My cat is 16. Around a year or so ago, she started to be hungry all the time and losing weight. We took her to the vets after she appeared to have some kind of seizure. She has a hormonal imbalance and is on medication she has with food twice a day (3 types of medication). The condition could eventually cause her kidneys to fail, but the treatment means she will have high blood pressure and continue to lose weight, so it has been the lesser of two evils.
She’s had periods where her back end has been sore, and we put this down to age. In the last two weeks, she started to hide behind a chair out of the way. She didn’t improve, so vet saw her a few days ago and gave her an anti inflammatory injection,but cannot prescribe an ongoing one due to her other condition. She has started with hemp oil instead.
For the first day, she was much brighter and went out into the garden, slept on the bed etc, however, for several days since she has started hiding again and her back legs are very wobbly when she is trying to move around. The wobbly, collapsing back legs is a new thing she didn’t have before.
What are your opinions on this? For extra context, I have never had an issue with our vet (he saved my dogs life) but I know there have been complaints on social media about him prescribing or diagnosing inappropriately, and my mum’s cat had ongoing treatment and then had to be PTS within a few days of an (expensive) appointment.
Is my cat at the point where we need to PTS or is it worth continuing with the medication? I have no issue with paying for her meds, but I would hate to think the meds are just prolonging the inevitable and she is actually suffering.