I'm really worried about my cat's sudden illness

[scroobiuspirate]

Don't know if anyone can help, or if anyone can put my mind at rest?

I took her to the vets yesterday morning, and theupshot of that is that she is now on antibiotics, and she also had a pain relieving jab/plus and antibiotic jab.

The vets doesn't know what's wrong tho. I told the vet that when i had picked her up she cried out, that she seemed to have pain when beinding to eat her food yesterday morning. On examination the vet found noproblems with her respiratory nor any obvious bites, or sites of pain. It's really odd.
I am taking her back tomorrow.

It started on thursday, she just seemed not right. She slept and slept. She did eat a bit. She's wide eyed, scared, slow and like she's totally spaced out.

Normally she's joyful, slinky and vocal, she is a lovely 1 yr old tortie.

I had to give her a tablet earlier, and now she is absolutely terrified, and won't come anywhere near me. I know it's sort of understandable, but i've givenher worming tablets inthe past and she's not acted like this.

it's almost like she has had some sort of trauma, and I am really upset for her.

scroob - where do u live? ie county wise?

Scroob I'm so very sorry. You have done nothing wrong. Hope you and DD are OK.

I'm so sorry to hear the news Scoobius.

There is a reasonable chance that she had this when you first got her and actually vaccinating her in that circumstance would not have made any difference to the outcome. Cats get the virus from their mother, or from fighting/being bitten by an infected cat. Unless she has been picked upon by a local cat that also happens to be carrying the virus this means more likely from her mother. Thankfully we see a lot less of this virus since vaccinations began, which means there are less owned cats spreading it about. The higher risk cats are strays that have not been vaccinated - so rescue centres will have a higher than average number of carriers come through. Unfortunately unless they test every cat they will not know that though.

I'm sorry to hear no-one ever told you about vaccinating for this disease, but if as you say you have a 4year old cat at home, I would advise you to firstly get her tested, and then to vaccinate her if this is negative. Please try not to worry about her, there is only a small risk to her from the other cat and I have seen plenty of households where one cat has been positive but the rest remained free of the disease.

i can't stop crying.

I miss her so much. She yowled at us form the pen at the cat rescue place, 'take ,e home'

I had another cat that did this 10 yrs back, and he got killed on the road. He too was an angel, and his death cuased severe depression in me, and my husband too, at the time. He was like our babay. Then another cat, one we gave a home too, in the very week that cat died, becuase she had no home, well she died on the road too.

then i had to have an abortion, after my bad pg with dd, then dh left, now this.

i can't cope. That cat lovedme more than anything. She wantedme too holdher paws, just like you hold a person's hand. She would squeezed with her claws, so gently, to almost show me she was there for me. In the evenings she was such a comfort to me.

oh god. sorry. I an angry, she did have abite on her lip last week, a very small one, or it may have been a scratch.

but no fever, no sickness.

I told the vets to send her to the pet crem, but i don't know when she's going there. i need to tell them what i want. i don't know. I have two other caskets here in my home with the other's in anyway. it's ridiculous.

i live in devon, the vet said this leukemia is quite prevelant in my little town. i had no idea.

dd seems ok. my sister is here. but dd is used to upset, so no doubt it will come out.

I feel like atit, i rang the school blubbering, and spoke to the head, to say dd was distraught. she's downstairs laughing and it's almost like she accepts it more than me.

rip Pixie.
xxxx

Oh scrooby am so very very sorry. It is heartbreaking losing a much-loved pet and at the moment no-one can take that pain away, only offer support. please come on here to cry as much as you need to.

In her short life it sounds as if Pixie had a wonderful home and two wonderful owners. As others have said I'm certain she's grinning down from the great big cattery in the sky and purring in your direction. Fate is very cruel sometimes.

Big hugs xx

why is dd laughing ang joking, am i in for a huge meltdown?

i feel sick, really sick. banging head.

oh scroob

Scoobius I'm so sorry to see this. She had a very loving home and you did everything you could for her.

Have your other cat tested and once you've greived for her there will be another stray who needs the love you can give them.

As for your child, they perhaps don't really understand death yet.

it's not fair and such a shock. am i in shock. i am shaking and cold.

Life is not fair. Don't know if it's shock in a medical sense but if your sister is there a warm bath might help you relax a little.

just feel so so sick.

scroob i am so sorry to hear about Pixie .

perhaps DD doesnt realise she will never see her again - it is often hard for our LOs to understand it all.

please remember that you gave her a loving home and she could not have had a better family to live with.

i know how difficult it is losing a cat and life is so cruel.

i think dd does understand, she just wants her back.

