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Well, it looks like old age is starting to catch up with my oldest "child" now. Flash is a 13 year old Persian cat. I bought him for show/breeding when he was less than a year old.
Last night, he started crying out in pain. Since he'd had an episode with FUS (Feline Urological Sydrome....where crystals block his urine flow causing toxins to build up.....can be fatal if not rushed to the vet), it's been several years since he's even SEEN the vet for anything.
We couldn't take chance with the possibility of FUS springing up again, so we took him to the emergency animal hospital. We still don't know what's wrong with him, but we suspect arthritis may have set in. The vet assured us it probably wasn't FUS since his bladder was small. He said he could run a bunch of tests (at emergency room prices) or he could just give us a painkiller for the cat and we could take him to our regular vet today and have the tests run are normal prices.
We have an appointment for tonight and the cat seems relatively fine. The reason arthritis has even come up as an option is that we've noticed he's having a harder time jumping up on things and seems to prefer to "park" on the floor more often.
Yesterday afternoon, he'd jumped onto the bed and almost missed. I saw him have to really grab on to keep from falling back down.
Has anyone seen the movie "My Dog Skip"? Well, there is a scene where the dog is in the same situation as my Flash and I remember crying when I saw that scene. My eyes get teary seeing Flash go through the same thing. It makes me realize we will be lucky to have him stay in our family for very much longer.
We'll see what the vet says tonight. I really hope it's just something minor. The last time I talked to the breeder, Flash's father was 16 years old and doing fine. I'm hoping to get at LEAST 16 good year out of my Flash. We also have his son, who will be 11 in a few more days. I hope everything goes well, though we get to see the fussiest of all the vets there. He'll probably tell us Flash needs his teeth cleaned again. *sigh*
Wysi
Last night, he started crying out in pain. Since he'd had an episode with FUS (Feline Urological Sydrome....where crystals block his urine flow causing toxins to build up.....can be fatal if not rushed to the vet), it's been several years since he's even SEEN the vet for anything.
We couldn't take chance with the possibility of FUS springing up again, so we took him to the emergency animal hospital. We still don't know what's wrong with him, but we suspect arthritis may have set in. The vet assured us it probably wasn't FUS since his bladder was small. He said he could run a bunch of tests (at emergency room prices) or he could just give us a painkiller for the cat and we could take him to our regular vet today and have the tests run are normal prices.
We have an appointment for tonight and the cat seems relatively fine. The reason arthritis has even come up as an option is that we've noticed he's having a harder time jumping up on things and seems to prefer to "park" on the floor more often.
Yesterday afternoon, he'd jumped onto the bed and almost missed. I saw him have to really grab on to keep from falling back down.
Has anyone seen the movie "My Dog Skip"? Well, there is a scene where the dog is in the same situation as my Flash and I remember crying when I saw that scene. My eyes get teary seeing Flash go through the same thing. It makes me realize we will be lucky to have him stay in our family for very much longer.
We'll see what the vet says tonight. I really hope it's just something minor. The last time I talked to the breeder, Flash's father was 16 years old and doing fine. I'm hoping to get at LEAST 16 good year out of my Flash. We also have his son, who will be 11 in a few more days. I hope everything goes well, though we get to see the fussiest of all the vets there. He'll probably tell us Flash needs his teeth cleaned again. *sigh*
Wysi
