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 4 2013, 02:43 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 1,113 Joined: 3-February 12 Member No.: 7,464 |
Tom's Dad, it looks more and more likely that she has the dreaded FHS after all. I watched her back "roll" a couple times, it was like a ripple going through her back muscles. At first she started to panic again but I talked to her and she stayed on the couch and had a long nap. She was out on bug watch with Shelley last night and snuggled with me on the bed through most of the night. This morning she acted fairly normal, going through her usual routine of sitting in the window and watching the birds. But this afternoon, just a few minutes ago I watched her back "ripple" again and she started to panic and headed for the bedroom. I picked her up and put her on my lap and calmed her down. She seemed okay after that. What sickens me is that this could potentially get worse. In extreme cases the cat will attack and mutilate her own tail and will become very aggressive. Usually this strikes mostly Siamese and Oriental cats and that's what puzzles me, because Mindy doesn't have any of that in her, at least not that I can tell. Shelley is part Siamese and you can definitely see that, but not Mindy. Cats with FHS will hallucinate and act like something is chasing them. This is all so weird. Mindy has always been such a calm cat and she and Shelley have been best friends. Now Shelley is much more cautious around Mindy. I've read that it's important to keep a low-stress environment for cats with FHS, but I honestly don't know how I could make this place any more stress-free. My place is basically an oasis of quiet. I don't play any loud music, there are no screaming kids, etc. It's just quiet all the time. I've read that cats with FHS are usually put on anti-depressants or phenobarbital. There is NO WAY I would ever give that junk to my Mindy!!! NO WAY!!! I know there's some natural stuff out there, so I will try that first.
-------------------- 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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