So, our cat is sick. And we don’t know what’s wrong.
I noticed last week that he wasn’t eating much, moving less. His back legs seem stiff, and he seems more bored than anything else. Not hurting, I hope, but clearly not OK.
This is the same cat that goes ape shit at least once a day, bouncing off the walls and generally making a nuisance of himself. The same cat that freaks out every night at bed time, biting our feet, tearing around the apartment, and generally making a nuisance of himself. The same stupid cat that greets me at the door when I come home, falling all over himself, making me trip, and generally making a nuisance of himself.
We adopted Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, First Viscount Nelson, First Duke of Bronté, KB (Kitty for short) in January, 2007, after returning home from our honeymoon in England. The folks at the shelter said he was about 3 1/2 years old then, a stray tom with a beautiful cream coat, big round eyes, and a crazy streak. They did, after all, name him Head Games.
So, he’s not particularly old. We feed him good food (though he often prefers human food, like crackers, lettuce, and corn on the cob). He’s not allowed outside. We got him toys and fancy kitty litter, and now we can add to that a big heaping plate of worry.
We took him to the vet on Friday, where a physical examination and a blood test showed nothing, except maybe something that might be pancreatitis, though at the levels in his blood, it’s unlikely or something. Got his urine sample today (not a pleasant ordeal, believe you me); we get the results in the morning. We got special wet food from the vet’s that he’s eating a good amount of. He doesn’t appear to be getting worse, but he still won’t eat his own food, and he’s not really getting better. The vet said if he doesn’t get better in a couple days, they’ll run some more diagnostic tests, ultrasounds or x-rays or something.
I guess the point of this OP, beyond showing y’all what a cute kitty we have, is to hear your stories, if you have them. Does this sound like something that happened to a cat you know? I guess I prefer to hear happy stories, but … yeah. It’s all very sad, and I miss him gnawing on my elbow in the middle of the night.
(This thread reminds me that I haven’t uploaded pictures of him in a long time. I have some awesome ones of him eating his veggies somewhere.)