Thread: Have a poorly kitty on my hands - any advice??

After a very sleepless night with Buddy I took him to the Vets this morning as he was just lying still mumbling away to himself. They kept him in an put him on a drip as a precaution due to his kidney problems. Three hours later I got a phone call from one of the nurses to say i should go over straight away as he was gagging and his breathing was strange. Panic struck and rushed over there just in time to witness Buddy producing the biggest fur log I have ever seen and the smell! Cleared the room in seconds. The Vet checked him over again and said that the size of the fur ball had probably been causing problems coming through (why call it a ball? This thing was about 6 inches long and about 2 across).

Buddy is home now curled up on the sofa next to me. He's had a spoonful of steamed cod, which the Vet said to give him every hour. I've got to make sure he keeps drinking and don't know whether the Vet was having a dig that I baby my cat too much but he said to use a feeding bottle if he won't use a bowl. I did explain that he doesn't use a bowl, just the sink but just got a strange look and raised eyebrows.

If he manages to keep the fish down, he is obviously hungry and I had to make him eat slowly, I will try the rice and egg tonight.

Thank you all x

Fantastic news that it wasn't anything sinister. Hope he makes a swift recovery! x

Fur balls can be one of the biggest problems going,Bruce says he sends his sympathy to Buddy as he does know exactly how he feels as I said in earlier post it wipes him right out for 48hrs,no way will he eat anything , his weight drops right off in front of you, then his coat goes all that standing on end & dull looking,have got so used to it I don't panic anymore. Now Buddy has managed to hike that up once his stomach doesn't feel so sore he will soon be a happy pussy again. I have found using the RC hairball has helped mine,it doesn't prevent them but does seem to make the furball more compact & easier to bring up {not that Bruce would agree with the easier bit}.He is quiet today so seeing Welly & Shimba have produced over the wekend wouldn't be all all surprised if that is what is about to happen with him,oh joy !
Another kiss & cuddle for him...xxx

Poor Buddy, Hector sends his best as he hocked a fur sausage up yesterday. I was not very nice to him though as when lucky me cleaned it up I reaslised the bugger had been in the bathroom bin again after my hair!! So I told him it was self inflicted lol.
At least he always brings them up in the kitchen or dining room so I don't have to scrub a carpet!

Ahh so glad he is better.
was thinking about him all day today

Originally Posted by Helen & John

Poor Buddy, Hector sends his best as he hocked a fur sausage up yesterday. I was not very nice to him though as when lucky me cleaned it up I reaslised the bugger had been in the bathroom bin again after my hair!! So I told him it was self inflicted lol.
At least he always brings them up in the kitchen or dining room so I don't have to scrub a carpet!

We haven't got carpet in any room now but the wood flooring in sitting room is due for replacement {only put down cheap to see if I liked it more years ago than I can remember}having one of my brain waves said to hubby that perhaps it would be nice to go back to carpet but patterned not plain as cats hairs would show up more,week later cat pukes up on said floor,one look at each other,have just gone out & bought more wood flooring,ease of cleaning up after little darlings has to come first.
Fur sausage does cover it better too,so will try & remember that instead of "ball",just need to make notes of how long these sausages are,little things comes to mind....!!!!

Hope Buddy is feeling better, Samantha used to cough up some pretty good size fur sausages.
You might try grooming him each night at bed time to reduce the amount of hair he ingest.

Poor Buddy. I'm sure he is feeling much better after that shock! You've got me worrying now as I have never seen a furball\sausage from Mufasa and I'm wondering when 'the big one' will hit

I had a similar episode with Alfie in March. He started drooling one day, and it got worse and worse and worse, and he was looking so sorry for himself and his ruff was a massive soggy mess, I took him down to the vet. They looked in his mouth and down his throat - nothing stuck. Poked a thermometer up his bottom - no temperature. Started talking about Liver Shunts and blood tests - starved him overnight, took him back next morning, they shaved a big lump out of his ruff (which has only just grown back - no shows all year! eek!) did all the blood tests - nothing. Got him home and he threw up the most humungus fur 'log' you ever saw! So £150 poorer but lesson learnt! Glad Buddy is ok. Hopefully he's fully on the mend now

Originally Posted by catslave

After a very sleepless night with Buddy I took him to the Vets this morning as he was just lying still mumbling away to himself. They kept him in an put him on a drip as a precaution due to his kidney problems. Three hours later I got a phone call from one of the nurses to say i should go over straight away as he was gagging and his breathing was strange. Panic struck and rushed over there just in time to witness Buddy producing the biggest fur log I have ever seen and the smell! Cleared the room in seconds. The Vet checked him over again and said that the size of the fur ball had probably been causing problems coming through (why call it a ball? This thing was about 6 inches long and about 2 across).

Buddy is home now curled up on the sofa next to me. He's had a spoonful of steamed cod, which the Vet said to give him every hour. I've got to make sure he keeps drinking and don't know whether the Vet was having a dig that I baby my cat too much but he said to use a feeding bottle if he won't use a bowl. I did explain that he doesn't use a bowl, just the sink but just got a strange look and raised eyebrows.

If he manages to keep the fish down, he is obviously hungry and I had to make him eat slowly, I will try the rice and egg tonight.

Thank you all x

Glad to hear that Buddy is okay NASTY little buggers fur balls.. grrrr xx