sickly kitty
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anotheranonKisia's been vomiting since about 4:30. At first we thought it was hairballs, but she continues to spit up even though it's just water now.
Called the emergency vets - he said that if she is otherwise ok (and she is - subdued and hiding under the bed, but ok) to take food and water away until 1:30 am and that this didn't sound like an emergency situation. So, we're keeping an eye on her and not bothering her too much.
Yes, I know, I'm being a paranoid cat lady - she probably ate some rancid tuna juice or some such and is just purging, but it bothers me. I mean, they don't go outside, so it's not like she can catch anything from another cat, so I have to wonder what it might be in the house that made her sick.
Whatever it was, Spice is fine, at the very least.
If anyone has seen this sort of thing before with their cats, I'd be much appreciative of advice/suggestions/support!
Called the emergency vets - he said that if she is otherwise ok (and she is - subdued and hiding under the bed, but ok) to take food and water away until 1:30 am and that this didn't sound like an emergency situation. So, we're keeping an eye on her and not bothering her too much.
Yes, I know, I'm being a paranoid cat lady - she probably ate some rancid tuna juice or some such and is just purging, but it bothers me. I mean, they don't go outside, so it's not like she can catch anything from another cat, so I have to wonder what it might be in the house that made her sick.
Whatever it was, Spice is fine, at the very least.
If anyone has seen this sort of thing before with their cats, I'd be much appreciative of advice/suggestions/support!
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things that make cats go *ack*
Date: 2003-07-19 08:16 pm (UTC)Re: houseplants - we don't have any, given that I have such a brown thumb :P I've been trying to grow some wheat grass for them for the past few weeks, to no avail - normally the local Petco has live plants, but not lately (will be checking them again tomorrow).
Re: bowel movement - we don't think she's been to the litter at all; her x ray revealed that she probably does need to "go". The vet gave her some petroleum based furball medicine, so we're just waiting..
At the very least, she was very aggressive at the vets - not pleasant for any of us but all of her growling at least means she's not so ill that she won't fight :/