Sick kitty - worried and scared.

[icarus]

Sick kitty – worried and scared.

Monte had diarrhea so bad Wednesday he missed the kitty box. There may have been blood in his stool, I'm not sure. At the same time he had really bad hairballs, like nothing he's ever had before (and of course, most of his food came up with them). Several times in one day.

Yesterday it looked like he was getting better, that the diarrhea was clearing up, but I'm worried about an intestinal block. Normally he hits the cat box right after he eats, but he hasn't gone to the bathroom since yesterday afternoon. The kitty litter was moved around since yesterday, so he tried.

Advice? Help?



FYI, I'm broke. We just took him to the vet last week, WG was in a car accident, the school hasn't given me the student aid for the last three months and they're already charging me for next quarter so when it comes through there won't be anything left. And the vet doesn't bill.

Comments

[luthien.livejournal.com]

I had a cat with a blockage that bad once. I was desperately afraid we were going to lose her. What did the vet do? Just kept pouring paraffin into her and eventually it dislodged... the most stubborn hairball ever. Yes, the explosion, when it happened, was disgusting and yellow, but fortunately it happened outside - and even more fortunately our cat was back to normal in next to no time.

If you can get your cat to the vet, the solution may be something as simple and relatively inexpensive as a massive dose of paraffin. I hope it all comes good as quickly and easily as possible, both for his sake and for yours.