I feel helpless today. I should have known about the jab.

But as beautiful girls said, maybe she had it form a kitten. We didn't get her till she was 4 months. I looked thru her adoption stuff and thee is nothing onthere about leukemia jabs, on the advisory thing. So fucking .

I look like shit. Going downstairs and not having Pixie there was shit. I don't know what to do with her body/ashes.

you could bury the ashes in your garden or scatter them in a park. Sometimes it is better, though, just to let them go and treasure your memories.

Oh scroobius, I am so very sorry for you and your daughter.

Try not to feel bad about the leukemia vaccination - it's not recommended as standard by vets in my experience, and my two cats were not vaccinated against it, although they always had the standard ones, like your Pixie.

My lovely cat had to be put to sleep last week aged 19 and I miss her terribly. (We had had her since being a kitten, along with her brother who lived until age 17.) I understand it probably feels even worse with a younger cat because it seems so wrong and unfair for them to die. I am mentioning this only so that I can tell you that my DS, aged 6, has not had such an obviously upset reaction as me and my DD aged 11 - he seems more matter-of-fact about it, though he asked lots of questions. I think at a younger age maybe the feelings are different - or at least they are expressed differently.

My thoughts are with you and your DD and I send you lots of hugs and love (hope this isn't ott).

You are grieving for a much loved cat and you need to cry and shout as much as you need.

Children are usually much more resilient than adults when a pet dies, just let her know she can talk about it if she needs too.

My cat is 15, I have had her since she was 5 weeks old, she has got me through some awful times and I am going to be a complete mess when she goes.

You did the best for your cat. Try and take comfort from that.

your posts are so welcome and you are helping me.

I am glad to see that it isn't standard. can take comfort in that.

Scroobius, I'm really sorry about Pixie
My cat has never had the leaukemia vaccine either, it sounds like it's just bad luck.
Please don't blame yourself, it really isn't your fault. Try to move on and remember the good times you had with her

its shit luck. trawling round the threads on here, and googling there's people who have had cats live till 20 and never had any jabs. Cats with the FELV virus who never get the full blown version. All sorts.

One woman even said thier vet said it wasn't really necessary.

i don't fucking understand.

oh, and the rehoming place i got her form, i rang them too. They said it was down to cost.

my vets yesterday said they ALWAYs tell people to get the test. Again i don't understand why one practice owud and the other one about 1/2 mile away never said it, in a town thats so fucking small, but HAS an outbreak.

Now i have to take my other cat to be tested. So thats fucking more money on top of all the money i have just spent that resulted in nothing anyway. that sounds shit but wtf.

i told the vet to keep Pixie in storage for a while till i decide what to do.

You're right, scroobius, it is just the luck of the draw. My sister had two lovely kittens and one got run over aged just 1 year old - such a waste of life, and he was so handsome and gorgeous. I feel very lucky that I had mine for 19 and 17 years.

Do you have a garden you could bury Pixie in - if you want to? My two are buried side by side with a lovely miniature tree on one grave and a space waiting for something on the other (only buried last week ). I hated the actual burying but I do like to go there and think about them in peace. Of course this might not be something that suits you though.

beautifulgirls if oyu see my last post would you comment, if only to giveme some peace, and i am very thankful that you and all the ladies here have psoted.

I haven't had to deal with a cat body b4, do not sure if it's the thing for me. I am not squemish, i was brought up on a farm. Yet think maybe the ashes will be best. I have two other cats whose ashes i have. The only problem with that is they are little wooden sealed boxes, and really you have to bury the whole thing.

One is from 1999 -Alfie, a dear dear 2 yr old lost the road when me and dd were first married. The second called Sky lost in 2003 in the same way. but in front of me.

I can have Pixie's ashes in a puch for scattering. dunno. Maybe a box then see hwo i feel about burying the 3 of them sometimes. It's weird tho when you don't own your home I feel i don't want to bury them, then leave them. i just don't know, and i don't know what to do with my anger either. You see non looked after cats live to ripe ages, i mean with owners who don't bother, then you get us with this amazing Tortie cat, who adores us, and is like a human, and she dies.

iyswim. imay have lost a few supporters there, i don'tknow i am just all over the place.

No one will stop supporting you.

I can feel your grief coming through the lap top.

Aaah, no, you won't get anyone annoyed, you are just expressing the unfairness there is in life! I know exactly what you mean.