Very poorly cat - advice needed please

On Feb 21, 4:11 pm, mlbriggs wrote:
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:34:52 -0800, BLOGGZPOT wrote:
Hi

I've found this NG in the hope someone has come across this problem and
may be able to help.

Before I start I have to explain that the cat in question has had medical
treatment, including an hour in an oxygen tent and an overnight stay in
the vet clinic. she is now on steriod treament, but the vet does not know
what is wrong with her and has basically sent her home to 'see what
happens"

Tiddles is approx 2 years old and she adopted my SO on a building site and
came home with him. Unfortunaely it has just started to manifest that she
has 'passengers' and is around halfway through a pregnancy. On tuesday I
saw her playing with something then eating it - she catches at least one
mouse a day and eats the lot - even the guts- everything. she did'nt come
in for supper and SO found her making 'funny noises' in the Garage. I
looked at her and her face was swollen and she had brownish frothy mucous
and very pale gums. She was also hypothermic -her temperature was 36 and
it should be around 38. Wed. morning she was no better and I thought she
may have been poisoned as we are still finding rat poison in some of the
outbuildings we inherited ( we live in a rural property). The vet examined
her and said she did not have signs of rat poising as the warfarin would
make her bleed from the gums and eyes and she had no symptoms. He agreed
she was hypothermic and they kept her in the clinic overnight, with 60
minutes oxygen therapy and intravenous fluids. she perked up this morning
and this was when I was advised to bring her home - it was that or do
further tests, but he seemed to think it was best just to 'see what
happens'. the kittens are still in there and are alive . he thinks she has
had an acute reaction to a substance but does'nt know what.

We have just moved into the property and are in the process of renovating
a bathroom where we found a load of mouse droppings under the old bath
which attracted tiddles who was mooching around. I mentioned this to the
vet and asked if she could have injested Tylenol (paracetamol) by mistake
-if there were some remnants of old pills on the floor -he reckoned that
if she had injested Tylenol she would be dead by now as it is lethal in
very small doses for cats, so would not even test for it -he said by the
time the test came back, if it was positive she would be dead anyway, if
not I'd have wasted $150 on the test..I have an issue with this vet -i
really think he's out of his depth and probably more used to dealing with
cows and horses than cats but he's the only one for miles. So, she's back
home, face still swollen and i'm trying to get her to drink or eat but
she'll only 'drink' mushed up tuna mixed with water. It looks like she may
be incontinent as she peed in the car on the way home which is not like
her and she looks totally depressed. I've been on the Net most of the
afternoon researching, but like all medical conditions, you can almsot
'think' yourself into any condition out there. She's been sent home with
cortisone steroid medication So-has anyone any advice or have seen this
before?? Any tips for getting a very sick cat to drink?? If she had
something really really serious would the kittens not have been 'the first
to go' ie she would have aborted them?? Thankyou, in anticipation

Clare

I am not a Vet so can only send purrs and prayers that
Tddles will improve. Have you tried giving her water with an eye
dropper? Or maybe some tuna juice? Best wishes. MLB

[THE TUNA JUICE IS GREAT IT WORKED LIFE INTO MY TWO CATS, ALSO THE
FISH MED ANTIBIAUTIC(SORRY SPELLED WORD WRONG ) YOU CAN GET AT PET
STORES, ITS A LITTLE EXPENSIVE BUT IT WORKS WONDERS! LOVE TO YOUR
CATS!