot, too? Ok, now I feel like an idiot. Maybe this is why she seems to particularly like it right now when I scratch her flanks, and why she sticks her rear end up in the air while scratching there also. This is something I hadn't read up on as I didn't expect it to come up. I think the first thing I'll do tomorrow (everythings closed for Thanksgiving now) is find some good books. When I got my ferrets, I did all kinds of research: books, magazines, newsgroups. But I didn't really read up on cats when I got my Tonk. I guess I was thinking things would be a little common sense & obvious. Meanwhile, is there any online reference or can anyone give me any pointers. Is there anything I should or should not do? She's an indoor cat and will obviously be remaining indoors for the moment. How long does it last? I was planning on getting her spayed within the next two weeks, do I have to wait. With ferrets it's a bit more dangerous when they're in heat. I've even read that it can be life threatening unless they couple or are "treated", but I don't seem to recall hearing such things about cats. Thanks, Randy. |
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in article , Randy W. Sims at
wrote on 11/25/04 4:04 PM: MacCandace wrote: That was actually the first thought that popped into my mind too. Just the right age as well. Me, too. I don't know about the eye thing but constantly rolling around and trying to reposition herself and the clear discharge are signs of heat. Is she meowing a lot, too? Ok, now I feel like an idiot. Maybe this is why she seems to particularly like it right now when I scratch her flanks, and why she sticks her rear end up in the air while scratching there also. This is something I hadn't read up on as I didn't expect it to come up. I think the first thing I'll do tomorrow (everythings closed for Thanksgiving now) is find some good books. When I got my ferrets, I did all kinds of research: books, magazines, newsgroups. But I didn't really read up on cats when I got my Tonk. I guess I was thinking things would be a little common sense & obvious. Meanwhile, is there any online reference or can anyone give me any pointers. Is there anything I should or should not do? She's an indoor cat and will obviously be remaining indoors for the moment. How long does it last? I was planning on getting her spayed within the next two weeks, do I have to wait. With ferrets it's a bit more dangerous when they're in heat. I've even read that it can be life threatening unless they couple or are "treated", but I don't seem to recall hearing such things about cats. Thanks, Randy. You don't really have to do anything (except of course, get her spayed as soon as you can). The length of it and how often it happens is individual to the cat. It can try your patience, because they can be very vocal, incredibly obnoxiously needy and some may even urinate in a "marking" manner (not a problem I encountered but it can happen.) Mostly, just be patient with her and get her fixed as soon as is convenient. They will not want to do it when she is in heat, so you need to catch her off cycle. Good luck. |
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