MajikkuMachida
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Hello to all you beautiful sphynx cat lovers! Any advice will be useful. I have been reading past threads and have tried the glop and pumpkin in my kitty's diet. A little history and straight to the point;
I have a 11 month kitten named Machida who has recently lost a lot of weight. The following are symptoms that I have noted:
- I can see his hip bone and almost full spine
- His primordial fat has become a empty sagging sack
- Two weeks ago he had one day of vomiting which in the vomit I found a rubber band he ingested (I am extremely careful with the rubber bands and am not sure how he got a hold of it, I think a friend left one behind)
- two weeks ago he had a tiny pimple on the lining of his mouth it was dark in color and when I popped it only blood came out. I think it was a blood blister or a ingrown hair or a blackhead. It is still a mystery to me.
- Machida likes to eat moths and beetles (not sure if this is relevant)
- Two weeks ago I noticed a little bit of mucous in his stool thought it was normal until I started reading up in the forums
- Two weeks ago I left on vacation for a week. Machida stayed in my apartment with my other two cats and my sister came over every other day to change water and replenish food as well as give treats. My niece came with her and may have overfed him with some treats. I have two 5 gallon water dispensers with carbon filters.
- My sister contacted me on my last day of my trip to inform me that she was concerned about Machida because he looked really thin.
- I came home and sure enough Machida was thin. He is not eating his dry food at all and was only licking the juice/sauce of his wet food not picking anything up.
- I bought him sour cream and give it to him mixed with some plain yogurt. He eats about a spoonful a day.
- I have seen machida licking the concrete of my balcony several times. I stop him but he keeps doing it
- I also noticed that he has been tearing up cardboard with his mouth and spitting it out. So relieved he wasn't actually eating it
-his gums are pale pink almost white.
At first I thought he may have been depressed because I left or he may have lost some weight because I wasn't here to cover him up at night and there may have been one slightly cold night in the high 60s low 70s. I live in South Florida so yes that is cold for me. I gave him extra attention and care and have been trying to get him to eat but he is not eating to his full potential. He is sleeping almost 24 hours a day and I try to play with him and he is not my usual kitty.
I took him to a vet on Tuesday and unfortunately the man is so old idk if I need a second opinion. The first thing he told me was that if he still operated animals he would just open him up to see what is wrong with him! I freaked out! I let him do a X-ray which he told me Machida "might" have one enlarged kidney but he doesn't know for certain. There was nothing visible obstructing his bowels. Machida is not the first sphynx he has treated. He did a temperature check and at the same time collected a stool sample which the poop was soft. He then proceeded to draw blood and it took two pricks to the neck and four to the leg for him to get the blood. He told me the first sample he took clotted and he needed another. He told me that we would get a full blood panel that will likely tell us everything he doesn't have!
I am going to get the results tomorrow for the exams. My question is should I just take Machida to a cat hospital? I have already thrown away $300 on the visit I did on Tuesday. Should I trust this vet to figure out what he has? The vet had awesome reviews on google and I might just be reading too much into the vet's lack of professionalism.
In conclusion and with my excessive online reading I think Machida may have any of the following or none:
-depression
-parasitic blood infection
-I thought gastritis but now not so sure
-heart arrhythmia
-nothing at all just a growth spurt
-heart disease
anything I can do to rule somethings out? He didn't like the glop and I either didn't hide the pumpkin enough in his wet food or he didn't like it. (My other cat devoured the pumpkin in the wet food)
One last thing, HE STILL PURRS WHICH I AM TAKING AS A POSITIVE SIGN
I have a 11 month kitten named Machida who has recently lost a lot of weight. The following are symptoms that I have noted:
- I can see his hip bone and almost full spine
- His primordial fat has become a empty sagging sack
- Two weeks ago he had one day of vomiting which in the vomit I found a rubber band he ingested (I am extremely careful with the rubber bands and am not sure how he got a hold of it, I think a friend left one behind)
- two weeks ago he had a tiny pimple on the lining of his mouth it was dark in color and when I popped it only blood came out. I think it was a blood blister or a ingrown hair or a blackhead. It is still a mystery to me.
- Machida likes to eat moths and beetles (not sure if this is relevant)
- Two weeks ago I noticed a little bit of mucous in his stool thought it was normal until I started reading up in the forums
- Two weeks ago I left on vacation for a week. Machida stayed in my apartment with my other two cats and my sister came over every other day to change water and replenish food as well as give treats. My niece came with her and may have overfed him with some treats. I have two 5 gallon water dispensers with carbon filters.
- My sister contacted me on my last day of my trip to inform me that she was concerned about Machida because he looked really thin.
- I came home and sure enough Machida was thin. He is not eating his dry food at all and was only licking the juice/sauce of his wet food not picking anything up.
- I bought him sour cream and give it to him mixed with some plain yogurt. He eats about a spoonful a day.
- I have seen machida licking the concrete of my balcony several times. I stop him but he keeps doing it
- I also noticed that he has been tearing up cardboard with his mouth and spitting it out. So relieved he wasn't actually eating it
-his gums are pale pink almost white.
At first I thought he may have been depressed because I left or he may have lost some weight because I wasn't here to cover him up at night and there may have been one slightly cold night in the high 60s low 70s. I live in South Florida so yes that is cold for me. I gave him extra attention and care and have been trying to get him to eat but he is not eating to his full potential. He is sleeping almost 24 hours a day and I try to play with him and he is not my usual kitty.
I took him to a vet on Tuesday and unfortunately the man is so old idk if I need a second opinion. The first thing he told me was that if he still operated animals he would just open him up to see what is wrong with him! I freaked out! I let him do a X-ray which he told me Machida "might" have one enlarged kidney but he doesn't know for certain. There was nothing visible obstructing his bowels. Machida is not the first sphynx he has treated. He did a temperature check and at the same time collected a stool sample which the poop was soft. He then proceeded to draw blood and it took two pricks to the neck and four to the leg for him to get the blood. He told me the first sample he took clotted and he needed another. He told me that we would get a full blood panel that will likely tell us everything he doesn't have!
I am going to get the results tomorrow for the exams. My question is should I just take Machida to a cat hospital? I have already thrown away $300 on the visit I did on Tuesday. Should I trust this vet to figure out what he has? The vet had awesome reviews on google and I might just be reading too much into the vet's lack of professionalism.
In conclusion and with my excessive online reading I think Machida may have any of the following or none:
-depression
-parasitic blood infection
-I thought gastritis but now not so sure
-heart arrhythmia
-nothing at all just a growth spurt
-heart disease
anything I can do to rule somethings out? He didn't like the glop and I either didn't hide the pumpkin enough in his wet food or he didn't like it. (My other cat devoured the pumpkin in the wet food)
One last thing, HE STILL PURRS WHICH I AM TAKING AS A POSITIVE SIGN
