Regarding your sweet siamese kitty.
Hi Kristi!
I'm so glad to hear that he is doing better! Smart move getting a second opinion! I'm writing to tell you that I have had a similar experience. One of my kitties, Bob, went through the same thing about 13 years ago. He was a youngster around that time, probably about 1 at most. I lived in St. Louis then, and we had horrible, humid summers. Generally, in those kinds of climates, one gets june bugs and other creepy crawly things of that nature. Regardless of the doors and windows, those things would get in. Turns out, Bob would find them and bring them to me in my bedroom. I would scream and carry on, but the fact was, he would have them in his mouth. Then he became very sick. He had the exact same symptoms your kitty did. He got to the point that he could not even lift his head. I spent 2 weeks shuttling him from the vet to the emergency room just so they could give him fluids while I was at work. The vet gave him X-rays, I took him to a cat specialist, he was fed with a tube, it was such a painful experience. The vet finally asked me if he had been in contact with any bugs. I never thought to mention that, simply because Bob is an indoor kitty. I told him that, yes, he fetched bugs! To make a long story short, apparently kitties CAN get some sort of virus from bugs....even if they simply pick them up in their mouths! No tests can detect it. It just happens, and can happen even if they are indoor kitties. We basically waited it out and cried alot. There is no vaccine. Just watch your
baby during the summer. Bob got well after two weeks and is now a fat, spoiled, puffy mess of 14 years. But, just remember, kitties LOVE to eat anything with wings....it's just not good for them! Best of luck to you and your baby. And I am so sorry about your recent loss. It's hard to lose a member of the family...your kitty was much loved I'm sure. :)
