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Expert: - 8/7/2009


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hi
one of my 1.5 year cat is in very serious condition since a few days despite of all medication.
The symptoms started 12 days ago when my fit and healthy male cat didn't eat or drink the whole day. then he started limping with his hind lega his tail also curved a little at the end . then he got severe diarreha with dark brown thick liquid like stool.my vet gave him "augmentin and decadron" for infection and "flagyl and Furazoladine" syrup for diarrehea but no use .he gradually started loosing weight and legs became weaker and weaker making it difficult for him to stand or walk. now all the time a dark brown liquid like stool keeps flowing from his body usually  in forms of drops .he's  always licking her body to make it clean but no use. now since yesterday he is so lethargic that he cries with pain while walikg few steps he's unable to balance his hind legs and wipe his body. he only eats small pieces of meat and don't take milk
plz help me regarding this diseas as it has already cost life of my two beloved kittens earlier this year. thanks

Answer
Naureen,

I am not a vet, but it sounds as if the vets are treating symptoms and do not know the root cause.  If there is a veterinary school near you, you might consider taking your cat there.  It could be any number of things, from poisoning to cancer to a genetic or congenital problem to who knows what else.

Unless you can get tot he bottom of this quickly, it sounds as though you may lose him.

Concerned regards... Norm.  
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    Commentthanks i didn't have facility of getting my cat thoroughly examined, so sadly yesterday I lost him, but thanks for your timely response


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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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