Vos is Sick

[QueenScoopalot]

Vos is so beautiful. I've used Zithromax with quite good luck treating kitties with pneumonia. I had a very memorable litter some years back, seven kittens born to a nine year old cat I rescued from an irresponsible person. Naturally it was a weekend do pets have a secret thing they do? Wait it out till it's the weekend? but one of the kittens was having very labored breathing, and I knew it was pneumonia...been there, done that through years of rescueing. I luckily had Zithromax on hand to give the gasping kitten, and gave him a small amount of sub-q fluids as well. Supportive treatment got him enough over the hurdle that he was almost 100% by Sunday....enough to be bouncing off the walls with his littermates. What is your vet prescribing? Hope dear Vos makes a complete recovery.

[CalliesMom]

Poor Vos! I hope you feel better sweetheart. It's no fun not to feel well.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear about Vos. Prayers and positive thoughts are being sent your way for a speedy and full recovery. Vos sure is a gorgeous cat. Please take care.

[NKBurlington]

D took Vos to our vet and he said that no, he probably doesn't have pnemonia and no, he doesn't have cracked ribs.

He said the discolouration in his lungs is normal for a cat his age (5-6 years old) and the ribs are fine. It must have just been the angle of the X-ray. He checked his breathing and he didn't think it was laboured. I swear, if we took him to another Dr., we'd get another answer.

However, he is not eating and this is a very bad thing. He wants to eat. He goes to the bowl but he just sniffs it and walks away. We haven't changed his food. There must be SOME reason he's not eating. D is going to call the Dr. this morning to let him know what's going on (D said he'd take care of everything as far as Vos is concerned. I had a bit of a breakdown last night because I was so worried about him and D said he'd handle it).

Vos is up and about though. He's not just sitting on his chair in the basement. He's right here beside me actually.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Good news that he's up and about....but confusing news about the ribs and pneumonia.

It could be that he just had a slight upper respitory infection because it sounds like he was acting like Peanut was acting the other night, and I'm pretty sure that's what it was. She took her last antibiotic today and she's 100% back to normal, so hopefully that's all it is for Vos.

As for his not eating, if it is an URI, it could be that he can't smell as good as he should be able to. Cats have very sensitive noses and need to smell what they eat. It's possible he can't smell the dry food and that's why he isn't eating it. Try something nice and smelly like tuna (in water, not oil), or baby food (Tubby preferred beef with beef gravy, or I've heard Veal is another good choice). And the vet suggested to me that if just the tuna or baby food isn't smelly enough, try popping it in the microwave for a second. Heated food is more smelly than cold food - and let me tell you, tuna heated in the microwave stinks to high heaven! And it must have spattered because now everytime I turn on the microwave it smells like tuna.....and I used to like tuna!

Anyway, you do need to get him to eat. If he won't do it on his own, you need to force it down. If they don't eat for a few days it starts affecting their organs - like their liver - and then you're talking serious complications.

Good luck and please keep us updated.

{{{hugs}}}to you. I know it's easy to say don't worry, but it does sound like just a slight URI or something and the antibiotics should do the trick.