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
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.
