URGENT Advice please

Waterloo Puree on gums is a great idea. I'll see if she'll let me do that. Thank you!

I’m so sorry Squiffy, I understand how worried you are. It’s good that your cat is drinking - important to keep up the fluids. I recall when our kitten ate a strip of Christmas tree foil, some years’ ago, it had wound itself around her intestines! Poor thing after the operation, she wouldn’t eat or drink. I would line her gums with purée food which she licked and I used a syringe with water! Bless her, she came through. I hope all will be well xxx

Sorry Jane10 on rereading, I realised yours is a 'he'!

Jane10 That's interesting. Sorry your cat has been through it though.

Was there any treatment?

How long was it until s/he recovered?

Our cat has had 2 episodes like that. No reason ever found except possibly very large fur balls. He recovered completely both times. I hope your does too. Its very frightening.

Apologies if I don't reply to one and all, but I'm on observation duty for a while now and then back to the Vet if no improvement.

Any further ideas would be much appreciated, even if I don't reply straight away. Thank you

AnnS1 Thanks! That was one of the first things I thought of, but all clear apparently.

Some sort of grass seed stuck in her throat? Poor cat

Thanks both of you.

Yes, done all the above.

Temperature normal, she's hydrated.

I think a toxin would probably cause a rise in temperature??

Toxin?

How distressing - it's awful when you don't know what's wrong with them isn't it! Could she have eaten something poisonous - a mouse maybe? Presumably the vet checked her throat when they did the op to make sure she didn't have anything stuck in it like a bone? You could try her with some tasty bits of tuna or even tuna water just to get something in her or try warming her normal food. I have no advice really - you've done the right thing taking her to the vet and hopefully with nothing found she will start to feel better. They do tend to want to be alone when they're ill - such independent creatures.

Hope she responds to the meds and soon starts to feel better.