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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:15 PM Original message |
DU pet people: I need your help. My cat is very ill; my vet is clueless. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe it's neurological... |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Two vets at the same clinic said it could be. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-19-06 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hey, does this sound like toxoplasmosis? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Have they really examed her spine? |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 05:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Lorien! I knew you'd have a good tip. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Is she losing any weight, and does she have a swollen abdomen? |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No, she doesn't. It's not FIP. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So sorry. I hope something can be done. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That does sound similar. |
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japple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Could Zooey have eaten anything poison? Plants? Household |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Similar symptoms, |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Cat vet here: |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-02-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Actually, I have no idea how FIP was ruled out! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-02-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Hmmmm, either kitty is actually better (resolved), or the steroids |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-04-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Wish me luck! |
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Tammie (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-04-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Good Luck!!! |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. My then 10 year old cat once had ataxia for six weeks. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-25-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah, I've documented this whole ordeal. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Addison's is an adrenal disease |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well, I'm going to ask the new vet on Saturday. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Addison's should be easy to see on routine lab work. |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. I noticed you were in Chicago.... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. There's no vet school in Chicago that I know of. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-05-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. Second vet is much more competent, but less hopeful. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-05-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Last portrait, maybe: |
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Tammie (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-05-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Zooey's a beautiful girl |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-05-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Thanks for the thoughts. She's getting worse. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Zooey has died. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. So sorry! RIP, Zooey. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Thanks. |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Hugs, |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks. |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I have been following for 2 weeks |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 03:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thanks. |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
34. I am so sorry to hear of your loss. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 03:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Thank you. |
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