I took my lovely 4 year old rescue girl to the vets on Monday bc she's had some regurgitating and vomiting. She came to us in mid-December, so it's been a few months. I experienced vomiting/regurgitating in a previous cat when she would be a bit sick before breakfast (overly hungry) and then bolt her food and regurgitate it barely chewed. I took previous cat to the vets and was told some cats are just a bit sicky! She was ok otherwise.
Honestly I wasn't that concerned about current cat bc otherwise she's ok, but I was worried that there may be a stuck furball or something like that. The vet did not think that was the case.
The vet recommended bloodwork, which cost £200, and on the basis of that is now recommending further investigations (scans and bloods) totalling another £300. The money is not the issue here, but I am really reluctant to put my lovely cat through unnecessary trips to the vet and blood draws etc. She has been her normal self, playing, eating, etc. I would prefer to take a conservative, watch and wait approach, but the vet was keen to get the scan done this week. We've split her meals into more frequent smaller feeds and so far so good.
Looking at the bloods, there are a few areas outside of normal range:
Haemoglobin 167 (80-150)
Haematocrit/PCV 0.513 (0.24-0.46)
White blood cells 4.5 (5-15)
Lymphocytes 1.08 (1.5-6.5)
Platelet count 48 (230-680) - there's a note that platelets were clumped and could not be manually counted
What would you do? I definitely don't want to withold treatment, but she seems ok in herself and I don't want to upset her if it's not necessary.
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Please help me with my cat's blood results
brogueish · 14/03/2024 16:07
TedWilson · 15/03/2024 23:21
I don't understand the bloods but if by any chance she's a ginger it's very common.
brogueish · 15/03/2024 22:45
@Judystilldreamsofhorses Honestly I wouldn't worry. Like you, we've seen so many different vets over 2 cats with the same symptoms and this is the first time we've ever been advised to even have bloods taken. I appreciate the thoroughness but also it seems so vastly different to previous advice, I'm not sure!
@IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken Good question. She (and previous cat) were on James Wellbeloved dry (grain-free or hairball) in the morning plus a pouch of wet in the evening (James Wellbeloved again or Nood from Tesco, always chicken or turkey). However, I've looked again at the JW dry ingredients and ditched that in favour of Lily's Kitchen dry, but have been giving her mainly wet stuff this week. Did you have any thoughts or suggestions on this? I'm really keen to have her on decent stuff.
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