hollylovesbrandon
Dec 13, 2009, 04:52 PM
Ok. I figured I better ask you guys. I want the experts. I want whatever medical expertise I can get. I have no money to get my cat to the vet. I wish with everything in me that I did. My cat is my child and I don't know what I will do when something happens to her but I have NO MONEY! I need help.
My cat is almost 16 years old. I feed her Fancy Feast at least twice daily... sometimes 3 times. She always has fresh water. She is both and indoor and outdoor cat, although lately I have not been letting her outside because she is so ill. I have had her since she was 6 weeks old.
Lately when I rub her I have noticed what seems to be bumps on her skin... like a scab sort of. But they are not scabs. What it really is is clumps of hair and skin falling out. She doesn't seem to be affected when I try to scratch it out of her fur so I guess it's not painful but still. She is also throwing up. It looks sort of what you would imagine a sneeze to look like. Ya know, kind of mucusy like yet it's light brownish. And it has hair in it. Then she will throw up and it is bright green like you would imagine antifreeze to look. It's not antifreeze but that's the color of it. She will no longer use the litter box to poop in. She either poops in the bathtub or behind the garbage can. I haven't noticed her peeing recently at all but when she does she does that in the bathtub and sometimes in the litterbox. Even though she gets fed daily she is continuing to lose weight. She's becoming skin and bones. Sometimes she won't move for an entire day (except to eat) and sometimes she is slightly more active. Like, jumping up on the kitchen counter or on the back of the toilet. She isn't running wild or anything. Also, she loses her balance sometimes when she's walking or trying to jump on something.
I have come to terms with the fact that she is dying. I have been crying for the last 3 weeks about this. She doesn't act like she's in any pain. She's not meowing or moaning or anything. She seems to still get around without pain. If she is dying, I have come to terms with that. I just want to know what could be wrong. Could it be hyperthyroidism or kidney or liver failure? I have battled all week with whether to have her put down or not. If she starts acting like she's in pain then I will put her down. But if she is just dying of old age them I am going to just let her go quitely. Please help. I can't keep crying like this. She is my world and she is like my child. I need to know. I just have to.
My cat is almost 16 years old. I feed her Fancy Feast at least twice daily... sometimes 3 times. She always has fresh water. She is both and indoor and outdoor cat, although lately I have not been letting her outside because she is so ill. I have had her since she was 6 weeks old.
Lately when I rub her I have noticed what seems to be bumps on her skin... like a scab sort of. But they are not scabs. What it really is is clumps of hair and skin falling out. She doesn't seem to be affected when I try to scratch it out of her fur so I guess it's not painful but still. She is also throwing up. It looks sort of what you would imagine a sneeze to look like. Ya know, kind of mucusy like yet it's light brownish. And it has hair in it. Then she will throw up and it is bright green like you would imagine antifreeze to look. It's not antifreeze but that's the color of it. She will no longer use the litter box to poop in. She either poops in the bathtub or behind the garbage can. I haven't noticed her peeing recently at all but when she does she does that in the bathtub and sometimes in the litterbox. Even though she gets fed daily she is continuing to lose weight. She's becoming skin and bones. Sometimes she won't move for an entire day (except to eat) and sometimes she is slightly more active. Like, jumping up on the kitchen counter or on the back of the toilet. She isn't running wild or anything. Also, she loses her balance sometimes when she's walking or trying to jump on something.
I have come to terms with the fact that she is dying. I have been crying for the last 3 weeks about this. She doesn't act like she's in any pain. She's not meowing or moaning or anything. She seems to still get around without pain. If she is dying, I have come to terms with that. I just want to know what could be wrong. Could it be hyperthyroidism or kidney or liver failure? I have battled all week with whether to have her put down or not. If she starts acting like she's in pain then I will put her down. But if she is just dying of old age them I am going to just let her go quitely. Please help. I can't keep crying like this. She is my world and she is like my child. I need to know. I just have to.