Clancy had a really bad health scare yesterday. Unfortunately the pet insurance that my job offers doesn’t start until July 1st so the fees are a pain but I would let someone do the ice bath kidney thing to me if it meant my baby would be alright so I’m not complaining. The good news is that he’s doing much better than he was when I noticed something was wrong.
Clancy got a bacterial parasite that causes anemia, it was pretty bad but the vets were able to stabilize him and while we couldn’t afford a blood transfusion, the medicine he is on has been working wonders. People and other animals can’t get it, it’s only cat-to-cat.
He’s still not 100% but he went from not eating, not vocalizing, not moving from the same spot outside of my bedroom door to eating a decent amount, meowing and purring (and yelling for my croissant) and being cuddly again. He’s also moving around more than before but he’s still a bit lethargic.
He’ll have to be on his meds for 4 weeks which means I’ll have to fight my cat every 12 hours for that time period (it’s a liquid oral medication that has to be squirted into his mouth) but bites and scratches are worth it for his health.
I wish I was listened to about how he should be an indoor cat, but after what happened my mom now agrees with me that he should stay inside except for supervised walks with his harness. I wish that it didn’t take this happening for her (and other people in my family) to realize that but we can’t reverse time.
Anyway, keep your cats inside people.
