Homeless Cat -- Now Spotacus' Legacy
On 18 Dec, a very large cat showed up at our house. It was late and cold, and he looked in the door and made it clear he wanted inside. Well, since we have two cats already and he was a stranger, we...
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Woke up this morning and found Spotacus snuggled up against me, with a paw on my chin. He hasn't done that in several weeks. Still no purr, though.
The ultrasound shows a mass that does not appear to be attached to anything else. Thought it might be a lymph gland gone into a mass. Blood work was pretty normal, slight white count elevation that was likely due to the bladder infection, for which he'd been given a shot. They took samples of the mass and some liquid that seems to be just free floating around that area. Liquid did not look like it came from intestines. Then, since he was already out, they gave him an enema to get some of the hard poop rocks out.
When we first got him home, he laid down in his RV litter box, which we'd brought into the house because he seemed to have trouble getting up into the Litter Robot. He's much more alert now, and walking faster, although he's still not walking all that well. Hindquarters are kind of wonky. He's still not eating much of his cat food, but will happily go for treats. At the moment, he's getting a big drink from his water fountain.
Probably won't hear from the lab on either test until next week, so we've no idea what the next step will be. I will go look for some moist cat food and see if he'll eat it. Until we hear, all we can do is encourage him to eat and pet him as much as he'll allow. Poor guy.
The ultrasound shows a mass that does not appear to be attached to anything else. Thought it might be a lymph gland gone into a mass. Blood work was pretty normal, slight white count elevation that was likely due to the bladder infection, for which he'd been given a shot. They took samples of the mass and some liquid that seems to be just free floating around that area. Liquid did not look like it came from intestines. Then, since he was already out, they gave him an enema to get some of the hard poop rocks out.
When we first got him home, he laid down in his RV litter box, which we'd brought into the house because he seemed to have trouble getting up into the Litter Robot. He's much more alert now, and walking faster, although he's still not walking all that well. Hindquarters are kind of wonky. He's still not eating much of his cat food, but will happily go for treats. At the moment, he's getting a big drink from his water fountain.
Probably won't hear from the lab on either test until next week, so we've no idea what the next step will be. I will go look for some moist cat food and see if he'll eat it. Until we hear, all we can do is encourage him to eat and pet him as much as he'll allow. Poor guy.
