Miss Mindy Is Sick |
Miss Mindy Is Sick |
Jul 29 2013, 08:02 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 1,113 Joined: 3-February 12 Member No.: 7,464 |
My sweet Miss Mindy is sick. She hasn't been herself these past few days. I noticed her eating less and starting to hide under my bed a lot. Then when she does come out she acts restless and wags her tail a lot and can't sit still much. She spent the whole afternoon yesterday hiding under my bed and only came out late last night. Tonight when I came home she ate just a bit and then went to hide again. So, I took her to the emergency vet. They did x-rays, blood work, and a pancreatitis test. Everything is normal. CBC count is normal, test for pancreatitis is negative, x-rays are fine, no tumors, no masses. Her stomach was empty on the x-ray and she showed a lot of gas in her small intestines, but evenly distributed. She was slightly dehydrated. She has also gained almost another half pound and is up to 12.94 pounds. Sigh!
The vet said it looks like Mindy is having some gastroenteritis. They gave her some fluids, anti-nausea meds and an antacid and meds for me to take home. She's had an episode a few months ago when she had some tummy troubles and got put on antacid and got better. But back then she wasn't hiding like she is now. Even though everything came back normal I still worry about her and I have no idea what is causing this. Maybe she just has a sensitive tummy. Mindy definitely needs to lose weight and I'm at a loss as to what else to do. I'm already feeding her lo-cal canned food and lo-carb dry food and I do watch her portions. If anyone knows of any good weight loss foods by all means share it with me. Mindy is not very active to begin with so it's kinda hard to get her to lose the extra weight, but she is at the point where she HAS to lose it. I'm just so worried about my little girl. When she started hiding and acting strange and eating less I feared the worst and was prepared for the worst kind of news at the vet. Does anyone know what good be causing her to have this excess gas in her intestines? -------------------- Danny: March 4, 2001 - December 28, 2011
Tina: October 27, 1997 - April 28, 2012 To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. |
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Aug 3 2013, 12:08 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 1,113 Joined: 3-February 12 Member No.: 7,464 |
Tom's Dad and moon_beam, thank you both for your concern about my sweet Mindy. It was disheartening to see her hide again yesterday morning and not sitting in the window. A few minutes after I gave her the probiotic pill for cats she started to get the twitchy tail again and jumped up a few times and then ran into the bedroom again to hide. Last night she ate good and did come out and lay at the top of the stairs which is part of her usual routine. When I went to bed she came to snuggled and started licking herself and getting all twitchy again so I talked to her and petted her and told her that it's okay. That calmed her down and she did the sweetest thing...she snuggled close to my arm and laid her head on my arm and touched me with her paw. Of course I thought about feline hyperesthesia symptom, so I did some research and watched a video on what that looks like in a cat, but it's not what Mindy does. I read it could also be a sign of dehydration or lack of magnesium or simply stress. She seems to be okay when I talk to her and pet her and calm her down. She was so thankful that she happily snuggled with me all night. This morning she even tried to initiate play with Shelley when Shelley jumped on the bed and sniffed at Mindy. When I got up Mindy thought about hiding but changed her mind and sat in the window instead. She did eat some dry food and so far she seems to be okay. Last night when we were still up she had another episode of the twitchy tail and so I talked to her and calmed her down. I remember that in the weeks before she was hiding constantly she started to hide under the bed for a bit at a time, but I didn't think anything of it.
Tom's Dad, I haven't taken her back to the vet yet. I'm going to watch her this weekend and see how she does. Mindy and I had a good game of "teaser chase" last night and I think that helped her too. -------------------- Danny: March 4, 2001 - December 28, 2011
Tina: October 27, 1997 - April 28, 2012 To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. |
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