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.

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Huh. He has one very empty tummy.

I'll check again later because maybe I'm doing this wrong, but I didn't feel much in the way of lumps. Maybe he cleaned himself out with the diarrhea and hairballs the last two days. Unlike my past kitties he seems to lose entire meals with his hairballs. There may be nothing in there to come out.

Icarus

[celyste.livejournal.com]

In that case, as long as he's eating and drinking, I'd try to relax. Vomitting (not hairballs but true vomitting) would be a bad sign.

One cat I had would mess up the box three times a day. Another one would bother it every couple days (had the bladder of a camel!)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

He has a bladder the size of a pea, I think. Usually after each meal he makes a beeline for the kitty box. Then he streaks out of the bathroom as playful as all hell.

He's peeing (yay!) but there are no lincoln logs in the box yet. That may take a day or two.

Icarus