Sorry, slightly long
Lucifer has been retching since sunday, he would eat ham but was disinterested in food. looked lethargic,eyes heavily lidded, crouched posture, unwilling/unable to sleep but not vomiting anything up. just retching accompanied by heavy swallowing
- he went to the vet monday, was given steroid injection and short acting antibiotic but didnt have a temperature, nodes not inflamed and stomach all feeling fine. hed had his vacc booster the wednesday before but the vet thought any reaction would have been sooner. I currently have a foster kitten in that has flu likely- swollen lymph nodes on long acting antibiotics and full of beans but separated out in spare room, hands washed with antibac soap after contact. Neither Neko or Sparecat are showing any signs of any illness at all. vet thinks foster kitten and lucifers issue may not been connected. Kitten is blind in both eyes- one ruptured , one too small. when i took him in a month ago (with no cold/flu signs) that was all the info i was given by the vets. the one that saw him when his nodes went up last week said it was likely to have been flu that caused his eyes in the first place.if thats the case i feel i should have been told (im sure my coordinator would have if she had known) as Neko had to have his vaccs seperated out as the same vet thinks his immune system may not be 100%. so is fostering at all an unacceptable risk? which i know is abit of a hot topic on occasion
now lucifer is much improved in himself, eating, sleeping moving about but not miaowing which is fairly unusual for him as he tends to grumble and wail alot and he is still doing this weird gulping-retching thing. its not like when theyre sick or have a hair ball theres not the woomphing sound with it more like hes gagging abit. i saw a link on the internet that said it was a cough? he does still seem a little down but that might be as im mithering him
Vet said if he wasnt improved by wednesday to bring him back. thing is he improved hes just not totally ok yet so- any thoughts on whats wrong with him? Lucifers never really been ill before, sparecats got quite a flat face and seems to get occasional colds but just enough that she wants some quiet for a day but in december she got something that made her retch and lose her voice. Vet decided to blood test, GA and check for obstructions then before antibio. Is it possible that shes either already had this (and immunity) or that someones a carrier?
im still in two minds about bringing him back to the vets, hes freaked out abit in the waiting room the last 2 times about dogs being there. (hes never had a problem before with dogs so im guessing one somewhere has upset him) so i dont want to stress him if theres nothing more that can be done. but i dont want to risk a serious problem going undiagnosed
So several issues id really appreciate a more informed opinion on please
Sorry for such a long rambling post