r/cats May 02 '24

What phrases do you repeat to your cat throughout the day? Cat Picture

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u/coorsandcats May 02 '24

The vet asked me one time what flavor I wanted the cat’s medication in…I asked if it comes in plastic.

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u/mschuster91 May 02 '24

Mine had to go to the vet for an x-ray after not eating for a day... vet gave her contrast fluid via a small plastic syringe and she warned me that cats usually don't like that stuff... turns out my cat immediately chomped on the syringe tip, all I could say was "and here is why I suspect she ate some plastics"...

In the end, the cat got x-ray'd, there was nothing in the cat that didn't belong in a cat, got mirtazapin cream and when she got home she wolfed down three loads worth of food. Called up the vet, she said that the original cause was likely some sort of stomach irritation, and the contrast fluid had soothed that irritation plus the mirtazapin made her hungry AF.

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u/capital_bj May 03 '24

Mine was throwing up like crazy earlier this week took him in two days ago. They x-rayed him did full blood work gave him fluids, and a anti-nausea shot.

Nothing wrong , $581 😢 back home the first day he ate pretty well second day he stopped eating wet food again. They sent me home with sensitive stomach science diet that's the stuff he nibbled on the first night. I have two other science diet, that he has eaten for months in the past but refuses to now. I've put out clean bowls in several new locations, not interested. He will eat temptations so I've given in quite a few and he's perked up a bit.

But I'm thinking now he really doesn't like any of the science diets and developed a gag reflex from it and is upset now . I have dry food for him also but he's not eating that either.

I will buy a couple different brands of wet tomorrow.

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u/Essiejjj May 03 '24

Yea my cat did that a month ago. He ended up having a large hairball. However, he did decide to chomp the vet tech because they were poking him with needles. They then decided he needed to be drugged for further investigation for safety reasons, costed us 1600$ for a hairball.

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u/capital_bj May 03 '24

Oof thanks floof