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

[alyndra]

It sounds as though he's probably just empty at the moment -- it generally takes a few days for things to go through the system, and the point of severe diahrea like that is to get everything out and start over.

It can be nervewracking, but I probably wouldn't assume there's a problem until two or three days go by and there's still nothing.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That matches up with his suddenly eating more, too.

Also, he looked sick and miserable Wednesday night, perked up yesterday, and his behavior is normal right now.

Icarus