Cat vomiting yellow - not behaving as usual
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Hi all,
Hoping I can get some general advice from the wise people on this forum regarding an issue with my cat. She's about 4 years old, has never shown these symptoms before (in fact, is very healthy and a decent weight). But returning home this weekend, she didn't appear when called, and we found her lying down very melancholic and sluggish on my bed. Her food, given the day before, was uneaten, and we found some vomit on the floor.
I gave her some attention and got a few weak meows back and some quiet purring. She then threw up again, this was purely yellow liquid (bile?) and no food or hair was in the vom. She'd also got some wee down one leg, again usually she is extremely clean and wouldn't make this mess.
The next morning I found her in down behind the sofa, sitting in the corner in the dark looking miserable. This is very unusual, she will always sleep in a comfy place on the furniature - not last night though.
Not sure what to do. I've let her outside and she walked very, very slowly and perhaps painfully out the front door, normally she is trotting along and meowing.
I'll go out and look for her later today and probably book into a vets (got no pet insurance, dammit), but in the meantime, can anyone relate or explain possible issues here. Maybe I am overreacting but don't want to do nothing, she does seem very lethargic and low energy.
TIA!
Hoping I can get some general advice from the wise people on this forum regarding an issue with my cat. She's about 4 years old, has never shown these symptoms before (in fact, is very healthy and a decent weight). But returning home this weekend, she didn't appear when called, and we found her lying down very melancholic and sluggish on my bed. Her food, given the day before, was uneaten, and we found some vomit on the floor.
I gave her some attention and got a few weak meows back and some quiet purring. She then threw up again, this was purely yellow liquid (bile?) and no food or hair was in the vom. She'd also got some wee down one leg, again usually she is extremely clean and wouldn't make this mess.
The next morning I found her in down behind the sofa, sitting in the corner in the dark looking miserable. This is very unusual, she will always sleep in a comfy place on the furniature - not last night though.
Not sure what to do. I've let her outside and she walked very, very slowly and perhaps painfully out the front door, normally she is trotting along and meowing.
I'll go out and look for her later today and probably book into a vets (got no pet insurance, dammit), but in the meantime, can anyone relate or explain possible issues here. Maybe I am overreacting but don't want to do nothing, she does seem very lethargic and low energy.
TIA!
Vet ASAP.
Could be anything, my own mog suffered this six months ago, yellow bile, started losing weight and muscle mass in the hind quarters rapidly. Never got to the bottom of it, but after blood tests cat was given steroids, a vit .B12 shot and recovered in 24 hours.
Same thing three months later, vet repeated steriod and B12, plus wormer. Cat bouncing around again a day later. Also had a wormer, and she's been fine for the last two months. She's 14 though, seventy-something in human years.
Could be anything, my own mog suffered this six months ago, yellow bile, started losing weight and muscle mass in the hind quarters rapidly. Never got to the bottom of it, but after blood tests cat was given steroids, a vit .B12 shot and recovered in 24 hours.
Same thing three months later, vet repeated steriod and B12, plus wormer. Cat bouncing around again a day later. Also had a wormer, and she's been fine for the last two months. She's 14 though, seventy-something in human years.
Thanks you lot, she is booked in this afternoon for inspection... I think that's better than trying to make random internet diagnoses whilst she deteriorates!
Wonder what a first visit to the local MediVet will likely cost, if antibiotics and/or steroids are given to her... Anyone have firsthand experience?
Cheers
Tom
Wonder what a first visit to the local MediVet will likely cost, if antibiotics and/or steroids are given to her... Anyone have firsthand experience?
Cheers
Tom
Wow. Just got told she's dehydrated and high temperature, and a 2 day spell in cat hospital would be 890 quid or blood test today plus course of medication is 290 which I went for. I realise they have to cover the consultation time which accounts, sort of, for the 90. But 200 quid for some bloods and pills? Is this normal?!?
eybic said:
Unfortunately yes, it seems that a lot of veterinary services are a license to print money.
Seems that way.On the plus side, had a very confident and experienced lady check over the cat, but not so good.
Tempterature high, very dehydrated.
Got some anti-flea pills to kill those that have been drinking her blood, but low blood iron. Probably not much blood itself in her.
