Please help us with ideas even vet is stumped!!
Here is what we know:
Sami was a pregnant stray when we adopted her 9 years ago, at roughly age 2 so she is roughly age 11. She was neg for FeLIV and feline leuekemia (sp?). Everything was going normally except she was a snuffler. Our vet said it was mild allergies and not a big deal.
A year ago she started mild weight loss, which I thought was from us moving from a little trailer to a house with steps. I lost 5 pounds from the steps, and she follows me around so I thought her slimming was the same thing.
6 weeks ago she starts a dramatic weight decline. Roughly 2 weeks later she has signs of an upper respiratory infection. Went to vet, treated with antibiotics and IV fluids at home. 2 days after finishing meds she's sick again and peeing blood. Start meds and fluids again. 2 days after finishing meds she is horrible again, so they try a shot antibiotic, which doesn't help. Go back for previous antibiotic, and give that and IV fluids. Her appetite went to crap every time she was off meds, but after 7 days of little eating she started eating again Monday night. For a while all she'd eat was wet food, but now she eats kitten food. She is barely six pounds and skin and bones. A side note is that she no longer snuffles. However, what does she have? Any guesses? Her blood work was normal, and any further test, according to the vet ( a different vet from the allergy diagnosis) is a shot in the dark. I want to help her but I can barely feed my kids right now dh has lost 2 jobs in the past year so I want to guess wisely so we don't waste money. We have other cats and none of them have caught this, so it seems as though her immune system is impaired or something. She seems to do okay on fluids and antibiotics. A few days ago she was having labored breathing but the vet checked her and said her heart and lungs sounded normal.
She is my best friend. I need to help her.
What can it be?
Here is what we know:
Sami was a pregnant stray when we adopted her 9 years ago, at roughly age 2 so she is roughly age 11. She was neg for FeLIV and feline leuekemia (sp?). Everything was going normally except she was a snuffler. Our vet said it was mild allergies and not a big deal.
A year ago she started mild weight loss, which I thought was from us moving from a little trailer to a house with steps. I lost 5 pounds from the steps, and she follows me around so I thought her slimming was the same thing.
6 weeks ago she starts a dramatic weight decline. Roughly 2 weeks later she has signs of an upper respiratory infection. Went to vet, treated with antibiotics and IV fluids at home. 2 days after finishing meds she's sick again and peeing blood. Start meds and fluids again. 2 days after finishing meds she is horrible again, so they try a shot antibiotic, which doesn't help. Go back for previous antibiotic, and give that and IV fluids. Her appetite went to crap every time she was off meds, but after 7 days of little eating she started eating again Monday night. For a while all she'd eat was wet food, but now she eats kitten food. She is barely six pounds and skin and bones. A side note is that she no longer snuffles. However, what does she have? Any guesses? Her blood work was normal, and any further test, according to the vet ( a different vet from the allergy diagnosis) is a shot in the dark. I want to help her but I can barely feed my kids right now dh has lost 2 jobs in the past year so I want to guess wisely so we don't waste money. We have other cats and none of them have caught this, so it seems as though her immune system is impaired or something. She seems to do okay on fluids and antibiotics. A few days ago she was having labored breathing but the vet checked her and said her heart and lungs sounded normal.
She is my best friend. I need to help her.
What can it be?
