You guys know all bout my sick cat.
Well...she won't eat now. At all. It used to be that she couldnt eat dry food cause the sores in her mouth were just to painful for dry stuff, so we fed her wet, and she would do ok. She still had a appitite, but it just hurt her.
For some reson, the last few days, she turns her nose up to EVERYTHING!
She asks for food, when I tell them its treat time, she stil meows and begs for it, but when I give it to her, she sniffs it and turns her nose up. I thought she was gettign picky, but she has turned down everything. Even baby food, which she really used to love cause it was so easy to eat. She is even turning up Tuna, which used to be a favorite.
I dont know what to do with this cat.
She seems to be feling ok tho, better than usual. She is cleaning herself again, which she had stopped doing for awhile. She is acting normal to( well, normal for her sick condition)
She doesnt seem any worse, just refusing to eat.
I bought a high cal suppliment, but I cannot force it in ehr mouth due to her painful sores, but I cant mix it in food cause she dont liek how it taste and wont eat it.
I dont know what to do. There is no cure. I have 2 choices.
1. Pull out all her teeth. May or may not work. I dont want to do something that drastic to a 2 year old cat that may not owrk. I dont want her to live her whoel life with no teeth if it wont even help.
2. Put her on a drug that may cause blindness. I am ready to go this route, and take the risk, As I would ratehr have her blind and healthy than sick. However...I cant find a vet in this area who will give me this drug long enough for it to work. She has been on it before, and it does work, bt she only has been on a 2 week course, and it isnt long enough to help. They wont give it to me for more than 2 weeks, due to the possile side effects. I have researched extensivly, talked to many many vets about it, and knwo that is the route I want to take.
It is also very expensive, and at this moment, I cant afford it.
I personally feel if I cannot afford, or cannot cure her, she would be put down. I dont want her miserable. My bf doesn;t agree. He thinks she isnt sick enough to be put down, and we will be able to fix her soon. Bu tthere is still no gaurentee. What she has is supposedly uncurable. He dont think she is suffering that much.
I just dont knwo what to do. Im also worrie dif I put her down, her sister would go into a depression or even die of heartbreak. They are very close.
I feel soo helpless, because Im just not sure what the right thing to do is. Even with all the money in the world, I still wouldnt know what to do, or woudl try so many things that may not work.
She has put on weight recently, which is odd, concidering she seems to not be eating, although maybe she is eating dry food when IM not watching. I dont know, cause they have dry food out all the time, but who knows if she is eating it or just her sister.
I tried lockign her in a room to see if she was eating or pooping, but it stresses her out to much to even try to eat. She just crys at the door. I cant feed them seperatly, sicne I cant seperate them, because they get to worried about where the other is.
I dont know what to do. She isnt dying....just sick. The onyl issue is the mouth sores. They are painful, and they bleed(not a lot, just like, ooze....)
There is nothign I can do for her. Im at such a loss, and I worry so much..and its getting to the point where I hate to be around her, becaue I feel so helpless, and I feel guilty for being helpless....so I want to ignore her cause ti hurts me to be helpless. But then I feel guilty for ignoring her.
Sorry this is soo long. I just wanted to rant. I wish someoen could just say to me, Oh...here is the problem, her eis what you do to fix it. I woudl do that in a heartbeat. But noone seems to knwo exactly what the right thing is to do, all they can do is speculate.


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