She's surrounded by boiled chicken, rice, her salmon pouch and a few dreamies too. She had a sniff and settled back without eating anything at all.
NorthernSky said:
Wow. Just got told she's dehydrated and high temperature, and a 2 day spell in cat hospital would be 890 quid or blood test today plus course of medication is 290 which I went for. I realise they have to cover the consultation time which accounts, sort of, for the 90. But 200 quid for some bloods and pills? Is this normal?!?
Blood tests and two injections for my mog were about £120. Further visit and two shots, plus a worm pill, £56. Rural vet, though, also possibly different illness. Worth every penny when they recover and wake you up at five am with a paw in your mouth.
Hope all goes well for puss.
That does sound like a lot of money.
I was at the vets last night and this morning with Ferris....He'd caught some type of infection which really knocked him for six so i rushed him up after work. Temp of 40. A thorough look over plus a quick jab with Anti inflamatory and antibiotics came to under £40. Went again first thing this morning for a check up and his temp had gone down to 38 deg. He seems to be on the mend. Less than £70 for two visits plus meds which i thought was incredibly cheap especially as the first visit was after 6pm.
I was at the vets last night and this morning with Ferris....He'd caught some type of infection which really knocked him for six so i rushed him up after work. Temp of 40. A thorough look over plus a quick jab with Anti inflamatory and antibiotics came to under £40. Went again first thing this morning for a check up and his temp had gone down to 38 deg. He seems to be on the mend. Less than £70 for two visits plus meds which i thought was incredibly cheap especially as the first visit was after 6pm.
Sadly your cat sounds really quite sick.
The prices do seem high but I don't know where you are based.
Have you had bloods done to check liver kidneys and to check for pancreatitis?
The fluids will be vital.
Do you have another vets. You are entitled to seek another opinion from other vets and get other quotes but she does need help ASAP.
The prices do seem high but I don't know where you are based.
Have you had bloods done to check liver kidneys and to check for pancreatitis?
The fluids will be vital.
Do you have another vets. You are entitled to seek another opinion from other vets and get other quotes but she does need help ASAP.
bexVN said:
Sadly your cat sounds really quite sick.
The prices do seem high but I don't know where you are based.
Have you had bloods done to check liver kidneys and to check for pancreatitis?
The fluids will be vital.
Do you have another vets. You are entitled to seek another opinion from other vets and get other quotes but she does need help ASAP.
Hallo BexVN.The prices do seem high but I don't know where you are based.
Have you had bloods done to check liver kidneys and to check for pancreatitis?
The fluids will be vital.
Do you have another vets. You are entitled to seek another opinion from other vets and get other quotes but she does need help ASAP.
I'm in Reading - this was a MediVet. I will likely do what you suggest and seek the 2nd opinion. Since I took her in, she's had a blood test which revealed the low iron count, fleas on her (we gave her a pill that killed these inside 1 hour) and the vet there did look at these results and suggest a similar conclusion regards possible pancreatitis.
She's eaten about 10 dreamies last night, but she really struggled to chew and swallow them, it seemed. I do wonder if her reluctance to eat could be a throat or stomach problem, like an ulcer.
Do you know, or have you performed, an operation where a video tube is put down the cat's throat to check the stomach? Is that kind of thing possible to do in a standard vet clinic?
Cheers.
T
Ohh, I should add that when we brought the cat home after this vet check-up and bloods, she did lap up quite a lot of water, which I suppose is good. She'd been injected in the loose skin of her neck with some fluids whilst at the vet.
What's involved with diagnosing and if possible treating something like pancreatitis, assuming the cat continues to drink water and nibble on at least a little bit of food?
What's involved with diagnosing and if possible treating something like pancreatitis, assuming the cat continues to drink water and nibble on at least a little bit of food?
Try these guys: https://www.easipetcare.com/reading/
I'm sure people will look down their nose at them but they are considerably cheaper than pretty much any other vet.
I'm sure people will look down their nose at them but they are considerably cheaper than pretty much any other vet.
ours had this, then i noticed she couldn't judge her jumping correctly and was walking oddly with her backlegs..
took her to the vet who took her in that night. turned out she was a few hours away from complete kidney failure :'(
Dick white referrals carried out a bypass procedure, along with flushing, scans along with 3 weeks away from home recovering etc and, 12 months on i'm pleased to say she's back to her usual self.
