Ash is off to the whitecoats, wish him well please...UPDATE

[cassiesmom]

Wishing you well, Ash

[krazyaboutkatz]

Poor Ash. I'm sorry to hear that he's not feeling well and it may very be his teeth. My Storm was also refusing to eat his wet food and he only wanted to eat his dry food. When I took Storm in his teeth were in bad shape and he also had severe gingivitis. The vet said that sometimes when cats eat wet food that this will cause them more pain than when they eat dry food. After Storm's dental cleaning and having 2 small teeth pulled, he's doing great and is now back to his old self again. I hope that it's nothing serious and that a dental cleaning will help Ash feel good again. I'll keep him in my thoughts and prayers. Please take care.

[Medusa]

Prayers going up for Ash (and you, too, Carole) that all goes well at the vet's.....

[catmandu]

POOR LITTLE ASH, MISSING THE FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC, BUT THE PET ANGELS VISITOR SQUAD WILL BE WITH ASH, SO HE DOESNT MISS A THING, AND HAS LOTS OF COMPANY AS WELL.
WE ARE PRAYING THAT ASH WILL BACK TO HIS OLD HAPPY SELF VERY ,VERY SOON.

[Catty1]

Prayers for Ash...I hope it is as simple as owie teeth and you will be feeling MUCH better soon!

Hugs to you and your purrents - get well, pretty boy!

[Laura's Babies]

Hope he feels better and becomes himself soon.

[carole]

Thanks everyone, that was very interesting what you wrote about storm and his teeth, i never knew that the wet food could cause more pain, yes i am afraid he is overdue for this dental, and i am hoping that all will go well and that once that is done he will improve a great deal,if need be we will book him in next week, if it is causing him too much pain, i will take the vets advice on that, just want my old boy well again, he is not eating very much, but enough to keep him going, he enjoyed some nice red meat this morning, i am basically feeding him what he will eat, just so he will eat, and some cat biscuits at lunchtime,and i have given him a few more syringes of water, he also drank from the bowl, so hopefully he won't get de-hydrated, fingers and paws crossed, gosh i get so nervous taking my furbaby to the vet, i will have to let hubby stay with him when they do the blood test, and to think i have had two children and been there through all their ups and downs, lol, still it is harder on furbabies, i guess it is like when your children are babies and you can't tell them or explain what is happening to them.

[Emeraldgreen]

Prayers going out for Ash! I hope that the vet can find out what is going on. Hopefully nothing serious.
I know you mentioned that the syringe you use to give him water is small but I've also found that if I squirt too quickly I've caused my cats to cough for day or two. Maybe it's this? Hard to say so it's good that your taking him for a full check up and bloodwork.
Maybe the vet will allow you to administer sub-q fluids to Ash at home each week. That way you can get a 100mls in him in about 5-10 minutes.
Hope all goes well with the whitecoats!!!