How to decide whether to go to the vets this evening

[BigmouseLittlehouse]

Hi everyone

Would appreciate others thoughts. Trying to decide whether to take little cat to the vets this evening or wait until tomorrow.

Came back from work to find little cat clearly in some sort of pain in his face - shaking head, pawing at it. Looked in mouth and can’t see anything. He is definitely not himself, hiding away and hunched up when usually he is a very in your face, purry cat. He did however come and eat a load of biscuits.

He is definitely over sensitive to facial pain ( he is a Burmese and during a precious episode when he cut his mouth the very though he had something called FOPs).

Can’t decide whether to go to the emergency vet this evening or wait until tomorrow. Emergency vet quite a trek away and he hates the carrier and the vets - but against that he really seems very out of sorts for him.

Any thoughts?

100% would take him tonight from what you've said there.

Pawing his head and shaking it would concern me that he had something stuck somewhere.

Hope you get sorted.

Yep emergency vets, he could be in a lot of pain.

Thanks - that was my instinct too, although he isn’t pawing so much now but just really really not himself.

I am questioning as the emergency vet nurse was very much perhaps wait until morning and it will cost a lot to go etc. And I’d agree I’m not sure I’d class him as an emergency.

This probably sounds awful but he is also my eldest DS’ most beloved companion in the whole world ( DS has some SEN and struggles with friendships etc) so I always feel like I’m maybe extra cautious/over cautious with this cat!

If he's eaten ok that's a good sign. I don't think a cat in a lot of pain or distress would eat.
I think I'd be inclined to go first thing tomorrow if he's still not right.
Is there anything to see or could it be a sting of some kind?
I know how you feel about protecting your child's precious pet. I am very overprotective of our cat as my SEN daughter relies on her so much.

I would go this evening from what you’ve described.

This evening!

Thanks I’m here waiting. I would have just worried all night.

Why do these things always happen on a Friday evening and involve very expensive emergency vets!

hope your lovely cat is ok, do you have insurance? it can help cover some costs

Yes - petplan. Although just reading the bit on out of hours treatment and it seems to exclude ‘unless there was no option but to go out of hours as otherwise it would have seriously endangered your pets life’. So not sure I will be covered.

The vet wanted to take bloods. So now I am slightly more worried than I was! But glad I’ve brought him

Let us know how u get on

Wonder if he has been stung, hope he is ok.

So vets couldn’t find anything - took his temp and that’s find and get his belly, looked at mouth. He’d lost some weight so he also took bloods which came back fine ( he’s gone from being an indoor to outdoor cat which o guess could explain). He gave me some metacam.

Cat seemed a bit better last night - so was happy to have a bit of a fuss. He still isn’t right this morning though - didn’t come to greet me, still just sitting hunched in a corner and is walking very deliberately ( usually he is racing everywhere). He has eaten, drunk and used the litter tray though.

I’m not sure - I’m still quite concerned. Actually possibly more now as he isn’t shaking his head or anything anymore so nothing obvious. I guess will see if the metacam kicks in.

He is so out of sorts it’s worrying. I was half thinking of taking him to the regular vet today but am guessing they couldn’t really do anything else? If it wasn’t Saturday it would be easier of course as only open half a day!

Def sounds like a pain somewhere. Hope the metacam helps. Don’t know if your reg vet would do anything else but might put your mind at rest a wee bit.

Yes think will leave it. The kids came back and he asked for a fuss from them so metacam probably kicking in. Fingers crossed he will be better tomorrow.

He’s one of those disaster prone over curious cats - only 1 and been to the emergency vets 3x.

Just placemarking; please post with any updates (I get so twitchy with my two 15 year olds, can't bear the thought of anything happening to anyone elses either!)

bumping to knock all the cat pee threads off the front page.