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Old April 4th 07, 11:13 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Gail
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I agree with getting a second opinion. There seems like too much guess work
with your vet.
Gail
"Matthew" wrote in message
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Make sure you get another vets advice

When will the blood work be back?

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On Apr 4, 7:34 am, "Moongal" wrote:
You should definately get some blood work done. My cat has those same
symptoms, he has kidney failure and he's anemic, but without the blood
work
it's hard to tell for sure because those symptoms can apply to other
things
too and you need to know so you can treat your cat properly.

Good luck, I hope it's something that can be cured.


Well, it's not good news. According to the vet, she's a very sick
cat. She has some sort of auto-immune problem and she's severly
anemic. Basically now we have no choice but to give her steroids
twice a day that will either make her better, or, if she has a kidney
or liver problem, make her worse, and kill her.






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Old April 5th 07, 01:47 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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wrote in message
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Our 11 year old cat who is usually pretty spry just lies around
everyday and doesn't eat as much and is losing weight. She has
increased thirst too. All of this sounds like diabetes, but she has
also lost her voice. She doesn't purr anymore and when she does meow
(which isn't very often anymore), she sounds really hoarse and it
usually either sounds like a little squeak or kind of a hiss. She
doesn't seem to have any pain anywhere in her body. We've got her an
appointment with the vet, but we tried to put it off for a while
hoping it was just a cold or something, because it's so traumatic for
her to go to the vet, and we hate putting her through that. Does
anyone have any idea what might be wrong with her? I'd just like to
hear some guesses before her appointment tommorow. Thanks!

----------
Just wanted to comment about the lost voice. When my cat Molly was still
alive, she completely lost her voice at one point. The vet said it could be
a tumor but it could also be benign growth on her vocal cords. At any rate,
the vet treated it empirically with an injection of corticosteroids saying
that if that if her voice didn't return in a few days, I should bring Molly
back, and they would look down her throat (under anesthesia). The
corticosteroid injection worked, and Molly got her voice back partially. She
had a hoarse voice for the remainder of her life. She lived approximately
one more year until she succumbed to chronic renal failure at the age of 17
(we had her euthanized), but this was not related to the voice problem as
far as I know. She stopped purring several weeks before she died/we had her
euthanized. It does take energy for cats to purr, so when a cat stops
purring, it could be because the cat is weak/lacks the energy.

After you see your vet, please post again, and tell us what he/she said.
Purrs to you and your kitty.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.


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Old April 5th 07, 01:48 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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wrote in message
ups.com...

Matthew wrote:
Make sure you get another vets advice

When will the blood work be back?

wrote in message
ups.com...
On Apr 4, 7:34 am, "Moongal" wrote:
You should definately get some blood work done. My cat has those
same
symptoms, he has kidney failure and he's anemic, but without the blood
work
it's hard to tell for sure because those symptoms can apply to other
things
too and you need to know so you can treat your cat properly.

Good luck, I hope it's something that can be cured.

Well, it's not good news. According to the vet, she's a very sick
cat. She has some sort of auto-immune problem and she's severly
anemic. Basically now we have no choice but to give her steroids
twice a day that will either make her better, or, if she has a kidney
or liver problem, make her worse, and kill her.


Well, they can't even test the blood. They tried a couple of times
(she loved being dragged back out to have blood drawn again, as you
can imagine) and they can't do anything with it because she's so
anemic, so they can't determine if she has any kidney or liver
problems. So she says the only thing we can do is to give her the
pills and see if she gets better or worse, and if she gets worse,
there's nothing that can be done for her. They first suspected
diabetes and ruled that out through a urine test.

--------
I should have read your follow-up before I responded. (I am back on the
computer for the first time in two days). My vet gave Molly a steroid
injection. Why is your vet doing pills rather than an injection?
Best regards,
---Cindy S.


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Old April 5th 07, 01:57 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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wrote in message
ups.com...

Well, they can't even test the blood. They tried a couple of times
(she loved being dragged back out to have blood drawn again, as you
can imagine) and they can't do anything with it because she's so
anemic,

........What do you mean? The couldn't find a vein? Is she dehydrated? Did
they put her on IV to rehydrate her?

So she says the only thing we can do is to give her the
pills and see if she gets better or worse, and if she gets worse,
there's nothing that can be done for her.


........Second opinion.

buglady
take out the dog before replying


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Old April 5th 07, 02:31 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Spot
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If there are kidney issues they should be able to tell from a urine test is
she's leaking protien which is a sign of kidney problems.

Celeste

wrote in message
ups.com...

