#cat illness

[sparxie]

it's Really rough knowing these might be her final days but i know i am doing the right thing by at least waiting to see if things to improve while eliminating her pain. i'm going to love her and pamper her and do my best. and if it doesn't work out - that's okay. she knows how loved she is.

[gqueercatboy]

Alright, urgent and real talk time.

We're stuck at $114/1678 of what we need (as soon as possible) and things are pretty grim.

We're trying to raise $1678 to cover an ultrasound for our oldest kitty, to see if she has cancer or not, and for a recheck + meds on an infection she may have. She went to the ER recently in respiratory distress, and it was nine hours of being ignored and brushed off by staff.

The gov claimed they overpayed us (absolute bullshit) and going to reduce our monthly income to $572, but promised they wouldn't if we filed an appeal. They reduced our check anyways. We can't afford rent, cat food, and basic bills like phone + internet like this. We're still trying to get answers, but we have basically nothing to work with right now and some of the $1678 would help us cover phone and OTC meds we need.

Hopefully the appeal goes our way, but if it doesn't, I have no clue what we're going to do to survive. In the meantime, we're struggling to try and figure out if our babygirl has cancer. It's our birthday month and all we want is to know what's wrong with our heart kitty.

If you feel generous, please donate to our kofi, and/or share this. I don't know how to explain how exhausted, hopeless, and angry we feel right now, but we need help and we're grateful for anything. Thank you.

Cat tax under the cut.

Image description: The first picture is our oldest kitty, a small black kitty with pale yellow eyes. She's sitting on a red blanket and looking slightly right of the camera. The second picture is our rescue girl, a slightly fluffy blue spotted tabby with white on her feet. She's curled up on her indoor catio, sleeping in a sunbeam and halfway through rolling onto her back.

[wife]

My cat has her follow up blood test tomorrow to decide if she can get surgery and I'm so stressed abt it because what if she can't :( and she has to wait longer. But also what if she can? How much longer will she have to wait? I'm freaking out either way. Please pray that by some miracle they're like "her bloods are perfect and we can remove her teeth right now" lol

[dravenxivuk]

Old man on a warm lap, twitching in his sleep.

We had more progress today! He ate pate consistency food! He's only been eating broth and smoothies because recently he's been having trouble chewing, but I tried him on pate this morning and there was much rumbling; he's eaten two cans of it over the day!

I mean, he makes a mess, and it passes through him at speed because intestinal cancer, but he's so happy and that makes us happy.

We have the puppy pad layout in the bathroom down to an art now.

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

gently cradling my cat's face and telling her "let's turn this vet urgent care visit into a phone call, girl, I believe in you" after she eats three bites of wet food

[actualmichelle]

venting below because I am still Alone and want to write out my thoughts. I miss talking to people :(

Vin is mad at me, I think (not that I blame him...). He was out and about a lot for an hour or so this morning, and snuggled with me when I first woke up. But after that he’s pretty much been under my bed except when he eats/drinks or uses his litter box.

Like I am pretty sure he’s just pissed but I’m still worried. He experienced a lot yesterday.... his rabies/distemper boosters, a rectal exam, gabapentin, the bejesus scared out of him re: the carrier, PLUS whatever constipation issues he had going on to begin with. I guess it makes sense for him to be a bit out of sorts, it has only just been 24hrs ago.

It’s soooo much harder when there’s no one witnessing this stuff here with me. I keep going oh he’s fine just give it a day or two for him to calm down. But then I swing wildly in the opposite direction and am like but what if....so and so happens or is happening??? Usually there’s someone around for me to talk to who knows the situation just as well. I suppose I don’t trust myself.

This is reinforcing my opinion that I probably shouldn’t have pets after these dudes. I love them very much but being the sole caretaker is too much for me, and that is what would end up happening eventually.

I think Kiki has been the only ‘easy’ one, for whatever reason. I worry about her because I worry about literally everything but she’s just so easygoing. Vee was absolutely the opposite, and Vin is kind of closer to Vee.

ANYHOW hopefully this is just a me being anxious issue rather than a ‘there is actually something objectively concerning happening’ issue.I suppose the best I can do is wait and see. Hopefully he starts bouncing back a bit more tonight/tomorrow. 

[princesstigerbelle]

Here are some examples of what cats look like when the third eyelid is protruding....

If your cat is showing signs of this don’t delay and get them to the vet because they are most likely sick!

[youruinedmylifebynotbeingreal]

So, cat update. Because if I don’t get it out idk what to do with myself.

We ended up taking Patches to an emergency vet on Friday because I needed a second opinion before we did anything. And thank god we did, because he said that he saw nothing that our usual vet mentioned. He scoped her twice and took x-rays.

However. She’s still having the same issues she was before she went. However, she is on strong antibiotics so we’ll have to give those a few days to keep working.

But please, please keep sending her good vibes and keeping her in your prayers. My family as well. This has taken its toll both emotionally, physically, and financially, but we will do everything possible to help her.

If any of you have any ideas of what could be wrong or ways to get a cat that only eats dry food to eat, please share.