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Young cat suffering diarrhoea
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I have this young cat that as I said in a previous post on cats I got from some kids in a rough area in a plastic fertilizer bag some weeks back and she was wild, went missing in my mom's house for a couple of days before i could catch her but she is calm now and a good little cat, very affectionate and very easy to train to use the litter box and where she is and isn't allowed to go in my house and my mom's house ( I am living next door to my mother at the min)
My boyfriend is very attached to her (going as far to say in a creepy child replacement way. He bought her a cute rhinestone collar and all the cat accessories and spends hours stroking her and even refers to me as mommy when talking to the cat he also named her the female version of his name. So im terrified that there is something sereously wrong with her we both love her so much.
She got a bit quieter and crankyer the past week but i put it down to just a mood swing. Today she started suffering uncontrollable diarrhoea she messed her bed, and a piece of cloth i had for recovering the sofa so I washed her bum with a damp sponge and dried it with he hair dryer and put her in her carry cage with plenty of access to water and a little bit of food and an old towel folded up. The situation has not improved and she hasn't made a sound all day. She just wants to sleep and she spits and hisses when i try to handle her.
I cant contact the vet because its Saturday and the only out of hours vet is a cattle and horse vet who would likely just tell me that if she gets too sick to shoot her/hit her with a shovel (I know the man well) so I need advice as to what to do with her until Monday
My boyfriend is very attached to her (going as far to say in a creepy child replacement way. He bought her a cute rhinestone collar and all the cat accessories and spends hours stroking her and even refers to me as mommy when talking to the cat he also named her the female version of his name. So im terrified that there is something sereously wrong with her we both love her so much.
She got a bit quieter and crankyer the past week but i put it down to just a mood swing. Today she started suffering uncontrollable diarrhoea she messed her bed, and a piece of cloth i had for recovering the sofa so I washed her bum with a damp sponge and dried it with he hair dryer and put her in her carry cage with plenty of access to water and a little bit of food and an old towel folded up. The situation has not improved and she hasn't made a sound all day. She just wants to sleep and she spits and hisses when i try to handle her.
I cant contact the vet because its Saturday and the only out of hours vet is a cattle and horse vet who would likely just tell me that if she gets too sick to shoot her/hit her with a shovel (I know the man well) so I need advice as to what to do with her until Monday
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Sometimes cats will respond this way when something in their routine gets disrupted (though usually by spraying rather than diarrehea), so if you've recently changed up her food or anything, maybe try giving her the old stuff.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
Also shes about 4 months old
shes eating a little but not much mostly shes drinking milk and water. she hasn't moved at all today and her breathing is heavy. I rang the cattle and horse vet and he just told me to wait it out until Monday, I am trying to contact a friend of my boyfriend whose girlfriend is a vet but he isn't answering hes probably off fishing today. She is weak and her eyes look glazed and around her eyes are pale.
It's not exactly great for anyone really. Good marketing though.
Most cats that will drink milk do so because they've acquired a taste for it because sometimes it's all they can get. They're not supposed to have it.
What sort of food are you giving her? Make sure it's wet/canned so that she's not going to become dehydrated from all the diarrhea. And take her to the vet.
I have no idea. Wet food usually comes in a can. It's wet. It's cat food.
Definitely stop with the milk. All cats are lactose intolerant in different levels.
As long as she's drinking and eating anything, you're still good but it certainly sounds like she was poisoned by something she ate. Keep her comfortable and warm and have water available at all times.
This is country-specific advice. In the USA, outdoor cats face many dangers, of wild animals and disease. Most US vets advise keeping cats indoors.
In many parts of Europe, it is perfectly normal and safe to keep a cat outdoors. The OP has an Irish flag as his/her avatar so I'll assume he/she from Europe.
People from the USA should be aware that some cat advice that is valid for their country is considered wildly over-cautious in many others. Where I come from (rural UK) a person would be negatively judged for keeping their cat indoors unless they were concerned about the risk from traffic. It would be seen in a similar fashion to never taking a dog on a walk.
Of course, a sick cat should be kept indoors until it has recovered.
Hope the kitty has recovered, republic of me!
It may be the wet food. Dietary changes can drastically affect cats (far moreso than humans). If you recently started giving her the wet food, that may be contributing to the problem.
How did it go at the vet?
She stopped being sick late Sunday night before i took her to the vet Monday morning
And yes, I am from Ireland (a rural farming community) and most people think im a crazy cat lady for letting her sleep indoors, although i have had a lot of animals in my house so im used to being called crazy.... Including but not limited to, a prematurely born foal and the odd sick calf and kid goat over the years. also an orphaned baby wild rabbit once and an injured pheasant. I also used to leave food out and an unoccupied kennel for a 3 legged fox that used to come in at night (i think last years hunt finally got him)