Topic: Sooty Mysteriously Ill (Read 3853 times)

sarasara · « **Reply #33 on:** October 29, 2009, 22:28:54 PM »

folks on behalf of young Mr. Sooty

and I will give him a kiss on the ears to convey your message.

Janeyk · « **Reply #32 on:** October 29, 2009, 20:18:28 PM »

Glad to hear Sooty is home and much better

sarasara · « **Reply #31 on:** October 29, 2009, 17:55:26 PM »

Quote from: Bazsmum on October 29, 2009, 14:42:18 PM

Yay! So glad that all is good now he's back home and is obviously feeling so much better!

All's well that ends well and I pray the pussies will all be healthy for a good while

Bazsmum · « **Reply #30 on:** October 29, 2009, 14:42:18 PM »

Yay! So glad that all is good now he's back home and is obviously feeling so much better!

sarasara · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2009, 14:34:30 PM »

Thanks everybody

for your support for young Mr. Soots.

I collected him yesterday from the vet and he is on top form again. Not much sleep last night because I had had teeth drilled and the cocaine kept me up and the steroids kept him up and we did not get to sleep till the early hours! But today he is dead-out on the end of my bed catching up with his beauty sleep.

Glad you and Swampy are having a good period Swammaxmum, I have given Mr. Leo anti-biotics before but he is a former ferral with a long criminal record and is a bug carrier, though at his age now he just wants lots of hugs. He does get jealous of the inside cats which causes him to sometimes chase the other cats but when he was allowed to stay in the house his speciality was doing his poos on my bed!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #28 on:** October 28, 2009, 18:46:55 PM »

Poor Sooty and hope tha abs work well, all cat bites usually become infected and often its only when a cat starts limping or stops being itself do we know.

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #27 on:** October 28, 2009, 14:07:09 PM »

me too. I love the image of Sooty coming home in 'his' own taxi, that's lovely. Hopefully the abx will work fast and that Mr Leo (can't you give him a course of them too?!!) stays away.

Janeyk · « **Reply #26 on:** October 28, 2009, 13:06:26 PM »

That sounds more positive news, hope Sooty is much better now he's had his ab

Bazsmum · « **Reply #25 on:** October 28, 2009, 12:58:56 PM »

Glad to hear its nothing major and Im sure an anti b jab will cure him this time!

sarasara · « **Reply #24 on:** October 28, 2009, 10:25:19 AM »

Thanks everybody and especially our Swampmaxmum who we are all rooting for.

The vet phoned quite late last night because his blood-testing machine had had some glitches. It seems that young Sooty may have been bitten in the paw by Mr. Leo the outside cat who is a bag of germs. But thankfully his blood was ok. Leo seems to have given him an infection which caused a high temperature and knocked him out. The paw had swollen and had pus in it. He is still at the vet and I am hoping to go to town today and collect him in a taxi. Thankfully I have a vet who can be trusted and I hope that he will stay.
I will post an update when I come home about Sooty's condition.

btw, yes, Millys Mum, he was the one who ate a fieldmouse provided by his friend Sophie and went off his wet food, but an anti-biotic injection cured him that time.

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #23 on:** October 28, 2009, 09:56:09 AM »

did he come home? what news? Hope all is well x

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #22 on:** October 27, 2009, 20:48:55 PM »

Hope that the vet can find out what is wrong

Millys Mum · « **Reply #21 on:** October 27, 2009, 19:29:07 PM »

Is this the same lad who was being picky with his wet food? Hope his tests show up something easy to treat

Bazsmum · « **Reply #20 on:** October 27, 2009, 19:20:34 PM »

Hoping you get some positive news from the vet soon!

bonnielass · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2009, 19:20:00 PM »

Fingers crossed he can sort him and that you can bring him home tonight

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2009, 19:01:31 PM »

hope he comes home tonight in his nice warm taxi

sarasara · « **Reply #17 on:** October 27, 2009, 18:36:33 PM »

Thanks Bonielass,
Vet was to phone an hour ago but maybe he has been held up treating another animal. I just arranged for a taxi to bring Sooty home if he can come home tonight.

Yep, well you know yourself how we purrs worry about our pussies.

bonnielass · « **Reply #16 on:** October 27, 2009, 17:38:57 PM »

Do hope the vet can sort out whats wrong with Sooty, you must be so worried

sarasara · « **Reply #15 on:** October 27, 2009, 17:24:32 PM »

Quote from: swampmaxmum on October 27, 2009, 16:41:39 PM

what a nightmare having so many horrible vets. I hope that the one who is fetching Sooty will take good care of him and work out what's wrong asap.

Thanks Swampymaxmum and Janeuk,

Sooty trusts this vet and allowed him to put him in the carrier, he did'nt cry at all as he went away. He is to phone me in the next couple of hours when the blood test or x-ray or whatever he does will be ready. I just pray that he will be able to diagnose. I rubbed Sooty's teddy bear on the other cats and myself and the vet says he will put it in his cage. So I'll just wait by the phone.

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #14 on:** October 27, 2009, 16:41:39 PM »

what a nightmare having so many horrible vets. I hope that the one who is fetching Sooty will take good care of him and work out what's wrong asap.

