Can Stress Make A Cat Become Sick? Latest Update: Ziggy Is Home 6-19-09

[rickysdad]

Did your cat also have a vaccine? Mine did just this past Monday and has been in and out of the vet since as he is not eating. He has had all he tests and they don't know why he doesn't want food. Have you heard of this reaction?

[krazyaboutkatz]

Did your cat also have a vaccine? Mine did just this past Monday and has been in and out of the vet since as he is not eating. He has had all he tests and they don't know why he doesn't want food. Have you heard of this reaction?

Hi, no she didn't have any vaccines. I don't do this any more and my vet has approved this because all of my cats are indoor only. I'm sorry to hear about your cat. I hope that your vet will find out what's causing this and that he'll start eating and get better soon. Ziggy is now in the hospital. I'll post more about it in the next post.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Ziggy wasn't doing well at home and was continuing to throw up and didn't want to eat anything. Even if she did want to eat she'd most likely be throwing it up. My vet e-mailed me back and said that she should probably be hospitalized. I went back today as an urgent care case and the vet said that she looked a bit dehydrated even though I gave her 100cc of fluids this morning. Her weight on Sun. was 14.1lbs, on Wed. 13.7lbs, and today 13.6lbs.

Since she's not doing well at home, I decided it would be best to hospitalize her. Hopefully she won't need to be there very long or else I'm going to be in even more debt than I already am. The first 24 hours is $800-1200 and then each additional day is $300-400. If my vet was doing the charging for this she'd most likely give me some kind of a discount but she's away right now. Please send some prayers and positive thoughts Ziggy's way. Thanks.

[kitten645]

Oh Ziggy Piggy..please get well. Your meowmie loves and cares for you so much. Positive thoughts and prayers going out to you. Last time I took the boys into the vet, they stressed and Calvin ended up having an allergic response to some shot and it was awful. I know Zigs didn't have any shots but it's pretty traumatic for an indoor cat to go to the V*E*T. I hope it all sorts itself out. Not badmouthing your vet, but perhaps she's too busy with her studies to be focused on her practice? You know your furkid so go with your gut.
xxxooo
Claudia

[Taz_Zoee]

Oh my gosh! I am so sorry to hear about Ziggy. I hope they can find out what is going on and fix her up so she can be home where she belongs.

I will keep you and Ziggy in my thoughts.

(And I personally think stress can make a cat sick. I honestly think that's what is wrong with Taz.)

[krazyaboutkatz]

Ziggy is finally home and she looks a little skinny and smells like pee but other than that she looks good. The vet tech said that she was so funny because she'd do the elevator butt when they pet her and she'd start rolling in her cage and rub her chin against her water bowl. I think that after a while she enjoyed all of the attention that she was getting so maybe she's starting to come out of her shell. I have a bag full of meds,food, syringes etc. for her and she has to be seen in 1 week for a recheck or sooner if she starts vomiting or won't eat. I made the appointment for next Fri. the 26th at 9:30am with the vet that was in charge of her today because my vet is booked up and this vet seems very nice and like a wonderful vet. I hope that everything will go well from now on.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Ziggy's appetite is back and she was ravenous this morning. She ate all of the dry Innova Evo that I gave her so I gave her a bit more. I don't want to over do it though and have her throwing up. She's so good when I give her the antibiotics and also when I give her a pepcid shot. She's not running around playing like she normally does but I'm sure that she'll be doing this in time.

[Killearn Kitties]

Fingers crossed that Ziggy's appetite is back to stay! This is a great update.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Fingers crossed that Ziggy's appetite is back to stay! This is a great update.

Thanks Karen. When I gave my cats their second morning feeding, Ziggy's appetite was very good again. She ate some of her Innova Evo dry food so then I gave her some of the canned A/D. She loved it and just ate until she was full. The only bad thing is that all of my other cats then stopped eating because they wanted this canned food too. I did give a little to my Sunny boy.

[krazyaboutkatz]

glad Ziggy is home...how is she doing now? and how are the other kitties doing?

Thanks for asking. She doing great and is eating well too. All of my cats are doing well. I decided to try some more fortiflora on Sky to hopefully clear up his mushy stools. I only started it yesterday and I'll continue this for at least 2 weeks or possibly longer. I hope it'll work on him like it did on Pearl.

[CultureJunky]

I'm so glad that Ziggy is feeling better, poor girl. Sending hugs and headbuts to you Miss Stardust