straight to the vet with this?

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Dcat had a wire put in his jaw a fortnight ago as he had a broken jaw. wire is to be removed 4 weeks from now. over the last couple of days he has seemed to be having trouble getting a hairball up which he never had trouble with before, then last night i noticed his breathing was quite loud (had been ok until last night) now this afternoon the breathing is still very loud and there is a whiny/wheezy sound coming when he breathes every breath. almost like very faint meow but definitely breathing. could thsi be releated to the wire/broken jaw? or something totally different? am thinking go straight to vet now?

yes and we really did all we could for him between myself and the vets. tehre was nothing more could be done. i'm very glad to say that my kitten is home safe and well afetr her operation. you have no idea how releievd i am about that. i told ds1 after school and he took it really well. i told him russ was hppy now and not hurting at all and that the vet was going to do something really special for us and get us a special box that we can keep russ in so he'll always be wherever we are. i told him we were really special because not many people can say they have their cat with them forever in a special box and that our other cats would be so jealous of russ having a box all to himself. ds seemed to find this really funny and he hasn't been upset about it. i think it helped that russ was 'my' cat as we each 'own' one of the cats and his is the middle one. if it had have been her i think he would have been more upset but thanlfully he seems ok. everyone has been so lovely. well almost everyone. one person, after i told her he had died said "after you wasting all that money on him?" (she mens teh money it cost having his jaw wired and his medication (not a waste at all) i didn;t respond to that. it jsut blew me away tbh that someone could be so insensitive. but everyone else has been so nice.

Hello IAm

So relieved your kitten is ok. Your heart must have been in your mouth waiting to pick him up.

Of course you did everything for russ. Everything. You should be proud of yourself for your care and love you gave him.

I think how you told your ds was just so lovely . Your ds sounds a lovely sensitive little soul.

I hope you are bearing up ok...thinking of you and lots of love

Oh love .

I only just saw this thread now and would have held your hand and had FABCat hold Russ's paw if we had known.

You did all you could for your cat, please take some comfort in that.

thank you. yes ds is a brave wee man. we went and chose some sweets and had mcdonalds for a treat. it sounds silly but i wanted to make this a positive experience for them if that's possible. we talked about having russ's photo on the box that his ashes will be in and ds even decorating his own box that the oak box could go inside. i dont want it to be a scource of sadness sitting on our mantel piece. i wnt the dcs to be able to talk about him and remember the great fun we had with him. i also told my old neighbour who russ had been visiting up until his injuries happened. her little boy really loved him so she was very upset when i told her. he will be missed by more than just this family.

I'm so sorry.x

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Oh I am so sorry. I was thinking about him today and hoping he would be fine. That is very very sad news. Our dog died a few weeks ago and I'm missing him very much, I know how hard it is to lose a furry friend. .

So sorry to hear about Russ. :(

you are all so lovely. it is mad to think that strangers across the country were thinking about my wee cat but so heartening. i've had a few messages from friends who are used to seeing him about town (he was a wanderer, no matter how much i tried to keep him in) saying how much they will miss seeing him and having a little pet of him now and again. he had his favourite spots and became a bit of a community cat. just a little cat and so many people going to miss him.

Really sorry to hear about Russ.

Sorry for your loss too, hellymelly .

Just seen this and I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes for russ.

So sorry Booy love.

thank you. and yes helly i am so wrapped up in myself i didn't even tel you that i ws sorry for your own loss. i am sorry, and thank you for sharing.

i had a bit of a panic last night. i realised that when i left him at the vet on thursday night, although i was very aware of how close to death he had been, it didn't actually occur to me that this may have been the last time he saw me (and it was ). i feel terrible. i was stroking him and comforting him but i didn't actually say goodbye. if i had realised that that was it i would have held on alot longer and said all my goodbyes. i would have made sure he knew i loved him and that he was the best cat ever. it's breaking my heart that he went without knowing any of that. he wnet all alone in a vet cage probably wondering why i wasn't there with him. how scared would he have been in there in pain? i wish i could have been smart enough to realise that was it when i was leaving him. why didn't i realise? i hate that i didn't get to say goodbye.

He knew you loved him the rest of the time though. Don't focus on that occassion. Hard I know.

He knew..

Of course he knew....

i hope he did. i hate the thought of him thinking i'd just abandoned him there to be in pain. i dont know how cats 'think' but i hope he wasn't scared and wanting me.

Hi IAm

Just checking you are ok. How you feeling now? I hope things are a bit easier for you after a couple of days accepting russ has passed.

Thinking of you and will check in later after work x