Matthew wrote:
Make sure you get another vets advice

When will the blood work be back?

wrote in message
ups.com...
On Apr 4, 7:34 am, "Moongal" wrote:
You should definately get some blood work done. My cat has those
same
symptoms, he has kidney failure and he's anemic, but without the blood
work
it's hard to tell for sure because those symptoms can apply to other
things
too and you need to know so you can treat your cat properly.

Good luck, I hope it's something that can be cured.

Well, it's not good news. According to the vet, she's a very sick
cat. She has some sort of auto-immune problem and she's severly
anemic. Basically now we have no choice but to give her steroids
twice a day that will either make her better, or, if she has a kidney
or liver problem, make her worse, and kill her.


Well, they can't even test the blood. They tried a couple of times
(she loved being dragged back out to have blood drawn again, as you
can imagine) and they can't do anything with it because she's so
anemic, so they can't determine if she has any kidney or liver
problems. So she says the only thing we can do is to give her the
pills and see if she gets better or worse, and if she gets worse,
there's nothing that can be done for her. They first suspected
diabetes and ruled that out through a urine test.



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Old April 5th 07, 03:00 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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On Apr 4, 8:57 pm, "buglady" wrote:
wrote in message

ups.com...

Well, they can't even test the blood. They tried a couple of times
(she loved being dragged back out to have blood drawn again, as you
can imagine) and they can't do anything with it because she's so
anemic,


.......What do you mean? The couldn't find a vein? Is she dehydrated? Did
they put her on IV to rehydrate her?

So she says the only thing we can do is to give her the

pills and see if she gets better or worse, and if she gets worse,
there's nothing that can be done for her.


.......Second opinion.

buglady
take out the dog before replying


Since she's so anemic, her blood is sticking together and in order to
test to find out if she has liver or kidney problems they need to
seperate parts of the blood, which they're unable to do.

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Old April 5th 07, 03:11 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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I don't buy this.......
Gail
wrote in message
ups.com...
On Apr 4, 8:57 pm, "buglady" wrote:
wrote in message

ups.com...

Well, they can't even test the blood. They tried a couple of times
(she loved being dragged back out to have blood drawn again, as you
can imagine) and they can't do anything with it because she's so
anemic,


.......What do you mean? The couldn't find a vein? Is she dehydrated?
Did
they put her on IV to rehydrate her?

So she says the only thing we can do is to give her the

pills and see if she gets better or worse, and if she gets worse,
there's nothing that can be done for her.


.......Second opinion.

buglady
take out the dog before replying


Since she's so anemic, her blood is sticking together and in order to
test to find out if she has liver or kidney problems they need to
seperate parts of the blood, which they're unable to do.



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Old April 5th 07, 03:58 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
buglady
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"Gail" wrote in message
link.net...
I don't buy this.......
Since she's so anemic, her blood is sticking together and in order to
test to find out if she has liver or kidney problems they need to
seperate parts of the blood, which they're unable to do.


........I don't either. Blood gets thick when you're dehydrated. If the
veins are flat there's not enough fluid in them.

buglady
take out the dog before replying



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Old April 5th 07, 04:50 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
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On Apr 4, 5:47 pm, "cindys" wrote:
She stopped purring several weeks before she died/we had her
euthanized. It does take energy for cats to purr, so when a cat stops
purring, it could be because the cat is weak/lacks the energy.


Everyone who has mentioned the loss of voice has also mentioned their
cat was found to be anemic. I wonder, since we still aren't one
hundred percent clear on the mechanism of purring, whether the anemia
makes it difficult to generate turbulence in the blood flow around the
vocal cords. Turbulence in the blood flow was proposed as one
possible mechanism for purring. Perhaps you need to have a minimum
hemoglobin level for good purring. Don't think that would apply to
meow-ing though.

--tension

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Old April 5th 07, 05:11 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Meghan Noecker
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:04:39 GMT, "Moongal"
wrote:


How would the vet know your cat is anemic without a blood test? The
symptoms sure sound like it, but I didn't think you could know for sure
without testing the blood (I'm certainly not a medical expert though!)


When Kira's anemia was at its worst, her blood was very thick. The vet
brough the sampe back to the room and showed it to me. He said it was
obviously worse, and we increased her meds. The bloodwork confirmed
his beliefs.

The prednisolone did help her anemia, and for about a month, she had
great bloodwork results and was back to normal. Unfortunately, she
dropped back, and it was too late that time to save her.

My vet also prescribed a liquid supplement for anemia, another
medicine that goes after parasites that don't always show up in tests,
and a supplement to help her nutrition since she wasn't eating as
well.

 




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