Sick cat with something, but just can't figure out with what?
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:11 am
Hello, I am desperate and looking for any means for help in trying to figure out what is wrong with my cat. I have a 5 year old tabby mix, completely healthy all his life and then all of a sudden a week ago his movement and mobility is struggling. Literally it was an overnight thing where Friday night he was perfectly normal active cat, then Saturday morning he is struggling to walk.
His hind legs are unstable when walking and he is very very slow moving in general like each step is a struggle - he looks like a cat moving like he has arthritis basically. He cries when I try to move him so I stopped trying to move him and just let him sleep. I can't know if he hurt himself somehow during the night like if he fell or something, but it's unlikely because we've lived in the same place with the same layout for almost 4 years - but I'm not ruling out it still can be a possibility.
Took him to three ER/vet visits this week, two types of blood tests were done, a urinalysis, X-rays, and a toxicology all came back negative or within normal ranges. He does not have a cold or the flu. They are maybe suspecting something with the muscles, but unable to pin point where - maybe around the mid-back - but not convincing.
Can anyone please offer some advice on what could be wrong, or what I can do next? I have another follow up vet visit in two days but I am looking for anything to help at this point , please.
Thank you very much in advance!
Joanna
His hind legs are unstable when walking and he is very very slow moving in general like each step is a struggle - he looks like a cat moving like he has arthritis basically. He cries when I try to move him so I stopped trying to move him and just let him sleep. I can't know if he hurt himself somehow during the night like if he fell or something, but it's unlikely because we've lived in the same place with the same layout for almost 4 years - but I'm not ruling out it still can be a possibility.
Took him to three ER/vet visits this week, two types of blood tests were done, a urinalysis, X-rays, and a toxicology all came back negative or within normal ranges. He does not have a cold or the flu. They are maybe suspecting something with the muscles, but unable to pin point where - maybe around the mid-back - but not convincing.
Can anyone please offer some advice on what could be wrong, or what I can do next? I have another follow up vet visit in two days but I am looking for anything to help at this point , please.
Thank you very much in advance!
Joanna