So for those of you who don't know, Jason and I were adopted by a cat in November. He's kind of like a dog, which is what we were planning on getting when Jax showed up. We did the responsible thing: shots, blood work, and neutering. Jason even built a cat door into the back door and made him a serious scratching post. Yeah, he's a little spoiled.
Within the past 5 months of owning this rascal, due to his being an outdoor cat, he has gotten into his share of trouble.
The latest situation worried us since at 2 years old, he's usually bouncing around causing trouble. Suddenly, he was really lethargic. He didn't bother to go outside, didn't run for his food (he's very food motivated) and as the weekend went on, it looked painful for him to walk. We tried diagnosing on our own but got really worried when he wasn't drinking out of his water bowl. I had to force feed him with a dropper.
We caved and brought him to the vet. He was running a slight fever, dehydrated.
I picked him up at the end of the day. The vet walked me through his xrays. Bones were all fine, his patellas came to a point at the bottom rather than having a rounded end which may mean he'll develop arthritis later (awesome).
I paid almost $800 to find there was no clear answer as to what happened to Jax. He has soft tissue trauma which could have been caused by a number of things. He got what's called a camel hump of fluids injected into him to rehydrate him and he needs antibiotics for the rest of this week. And of course, when we got home, he was back to jumping onto the kitchen counter where he's not allowed and wanting to go back outside. Why the hell couldn't he have done that BEFORE the vet visit?
So now, I'm going to research pet insurance for the little bugger.
Within the past 5 months of owning this rascal, due to his being an outdoor cat, he has gotten into his share of trouble.
The latest situation worried us since at 2 years old, he's usually bouncing around causing trouble. Suddenly, he was really lethargic. He didn't bother to go outside, didn't run for his food (he's very food motivated) and as the weekend went on, it looked painful for him to walk. We tried diagnosing on our own but got really worried when he wasn't drinking out of his water bowl. I had to force feed him with a dropper.
We caved and brought him to the vet. He was running a slight fever, dehydrated.
I picked him up at the end of the day. The vet walked me through his xrays. Bones were all fine, his patellas came to a point at the bottom rather than having a rounded end which may mean he'll develop arthritis later (awesome).
I paid almost $800 to find there was no clear answer as to what happened to Jax. He has soft tissue trauma which could have been caused by a number of things. He got what's called a camel hump of fluids injected into him to rehydrate him and he needs antibiotics for the rest of this week. And of course, when we got home, he was back to jumping onto the kitchen counter where he's not allowed and wanting to go back outside. Why the hell couldn't he have done that BEFORE the vet visit?
So now, I'm going to research pet insurance for the little bugger.
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