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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2009, 20:48:23 PM »
 :evillaugh: that's right  ;D if he feels poorly and his blood sugar is all over the place it will affect his moods and he will get the grumps  >:(
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2009, 20:35:59 PM »
:) Poor fella, hopefully he'll feel better on treatment, diabetus wlll affect his behaviour too so that should improve, good luck xx

So you mean that he may not always be a miserable, grumpy old so and so!  :briggin:
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2009, 20:34:13 PM »
 :) Poor fella, hopefully he'll feel better on treatment, diabetus wlll affect his behaviour too so that should improve, good luck xx
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2009, 20:24:31 PM »
Dabs once the diabetes is under control the weeing should also come back under control as they drink so much its got to come out the other end to

We had a diabetic feral he died last Christmas from an unrelated cause to his diabetes

Tiger was on 2 injections a day and once stabilsied was back to being indoor/outdoor and had a wonderful life again

It can be harder to home them but most CP's have a register for folks who have had a diabetic cat before - one thing to mention is will there be rescue backup for help with the costs as its not cheap about £30.00 a month for meds and needles
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2009, 20:23:18 PM »
If he is diabetic, that could explain the weeing problem, and I know cats with CRF are more prone to UTI's. If hte Urea is raised but the Creatnine is fine, that is more indicative of an infection, not necessarily renal failure. It will also be important to get him to lose the extra weight, obesity is one of the causes of diabetes. Diabetic cats can be harder to rehome due to the daily injections - good luck
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2009, 19:59:03 PM »
Bloods are back and it looks as if he is diabetic. Urea slightly raised, possibly the start of renal failure, but the blood glucose is quite high. Need to get him back next week for repeat bloods and then start him on insulin if still high. Hopefully if I can get this sorted we can solve the piddling problem, I have to follow him around mopping up before the OH sees it.

Problem is, is he is such a pain in the butt with other cats, I do not mind having long term fosters, but he is clogging upstairs which I keep free this time of the year for queens and the little ones.

Never had a diabetic cat before so a learning curve for me. I assume that they can be difficult to rehome?
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2009, 18:38:20 PM »
I thought pancreatitis too Des but when Dragan had this his poos were not grey.  They were very large and a pale beigy colour.  That is what led my vet to the final diagnosis and tests.  Hope you can get to the bottom of it.

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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2009, 17:34:35 PM »
Nope. no medication before hand, in fact nothing except Advocate since he has been with us. Poos semlly but not pasty/grey as I would expect.
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2009, 07:56:46 AM »
What an interesting one - it will be interesting to see what the bloods come back with - I wonder about pancreatitis, that can cause large, smelly poos, although they are normally a greyish colour. If the food helps, he could have a food intolerance, although that wouldnt explain the temp. Was he given any meds before his temp was taken?i remember giving a cat Metacam once and it caused his temp to drop quite a bit.
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2009, 07:38:25 AM »
very best of luck with this  :hug:
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2009, 07:18:29 AM »
Fingers crossed they can sort this out :hug:
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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2009, 00:53:06 AM »
I hope the tests reveal the cause and its easliy treated  :hug:

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Re: Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2009, 21:55:34 PM »
Hope the vet can get to the bottom of this eventually :hug:

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Even the vet is stumped!
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2009, 17:18:44 PM »
A 10 year old neutered male came in as a rehome abt 3 weeks ago. We were warned he sprayed and also at times of inappropriate unrination. We put this down to stress as he was in a house with 3 other cats he did not get on with and a lot of human conflict around him as well, due to various health issues on behalf of his owner.

He does stress easily, the most simple of things like taking up the hall carpet over the weekend sent him into a spraying frenzy.

He is a lively cat, glossy coat, bright eyes, inquisitve and likes to play. Like me he could do with losing a few pounds, but apart from that pretty healthy.

However he will eat and eat for England if I let him. He is on 3 sachets a day and at two of those meals he has a few biccies as well. He will then seek out and rip open usually with in an hour of a meal any food packets he can find and continue to gorge. He seems to be on the constant hunt for food.

His stools are  :sick: they stink to high heaven, not loose, no blood or mucus.

Drinking ok, not excessive.

Only vomited once while with us, undigested food some 5 hours after breakfast.

Urinating ok, only one time I mopped up some wee that turned the tissue red with blood, nothing since. But could not confirm that it was him though that had done the deed.

Vet takes his temp today and it is considerably subnormal, vet says never seen that before in a happy, bouncing around the table cat and he is stumped.

Cannot palpate the abdomen as the intestine is full of gas, hence the bloating that I was concerned about.

FeLV and FIV results today are neg.

So the vet has sent of full bloods to the lab and also extended the profile to cover digestive enzymes etc.

So as the vets is stumped especially with a below normal temp that is usually reserved for the cat in shock or dying, I was wondering if anyone else has ever come across this?

I am going to put the cat on I/D to see if that eases some of the bloating and helps the litter tray contents.
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