Hi, I havent posted here in a long time.
My beautiful Eva (the Diva) is currently at the Royal Dick Vet School in Edinburgh, she has the conditions in the title.
She is 5 and a half years old, so just a baby really. She has always been a grumbly puss, not the easiest to handle, by no means a lap cat and for years she has pooped on the floor rather than a litter box, she has also had a weight issue and on ocasion had a runny bottom.
Now all of these things were always put down by vets and behaviorists as behavior issues. Over the last few weeks she has and still is very seriously ill. I am in no way blaming any one for what has happened but just wanted to make people aware that if they should ever come across a cat with similar "behaviour issues" to seriously pursue underlying and often difficult to diagnose issues such as pancreatitis and IBS. These are the possible reasons my girl is so seriously ill now, they havent as yet been diagnosed as we are trying very hard to get her liver and gallbladder functioning again first but they are the most likely causes.
As i mentioned earlier, Eva never liked being handled, probably because she was uncomfortable and possibly in pain. Eva had occasions of a runny tum, always put down to her being stressy. Eva mostly pooped on the floor rather than in a litter box, probably associating the litter box with the pain and discomfort of pooping, Eva had a weight issue and has never been particularly active so the weight issue has been a constant battle, probably not active due to the pain and discomfort making her a prime candidate for HL.
She is in a critical condition but has made some improvements and I am hopeful that she will recover but it is going to be a long haul and is already very costly in terms of stress, worry and finances. As long as she keeps fighting, so will I. Please NEVER take anything for granted and simply accept that these things are "behaviour related".
