oh no

glad his eye is better x

my littlen had a podgy belly the vet thought it was worms but he actually turned out to have a heart murmur! his murmur is grade 6 but is not as bad as it sounds as the whole in his heart is only tiny which is creating more pressure/noise. we've been told to treat him as a normal cat 570 pounds later.

I know its a pain but I leave the cat basket in the house or at least for a week or so before I need the vet Now they dont take any notice of it and even play on/in it!

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"Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we're here we might as well dance."

Timmy made it to the vets this morning I tricked him into having cuddles then shoved him in the cat carrier. What was most amusing was that Tigsy was trying to bust him out of it by yanking at the bars of the door wished I had my camera to hand as it was soo funny!

Anyway Timmy does have a distended belly so the vet has given him some Panicur worming granules to see if that shifts something. If not then he has to go to hospital for an ultra sound but she did say that one of the things it could have been was *something* *something* peritonitis but she ruled that out as Timmy is doing normal kitten things and eating and pohing.

So fingers crossed the wormers work this time

oh and Timmy is a right little floozy, as soon as he got on the vets table he was puurring and flirting with the vet must take after his mum

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lol glad you managed to get him there! Hopefully the panacur will sort it out!

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Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
Let's hope he doesn't have that.


Let's hope it is just worms.

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Really wished I hadn't read that

Well he doesn't have the loss of appetite or depression just a swollen belly. But he is a normal kitty Currently he is curled up on teh sofa bed in the office he looks all small and cute

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Hi Nicky,

I wouldn't worry too much, if his swollen belly was due to wet FIP he would definitely be very lethargic and would have virtually no appetite.

Let's hope it's something trivial.

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

our first kitten had that

well done for getting the little monkey into the carrier
fingers crossed its just worms

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our neeps has something similar sounding to your cat. She gets a very distended and sore belly after she eats... and then has a smelly bum for a while, her belly is tender most of the time and she gets agitated when it hurts, and she almost always smells of poo (we've nicknamed her poo-cat for when she smells).

check how your cat is eating, if it's gulping the food down, give her smaller meals more often or put pingpong balls in to make her move them around to get to her food, should slow her down.

assuming the vet didn't notice a blockage in her intestines, which can cause a backing up of the old plumbing, make sure you feed her high end food rather than cheap tescos food. Sensitive tummy or increased digestable food like royal canin etc do might be best for yours. try making it as bland as possible as your's could also have poor digestion function and rich foods can make the condition worse.

there are pills you can get from pets at home that help digestion and tummy health, probiotics once a week will help also, and cat vitamins might be a good idea too.

we spent 700 on neeps at the vets trying to figure out what was wrong with her but she's still poo-cat lol, she doesn't get a sore belly as much now we have her on petsathome sensitive belly food, she gets half a sachet of wet food a week (meats-sunday as we call it) and she seems to be doing well with this.

you can try and see if your cat is better on an all dry or an all wet diet by doing each for a month and seeing how it goes, take note of smelly days/times and sore belly times etc.

make sure he/she has loads of water to drink, keep cat milk to a minimum as it can make matters worse too, keep it as a treat.


hope yours has nothing bad and just a general tummy disorder.

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