Paws crossed for Max please !
Oh, I am just so worried about my big boy today and know you will all understand that my stomach is quite literally tied in a knot with worry. Last night he was a bit huffy and snappy with Tom and Candy. Nothing unusual there as he can be a very grumpy, highly strung and generally sensitive cat and have whole days where he’s in a strange mood. You know, will try to sit in the strangest and tiniest of spaces and generally stare wide-eyed into space. That’s just Max being Max. So this may explain the following…
We were woken at around 3am with him growling away for no apparent reason. My first thought was Tom was annoying him – he can’t be bothered with his silly little brother – but both Tom and Candy were sleeping in the other room. I got up, he didn’t seem to want cuddles or scritches, when he usually is a safe bet to purr away like a big noisy engine. I put out some fresh dinner to test his reaction to this and he munched away quite happily with no encouragement. He then settled down again until the morning when again was a bit moany-faced and not wanting a fuss, but wolfed down his breakfast – I hadn’t even got round to putting out fresh meat yet at this point.
I have seen him like this before, once when he must have been in a fight and suffered a bite to his leg – the pain must have caused him to react in this way. Another time was just under 3 years ago when he had a bladder blockage. He was really quite ill at the time and spent 6 days as a patient up at the vets before things had resolved for him to come home. Ever since then I have been so careful with his diet and what he is and isn’t allowed. I have also in the past seen him behave in this way, settle down to sleep and then be back to his old self. So of course, my mind is now racing that its got to be the second reason, and the pee-pee problem has recurred – I can’t tell who has done what during the night. max can go for HOURS without going anyway. He is mobile and walking normally, doesn’t seem tender in any spot particularly. I’m hoping maybe if he was feeling discomfort with this he wouldn’t be eating as normal?
Don’t know what to think really only that I pray the hours will soon pass and I can be home and see to my poor boy and take him to the vets. My dad is however going to check on him during the day and report to me – I’m watching the phone like mad willing it to ring.
I’ll report back once there is news of any kind but meantime due to complete absence of sleep and food (I think my throat has closed over!) I’m not a pretty sight, nor much use here today….. If anyone can spare a thought for my big handsome boy today, I’d be ever so grateful.
xx
