Please Help ~ Chester is very sick

My cat Chester is very sick. She has refused to eat or drink since Wednesday. She got sick once Wednesday night and it was foamy and white. I have been force feeding her cats milk and water since Thursday morning. She has gotten sick twice today (Saturday) and both times it was foamy and white. She has only used the litter box twice since Wednesday and it is bright orange.

I have felt her stomach area and it is still soft and not hard and bloated.

Any suggestions or advice would greatly be appreciated. Unfortunately, I can't afford to take her to the vet and pay for all the tests they would want to do on her.

 

how old is your cat? Inside only? Up to date on vaccines?

It's virtually impossible for anyone to tell you how to treat your sick cat. The only person that can do that is a vet.

A cat should not go more than 48 hours without eating as fatty liver disease can set in. It's much less expensive to take a cat to the vet early in sickness than waiting until it becomes an emergency. Can you perhaps call your vet and ask for advice?

Look at the cat's gums? Are they a healthy looking pink? If they are white, or red, this cat needs to see a vet. Is the cat dehydrated - you can pull the skin up on the shoulder blades. If the skin does not return to normal easily (remains loose) this cat needs fluids done by a vet.

 

Chester is 6 years old and all her shots are up to date. We just had her shots done in December again.

I checked her shoulders and they are normal. I have been force feeding her Whiskas cat milk and water since Thursday morning. Her gums are pink and look normal. She only has one little red spot on her gums and that is where I have been putting the syringe to feed her all the time.

I am going to be calling the vet on Monday ~ he has been on holidays and will be back Monday morning. I was hoping that she would have been better by now, but she just sits on her pillow and does not really do anything.

 

here's a better recipe (not condeming yours....but this has more nourishment)

you might not have these items though and you need to use a plastic feeding syringe if you have one.

AD cat food (chances are you don't have this as you have to get it from the vet but any good canned food will do).
Pedialyte
a tiny bit of Karo syrup (corn syrup) little bit not too much
and NutraCal

try to get at least 1/4 cup of this per day into your kitty until a vet can be seen. You could always substitute the AD cat food for chicken baby food (check the label and be sure it doesn't contain onion). You need to make this very soupy.

Good luck - and please let us know how your kitty does at the vet.

 

Thanks, I will try that. I don't have the AD Cat food, but I do have some canned cat food in the cupboard. I will go and pick some pedialyte up in the morning.

I will let you know how she is doing.

 

How Chester is doing

I called the vet today and she thinks that it maybe a really large hairball because she has been very stressed out lately, so we are trying the inexpensive remedy first and I am giving her a large dose of hairball medicine. If she has not improved by Wednesday, I am suppose to bring her into see the vet.

 

http://www.kittencare.com/askKC_Tummy_Troubles.html#bloody_stool

Hopefully, all that Chester has is just a furball irritation. Milo was puking up lots of furballs at one time and he kept puking up orange stuff for quite awhile. It finally let up and he's now back to normal. Keep up updated on Chester's condition.

 

here's to hoping it's something as simple (simple for me since I haven't "coughed" up a hairball in years :wink: ) as a hairball.

And please keep us updated

 

Chester is better now

Just wanted to let everyone know that Chester is better now. The hairball remedy worked for her. She weighs a lot less than she did, but she is doing fine.

Actually she is like a different cat since she has been sick. She would only sit on your lap and cuddle when she felt like it. Now she loves cuddling and sitting on my lap for hours. She also follows me from room to room if she can't see me where ever she is.

Thanks for your help and advice.

 

That's great news Do you have any pictures of your furbabies? :m7:

 

Hooray for Chester! Milo lost a lot of weight too after he had rabbit fur stuck in his tummy. Glad everything's back on track!