Janeyk · « **Reply #13 on:** October 27, 2009, 13:40:56 PM »

Poor Sooty, best of luck at the vets

sarasara · « **Reply #12 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:33:40 PM »

Thanks Bazmum and Gill,
The vet just phoned and I have made a deal that he personally takes care of the cat and not the pet vet. He is going to collect him and take him into the surgery for a blood test, possibly later an x-ray.
Good news is the workman has gone to lunch and he has ambled slowly out of the bedroom and eaten a good feed. He made his way gingerly out the back door but did not go to the toilet outside. He just sniffs the side of his litter but thats all. He seems to have a sore front paw as well which may be due to pain because it was ok yesterday. I am waiting now for the vet to collect him.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #11 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:07:36 PM »

I travel 50 miles round trip to go to a good vet and insurance is 100% necessary, I also live in SW Wales and the farm animal vets are useless.

I would do everything necessary to see a good vet very fast

Bazsmum · « **Reply #10 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:53:00 AM »

Good luck with whatever happens when the vet finally rings you back!

sarasara · « **Reply #9 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:18:44 AM »

Quote from: trigger on October 27, 2009, 11:04:14 AM

I'd take him now to whichever vet you feel will do a proper examination of Sooty, and worry about the cost later

chances are when your own vet calls you will still not feel happy that he is receiving the best care

I am in West Wales, and I too only have a rural vet, who is mainly farm animals - that means they are out and about regularly and on 24/7 call, which without a car is reassuring for emergencies, but I also have insurance so I can go to a more specialised small animal vet if necessary

I have been waiting over two hours for the vet to ring back. As soon as I speak to him I will decide what to do. I don't trust the small pet vet at his clinic because one of my cats went in to have his toenails cut and she deceided to treat him for worms and fleas despite my telling her I had done so a few days before. On top of that she overdoses and his whole back was shiny with anti-flea stuff. While examining him she squeezed his tummy very hard. He came home and took an agonising 19 hours of writhing in agony to die.
I caught the small pet vet at the other surgery abusing a cat. It had not been brushed and its long fur had matted. I heard this terrible endless growl coming from the sugery and observed through a small window that she had partly sedated the cat and was ripping its hair out bit by bit by hand. There is a better vet many miles away but she is off, so I will have to try another town.

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #8 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:04:14 AM »

I'd take him now to whichever vet you feel will do a proper examination of Sooty, and worry about the cost later

chances are when your own vet calls you will still not feel happy that he is receiving the best care

I am in West Wales, and I too only have a rural vet, who is mainly farm animals - that means they are out and about regularly and on 24/7 call, which without a car is reassuring for emergencies, but I also have insurance so I can go to a more specialised small animal vet if necessary

sarasara · « **Reply #7 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:55:58 AM »

Quote from: sarasara on October 27, 2009, 10:49:20 AM

Quote from: Den on October 27, 2009, 10:46:15 AM
If you put your location maybe someone on Purrs lives nearby and give a recommendation to a good trust worthy vets .. it is just a thought.

Really hope Sooty feels better soon
I know all the vets unfortunaly. The problem is that the money is not in this area. Good vets go to where the money is. Thats the rotten thing about living in the countryside in remoter parts of the UK, goodsmall animal vets don't stay. Whever you find a good vet they have gone in six months.

sarasara · « **Reply #6 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:49:20 AM »

Quote from: Den on October 27, 2009, 10:46:15 AM

If you put your location maybe someone on Purrs lives nearby and give a recommendation to a good trust worthy vets .. it is just a thought.

Really hope Sooty feels better soon

I know all the vets unfortunaly. The problem is that the money is not in this area. Good vets go to where the money is. Thats the rotten thing about living in the countryside in remoter parts of the UK, good pet vets don't stay.

Den · « **Reply #5 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:46:15 AM »

If you put your location maybe someone on Purrs lives nearby and give a recommendation to a good trust worthy vets .. it is just a thought.

Really hope Sooty feels better soon

sarasara · « **Reply #4 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:45:19 AM »

Quote from: Gillian (Ambercat) on October 27, 2009, 10:39:33 AM

Does he go outside Sara? could he have been hit by a car? Hope the vet can find out whats wrong

Thanks Trigger and Gillian,
No, he is within a four acre site completely wired to protect the cats. He was fine the night before so it was not an accident.
I've been waiting hours for the vet to phone, he's out testing cattle somewhere. I may have to get a taxi to take him 24 miles to another vet.

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #3 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:39:33 AM »

Does he go outside Sara? could he have been hit by a car? Hope the vet can find out whats wrong

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #2 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:34:44 AM »

this sounds worrying to me, Sara

espeically the inability to wee - that should ring warning bells to any vet - I hope Sooty will get the treatment he needs today

sarasara · « **Reply #1 on:** October 27, 2009, 10:18:23 AM »

Three days ago after being fine the night before young Sooty who is nearly a year old just did not get up. He did not get up to eat, go to the toilet or drink. He sat up twice the whole day just for moments and hardly opened his eyes all day. I had the vet out and he said Soots liver seemed swollen and he had a temperature. He gave him an anti-biotic and another injection; i presume it may have been steroids.

A few hours after he left sooty got up and ate and seemed to be improving. Moday he was active though not as much as usual but I was not concerned.

Then this morning he was slow to get up and only did so to eat his breakfast.

He seems to be slow and slightly unsteady on his back legs as though his haunches are sore. He tried to go to the toilet but trying to scratch his litter seemed to hurt his back end and he gave up, jumped on my bed and has been out for the count since.

Where I live we have truly lousy vets, the only one I would trust is off today and so I have called out the same vet who gave him the injections but he is mainly a big animal vet (countryside). I am very worried, not only the huge costs when I am already in debt but mainly because in my experience the local vets are not up to the job. I just don't know what is wrong with Soots and I doubt the vet will either.

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