Hi everyone. One of our cats has had health problems for the last few weeks. She has had blood tests(2 lots), X rays(1 set) and a prboe down her throat. For various reasons(far too long and boring to bother you all with) we left the original vet practise and (after LOADS of research and advise from "cat people") have found the most fantastic vet. We are delighted with him and all the staff are fantastic. BUT......Phoebe is still poorly.

Briefly about 4 monhts ago she started to retch and refuse food. Then she started to leave her food(James Wellbeloved) we changed her to wet food and she did eat a little bit more. Anyway, had various tests at vet(original) she thought perhaps leukiemia as her white count was "sky high" tests came back clear. Nothing on the X rays either. The last vet thought perhaps she had a tumour that was too small to show up. As I said the relationship(which was fraught anyway) became unworkable(I took execption to her idea of "opening her up to have a root round"!!!!!!)

So new vet. More blood tests. High white count but he was fairly sure that it was infection based rather than anything else. The original X rays were very under exposed and very little use. He took her off the metacam as she has "sluggish" kidneys. So we are three weeks into the anti-biotics but Phoebe hasn't been eating for about a week and is surviving on the Gel we were given(sorry the tube is upstairs).

We went back yesterday and her liver is now swollen. She had a steriod injection and also foretacour and diuretic tablets. Well, the change was great she was more engaged and this morning ATE SOME FOOD

But there is a funny grinding sound as though there is something catching. We did say to vet 1 that we were sure that there was a problem with her mouth but there is nothing obvious (both vets have looked) but when Phoebe was on painkillers/metacam she could eat and when she wasn't she couldn't eat. Now with this sound (first time today) I am surer than ever it is her mouth. Before yesterday all her liver blood tests were normal. I think perhaps she has Hepatic Lipidisos????

I am sure that the grinding sound is very significant. Any ideas?

So we are 4 months down the road, over £1000 poorer with my beloved Phoebe still poorly. Any advice would be very gratefuly received.

I am sorry that this is so long. Thank you for reading this. It means a lot.

Sorry cant offer any advice, but i hope you get your cat sorted soon..

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Hi Annie

Welcome to the forum hun - sorry to hear of your problem but i dont have any advice to offer.

Hope someone has some advice to give you

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Thank you for your kind words. Many thanks for your kindness. Phoebe is still making the strange grinding noise(but in herself she is much better than she has been ) and we are off to the vets in the morning. Again thank you for your kindness.

I'm sorry that I don't have any practical advice that can be of any use to you, but hopefully your vet will be able to shed some light on the issue tomorrow. I hope Phoebe is feeling better soon.

Hi, hope u get to the bottom of ur cats problems..sorry i cant help but just popped on to wish u luck wiv him.

Hi Annie,

One of our kittens had exactly the same thing when she first started eating. She was a late weaner and we thought we were going to lose her for a while as mum had dried up. However with lots of care and hand feeding she pulled through.

When she started eating solids, Applaw, we heard this strange grinding sound. It was fairly loud so we were worried that he jaw was out of place or something serious like that. We took her to the vet and he said that this happens in some cats and is just their teeth grinding together

She's fine now though, I guess she just needed to get used to eating solids.

Hopefully your little one has the same thing.

Fiona

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Our darling Foxy is now at Rainbow Bridge. R.I.P. little one, you'll always be loved.

Hopefully AnnieCat will be back and see this post, it should put her mind at rest.

Annie, if you are looking in, please come back and give us an update on your cat, not all people on here are rude and we would like to know how she is going on

Maybe pm them in future and tell them u find it difficult to read becoz of the way theve writen it down?

then ask if u can edit their post and send them a new edited one in pm to put in their old ones place?,

then they can delete their old post, copy n paste the new edited one wivout noone even knowing that way it will save some posters the embarrassment of other posters making their mistakes obvious by saying somethin like you did.

Last bit wasnt a pop at ya btw