Charlie, my cat, is very ill. It is agony watching him. I am going back to the vet for the 5th time in about 3 weeks. He is on antibiotics but they are not working. In fact he has got worse over the time I have been giving them to him (5 days).
He has a temperature. He has a swollen eyelid (right eye). He won’t eat or can’t eat. He tries to eat and stops. He can smell the food. It is as if something is preventing him. Sore throat? Blockage? I don’t know. He can’t eat the best food I can give him. He has stopped talking to me.
He has an acute bacterial infection that antibiotics don’t seem to fix. He also a viral infection as diagnosed by the vet.
He has lost quite a lot of weight. There is something going on beyond cat flu it seems to me but I don’t know. It might simply be a very bad case of herpes or calicivirus but I have a feeling it is more than that.
Anyway I had to get it off my chest. It is impossible for me to see him this ill and in discomfort. He can’t settle down. He constantly adjusts his position when resting. He constantly tries to remove something from his mouth with his tongue.
He has had two session of dental surgery so his teeth (what is left of them) should be OK. Fungal infection? No idea if this is the case. There could be something in the air around here which is causing an allergic reaction but he has no itchiness – nothing. I moved home and there is a lot of foliage around here. I am clutching at straws.
I’ll leave it there for the time being. I feel helpless.
Love coming from your PoC family all over the world for Charlie and for you too xx
Aww that lovely hearing that. 🙂 Still not good he’s not that well. You know we will Survive a Few Days without you. Just take care of yourself and Charlie.
Thanks Ruth. I am seeing a very good and nice vet on Monday so I’ll ask her. Charlie is stable but not good. I pray he gets better. He was very loving last night. He wanted cuddles and I gave them. I gave him all my love.
Michael if you don’t get any satisfaction on Monday, ask about a cat specialist, there surely must be some in London.
Thanks Larry. I admit it is very stressful. Hard to work on the site. He is still ill and not getting better but stable. Somewhat lost as to what to do. Seeing the vets again on Monday for 7th time. The update is here:
https://pictures-of-cats.org/charlies-illness-an-update.html
Hope are OK.