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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Diddeen on April 15, 2009, 20:06:07 PM

Title: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Diddeen on April 15, 2009, 20:06:07 PM: I posted a few weeks back for a friend who's cat was unwell. It started off as having fluid on her lungs and being quite poorly. The fluid appears to have cleared but she still wont eat. Can anyone help with advice at all? Here is what my friend has just told me:
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Callie is still not eating on her own. She is on one Fortekor tablet a day for her heart, 2 diuretic tablets a day and 2 rutin tablets. She seems fairly bright in herself and perked up after a steroid injection but now is getting more lethargic again. I am syringe feeding her mushed up high calorie food from the vets twice a day and she has the odd cat biscuit here and there.
Vets want to do more blood tests and x-rays in case its fluid on her lungs but they don't think it is as she is breathing fine. I just don't know what to do with her and the vets bills are huge!
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on April 15, 2009, 20:08:38 PM: Sorry cant help on this one as dont know anything about the correct doseage of duiretics and have never heard of rubin.

Has she had blood tests done?
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong
Post by: Gillian Harvey on April 15, 2009, 20:43:58 PM: Do you know the dosage of the diurectics and the rutin? I found my Sam was lethargic on higher doses of diuretics and I also halved his Fortekor daily dose with the vets OK because she said that can make them lethargic.

At least she is having some nourishment from the high calorie food.
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong
Post by: Janeyk on April 16, 2009, 07:02:38 AM: If the cat won't eat then something isn't right and she will need to take her back to be checked out, best of luck.
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong
Post by: Michelle (furbabystar) on April 16, 2009, 10:33:20 AM: Cant advice anything else than go back to the vet.
I know how high vet bills can be, if she has been with her vet for a while could she ask for a payment plan ?
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong
Post by: Diddeen on April 16, 2009, 22:16:57 PM: Her cat has not eaten properly for several weeks now, the vets cant find any reason at the moment :(

Here is the initial thread i posted up.. she has since been put on the medications and has had some steroid injections which have helped a little at the time but she has still not recovered :(
http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,23442.msg410261.html#msg410261
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong
Post by: Diddeen on April 19, 2009, 13:55:12 PM: Quote from: Gillian (Ambercat) on April 15, 2009, 20:43:58 PM
Do you know the dosage of the diurectics and the rutin? I found my Sam was lethargic on higher doses of diuretics and I also halved his Fortekor daily dose with the vets OK because she said that can make them lethargic.

She is having daily,
2 mg of periactin
100mg rutin
5mg fortekor
40mg frusemide

She shows interest in some food, tuna and chicken, but after eating maybe a teaspoon full will walk off. She is lying in the sun at the moment but not really interested in much else. I am giving her 4-6 syringes (5ml) of Hills prescription high calorie food daily.
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Diddeen on April 29, 2009, 22:22:36 PM: Unfortunately she didnt get any better and the vets had nothing else they could try for her. She passed away this morning at the vets :(
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Janeyk on April 29, 2009, 22:25:02 PM: :'( that's so sad,

RIP poor little kitty, at peace now xx
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on April 29, 2009, 22:36:02 PM: I am sorry to hear this, RIP little one
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on April 29, 2009, 22:39:13 PM: So sorry to hear this sad news :hug:

RIP Callie
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Gillian Harvey on April 29, 2009, 22:44:53 PM: So very sorry to hear this :hug:
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Bazsmum on April 30, 2009, 01:08:04 AM: RIP little one x

How sad.... :(
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: clarenmax on April 30, 2009, 10:15:15 AM: I'm sorry to hear your news :hug: :hug:

RIP little one :'(
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: swampmaxmum on April 30, 2009, 11:57:03 AM: I'm sorry to hear this. :hug:
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: Diddeen on April 30, 2009, 21:59:23 PM: Thanks for your kind posts, i've passed them all onto Callie's owner
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: MrsR on April 30, 2009, 23:14:27 PM: I am so sorry, RIP little one x
Title: Re: Cat refusing to eat, dont know whats wrong u/d she has passed away
Post by: sixfurballs on May 01, 2009, 14:26:00 PM: I'm so very sorry to hear this. RIP kitty