My cat has not been eating properly for ages. We went to the vet last October/November when one side of his jaw looked more swollen than the other. We got antibiotics and they seemed to clear him up.
He was in a cattery over Christmas and was never fully his old self again. He was a bit out of sorts, but chugging along. Then he started to hardly eat. Back to vet and steroid with antibiotics. He perked up a lot and we did some blood tests for thyroid. This was fine.
Then he absolutely hit the floor, really refusing practically all food. He just took a couple of mouthfuls a day. Back to the vet and under sedation. He had a cancerous lesion at the back of his mouth eating into his flesh. He can perk up again for a while with more steroids and antibiotics - until these don't perk him up any longer. This may only be one or two months at the most.
There is nothing to be done for him.
I want him to have a chance to have a little more time, pain free. I don't want to wait to pts until he is in actual pain, so don't want to let it go on too long.
Has anybody else been in this situation and how did you resolve the fine timing between the drugs working and relapsing into pain?
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my cat has cancer in the mouth, when to pts?
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Birdsighland · 24/02/2014 13:07
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