Pouncer's not eating

[jennielynn1970]

Poor Pouncer! What will you do IF they don't offer a payment plan?? How much would the surgery cost?? I hope it's affordable and that they can work out something to help you out.

I've always wondered about the health insurance for pets, but it's so expensive, especially when you have many cats. do you think that maybe that imom.org would help for the payment??

[catnapper]

Poor Pouncer! What will you do IF they don't offer a payment plan?? How much would the surgery cost?? I hope it's affordable and that they can work out something to help you out.

My vet is AWESOME and knows me, so I'm pretty confident they'll offer some sort of plan. If not, the rescue will help out and I can repay them.... its my last resort since I don't want to take up their resources but they also have told me they'd help if ever I can't afford vet care.

Funny thing..... in 2 or 3 weeks I'll get a $1,000 check for work I'm currently doing on the side (yup, working 2 jobs just isn't enough to keep me busy, I also am continuing my own business --- am I nuts or what?!?!) I was planning on putting that towards other bills but if Pouncer needs it, its all his.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Kim, I'm so sorry to hear that Pouncer is sick. What kind of food are you feeding him? He may need a special urinary tract diet to help prevent UTI's. My Storm had the PU surgery and one of the side affects of this surgery is that he may have UTI's because he now has a larger opening. Since the surgery he's had 2 UTI's. One was because he was very stressed out from Cirrus but he just had another one this Jan. and didn't even show any symptoms. He went in for his annual exam and had lost 2 lbs so he had a senior profile done and he had a UTI.

I sure hope that whatever Pouncer has that it can be easily treated and can be prevented from happening again in the future. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent his way.

[columbine]

Smudge had exactly the same symptoms, but it wasn't an infection, it was struvite (magnesium) crystals. His food was switched to Hill's Feline C/D (comes in canned and dry). It was touch and go for a while, as that in turn made him constipated, and the petroleum-based treats I was giving him to ease the constipation cause a different kind of urinary blockage (mucus plugs). I hadn't put two and two together, and the vet was stumped. But Smudge just let me know he wasn't going to eat the petroleum stuff any more, so I tried psyllium instead (mixed into his canned food, and Cat Lube treats crumbled over his kibble) and we finally got a happy ending!

The most important thing is to get an accurate urinalysis diagnosis. Cats can have more than one kind of crystals, and a food that can make one kind go away can make the other kind worse! Precise diagnosis based on a fresh urine sample is of the utmost importance.

Love, Columbine

[Scooter's Mom]

Saying prayers for Pouncer! Hope the vet goes well tomorrow.

[orangemm]

Poor lil guy. He (and you, too) sounds miserable. I'm praying that the vet will perform the miracle cure and that he will be his old self again.

[catnapper]

We have a 10:40 appointment this morning. Any guesses as to where the little guy has gotten to? He spent all night with us in bed til about an hour ago and now he's vanished. Where can a sick little boy be hiding? I have 45 minutes to locate him and coax him into a carrier.

I am one nervous meowmie. I didn't sleep for anything last night because he's so sick. He wasn't even recognising my touch when I was petting him during the night. You kow how they usually rub into your hand when giving chin scritches and rubbing ears? He didn't even notice. No purrs at all during the night. I kept hoping I'd feel his tummy vibrate from purrs.....