Keep your current plans to pursue further diagnostics and breathe a sigh of relief that she’s feeling good tonight. She’s been up and down so don’t expect that she’s going to be better from here on out, though I certainly understand being hopeful. Try to look at the trend of how she’s doing over the course of a few days instead of a few hours before trying to decide if she’s doing better/worse/the same. I know it can be so hard to figure out — that’s where your journal will come in handy!So, for what it's worth, I just got home tonight and she seem ssuper playful, chasing her favorite purple khyber crystal around like she used to.
Her food doesn't look touched though and she didn;t want the flaky treat she loved so much earlier.
Now I don't know what the heck is going on!
I hope she continues to improve.
I wouldn't leave food down right now...my opinion . it's easier to monitor how much she is eating if you don't. Water is should always be available. Are you keeping tabs on her litter box? Also an important diagnostic tool. Input/output and behavior....important with a sick kitty.
I think it’d be good to quantify it in terms like “offered 1/2 can, ate half” so you can tally it up to know exactly how much she’s eating over the course of a day compared to how much she would normally eat. It can be hard to know how much they’re eating when we’re offering them food every two hours and they’re eating three bites at a time. Eating just a few bites looks like a poor appetite, but it may be a case where they’re not really hungry enough to eat because they’re being fed so frequently.
I think it’s okay to leave the food down since she’s the only cat who will be eating it and cats will often eat better if they’re not being watched. @BrianL just needs to make sure he knows how much he’s putting down and how much he’s taking back up so he can work out how much of it she ate.
A change in litter boxes can definitely freak out our sensitive babies. Once had a kitty who was almost torn in half by dogs. Real estate agent accidentally let hI'm out while we were out of town. Our vet repaired his injuries but he wouldn't urinate or eat! He was ready to move to last resort meds/treatment. I brought him tender vittles and took him outside to relief himself. My house trained baby was CURED! Moral of the story...small changes can significantly affect our kitties.
Let's hope medication played a big part and is mostly to blame for this episode. Happy today is a good one for you and your kitty
Oh yes. We’ve seen doggie cardiologists, dermatologists, opthalmologists, infectious disease specialists, and probably a few others! Hopefully she continues trending toward better health.
So glad she's doing better. Sometimes we can't figure out why the changes are happening and it's super frustrating. After the bad blood tests my baby had, I was expecting her to die, probably cancer, but she's doing great, like nothing's wrong! Just treasure every day, as I know you are. Cats are truly remarkable and only cat lovers realize how truly wonderful they are.
She's becoming a geriatric. Illnesses can knock us down a bit and maybe change us somewhat overall. Still hopeful for a positive outcome! Hang in there! Your kitty has a great advocate/caregiver!