Two pics which capture the whole situation for me..
1 - the night we took her to the vets, on their bench. I don't mind admitting it took all of my self control not to blubber uncontrollably on that evening, and for a long while after i couldn't look at this picture.
2 - when we finally got her home we had to keep her away from our other cat, and prevent her moving around too much while the bypass tube 'set' and her wounds healed.. not easy, spent many an evening in the spare room with the door closed to let her out of the cage and just keep her company. (cage was a large dog type so she could at least have 'some' movement.
I'm glad to hear it wasn't this - but wanted to share just in case anyone else sees similar symptoms
Edit to add - insurance paid for the first £1800 i think - the rest was us.. we call it the 8000 dollar cat now.
took her to the vet who took her in that night. turned out she was a few hours away from complete kidney failure :'(
Dick white referrals carried out a bypass procedure, along with flushing, scans along with 3 weeks away from home recovering etc and, 12 months on i'm pleased to say she's back to her usual self.
Two pics which capture the whole situation for me..
1 - the night we took her to the vets, on their bench. I don't mind admitting it took all of my self control not to blubber uncontrollably on that evening, and for a long while after i couldn't look at this picture.
2 - when we finally got her home we had to keep her away from our other cat, and prevent her moving around too much while the bypass tube 'set' and her wounds healed.. not easy, spent many an evening in the spare room with the door closed to let her out of the cage and just keep her company. (cage was a large dog type so she could at least have 'some' movement.
I'm glad to hear it wasn't this - but wanted to share just in case anyone else sees similar symptoms
Edit to add - insurance paid for the first £1800 i think - the rest was us.. we call it the 8000 dollar cat now.
Edited by PixelpeepS3 on Wednesday 5th December 12:43
eybic said:
Try these guys: https://www.easipetcare.com/reading/
I'm sure people will look down their nose at them but they are considerably cheaper than pretty much any other vet.
Thanks, I'll check them out - can stretch to some more check ups but any more 290 quid bills and I (and Sadie) are in real trouble!I'm sure people will look down their nose at them but they are considerably cheaper than pretty much any other vet.
Focus now is on Pancreatitis, and am hoping that cat can recover some strength before any fatty tissue buildup around her liver. Her not eating anything more than a few dreamies is v. worrying... She's not even taking any salmon!
NorthernSky said:
eybic said:
Try these guys: https://www.easipetcare.com/reading/
I'm sure people will look down their nose at them but they are considerably cheaper than pretty much any other vet.
Thanks, I'll check them out - can stretch to some more check ups but any more 290 quid bills and I (and Sadie) are in real trouble!I'm sure people will look down their nose at them but they are considerably cheaper than pretty much any other vet.
Focus now is on Pancreatitis, and am hoping that cat can recover some strength before any fatty tissue buildup around her liver. Her not eating anything more than a few dreamies is v. worrying... She's not even taking any salmon!
With cats they don't need an ultra low fat diet like dogs that have pancreatitis but they need a good quality easily digestible food so white fish is a good one to start. Unfortunately whilst she does need to eat and dreamies is better than starving they won't be helping.
Pancreatitis can be secondary to other problems as well so that needs to be kept in mind.
Getting her and keeping her drinking is vital if she is not going to go on a drip so add a drop of milk to her water to flavour it and hopefully she will be more keen to drink it.
What meds is she on, did the vets decide pancreatitis was the most likely reason?
I know they mentioned anaemia re fleas, but how flea ridden is she? For an adult cat to show signs of anaemia from fleas will usually need to be well covered in them or already feeling under the weather from something else and the fleas become a secondary issue.
Re an endoscope procedure, if a vets has one they can usually do a reasonable amount with them but they are expensive pieces of equipment than end up not being used that often so not all vets will have them.
For a cat to be scoped is unusual and as a result is usually going to be via a referral vets. Dogs have it more jut because they tend to eat things they shouldn't and are more prone to eg ulcers etc. Of course cats could possibly get ulcers but it is unusual so I don't know whether that would be a sensible route or not, you would need to ask your vet.
I hope she feels better very soon.
Edited by bexVN on Wednesday 5th December 16:17
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