Nestle admitted at the vets office

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Nestle

Iz a predator!

Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 9:01am PST


	So, Im a total wreck! Nestle, my 1 year old Snowshoe, is at the vets office right now hooked up to an IV. Friday morning she threw up 5 times in less than 2 hours and then she just stopped eating like usual. I called the vet Friday morning to try to get her in right away, but the earliest they could see her was Monday morning. She's on raw and is usually the first to the food bowl and I've had to start feeding the 2 cats separately in a cage because she would eat all her food and then move on to try to eat Archer's too. The last 2 days, I've hardly gotten her to eat more than a Tbs of EVO wet food a day. She's also the type of cat where under normal circumstances, she'll come up and lay on your feet, roll over and want her belly rubbed. The last couple days she hasn't wanted to be touched, let alone rubbed! Totally out of character for her! I took her to the vet first thing this morning and when I took her out of the carrier, her little bum rubs against my hand and my hand came away with blood on it! Needless to say at this point I just about lost it! The vet said she didn't feel like anything was impacted, but she did feel a stool in her colon and was concerned if Nestle was able to pass the stool. She's also thinking there's some kind of infection going on since she has a fever of 103.2. She's thinking possibly salmonella or e-coli that may or may not be related to the raw food since even the highest quality poultry can have salmonella. She's keeping Nestle at the hospital for a few hours at least to hook her up to an IV and help her get re-hydrated, start her on anti-biotics and to give her an enema to see if she can pass the stool in her colon and determine if something else is going on. I asked her if Nestle is having a hard time with the bones from the raw, and she wasn't sure, but she's going to check if there's any sharp pieces in the stool that could have caused this. Im just so worried right now and will be so upset with myself if I caused this and ended up hurting my little baby by the choices I made for her. Is there anything else you can think of that I should ask the vet? I love my vet, but Im always looking for more thoughts.

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Mocha

1138114

Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 10:53am PST


	I would have her run some basic bloodwork. It's really easy for vets to latch onto the fact that our animals are fed raw, and then end up missing other things. A temp of 103 really isn't that high. It's considered low grade and could even be due to stress. Most vets don't really get concerned unless the temp has been elevated for several days, and even then the most worrisome is when it hits about 104-105. Is it possible that it's the raw? Yes, but bloodwork needs to be run to check her white bloodcells (elevated levels would indicate a possible infection), and a urinalysis would be a good idea to check for any issues there (which could also account for the low grade fever). Was she actually vomiting, or was it simply regurgitation? When there's undigested food, it's regurgitation, when it's bile it's vomiting. Neither is good, but they could mean two different things. Again, I would talk to your vet about about running some bloodwork and getting a urine sample. We've actually just gone through this with Mocha... elevated temp of 104-105 for several days, hemolytic changes... it turned out to be essentially an allergic reaction to the Methamazol she was on. We stopped the medication, it ran through her system, and she's fine. Also, as a side note, if she gets sick again, or is acting 'off' I would see about doing a drop off at your vet. Any vet, worth their salt, will take a drop off from an establish client.

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Al Hirt

A Jazzy New- Orleans Kitty

Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 11:02am PST


	All of us New Orleans Kitties send MASSIVE amounts of purrs and prayers that the vet can find out what is wrong with Nestle and help her get better and back home. We all understand your concern - which is what we love most about CATSTER....here it is never "just a cat". Keep us posted.... The New Orleans Kitties

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Nestle

Iz a predator!

Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 12:00pm PST


	I just got Nestle back from the vets. The vet said it's a bacterial infection, most likely from getting some feces on her paws in the litter box and grooming herself. (time to go sterilize the litter box again...) My vet is awesome and totally supports me feeding my animals a raw diet, which is GREAT! Although I agree that there are too many vets out there that hear "raw diet" and stop listening to anything else you try to tell them. She doesn't think the raw diet is to blame but we may have to re-evaluate that if this becomes a recurring issue as it could be an indication that she's just not able to handle it. She really doesnt think thats the case though and based on what I told her, she's happy with the diet Nestle is getting. The vomiting was definately just that, vomiting. It was dark bial in the morning before she had even been fed her breakfast so I knew it wasnt a reaction to something she just ate. The vet put Nestle on Chloramphenicol for 7 days and she has a follow up progress check in 2 days on Wednesday. It's unclear if it was salmonella, e-coli, or campylobacter, but the vet said that either way this antibiotic will take care of all three, so it doesnt really matter. She said Nestle is in otherwise perfect health and she doesnt think this is the start of a significant issue, which is mildly reassuring, but you can bet Im going to be watching her and her bowl movements even more closely for a while! Im just so happy my baby is back home already!

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Mocha

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Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 12:46pm PST


	Yay!!! I'm glad she's home! It's always nice when stuff is more, or less, cut n' dry!

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ZOEY

Growing up with - TORTITUDE

Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 12:57pm PST


	How scary! What a relief that is sounds like the infection can be taken care of with the meds. I have never heard of cats getting a bacterial infection this way but makes total sense and I bet it is common. Purrs for Nestle

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Miss- Elizabeth- Bennett

Looking for Mr.- Darcy

Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 1:17pm PST


	We are SO glad it was something that could be taken care of quickly...know both you and Nestle are glad also. The New Orleans Kitties

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Edison

You kids get- offa my lawn!

Purred: Mon Feb 6, '12 1:25pm PST


	I'm late to the game here, but we're SO glad to hear that your Nestle is okay and that her illness is treatable. I mean, poop on the paws - that could happen to any cat! You're a good cat mom, getting her in as fast as you did!