Hello!
I have a few questions regarding the health of my new cat, Yuyu.
We got her from a farm on Tuesday, where they had way too many cats and nedded people to adopt them. She's apparently around half a year old, underweight and was an outdoor cat.
We took her to the vet on Thursday, where she got a general check-up, vaccines, anti-parasite and deworming medications. The vet didn't seem to find anything wrong apart from her being underweight, she has ear mites and probably a tapeworm (I found a small white worm-like thing on her fur) and she had a very slight fever, which the vet mentioned might've been caused by stress.
Since this is my first time owning an indoor cat, I have some questions.
- She has diarrhea. The vet said it is probably from the parasites/worms and I'm just wondering how long it'll take for it to go away and if it doesn't, when I should go back for a check-up? She's been eating wet food, can that be causing it too?
- She started coughing. She hacked up a hairball on Wednesday, but I caught her coughing twice more since then. I read online that can also be caused by worms? She also sneezed a few times, which might've been caused by the dust, since she was hiding under the bed at first. She hasn't sneezed since Wednesday. She also doesn't have a runny nose or any symptoms of a cold. The Vet didn't seem to find any problems with her breathing or anything else, but should I be concerned anyway? She also has long fur, could this just be caused by her fur?
- Low energy. I'm not too worried about this, but I still want to make sure everything's alright. She spends most of the day and night napping and laying around. I tried playing with her, but she doesn't really react at all. I know this might just be caused by the stress of having moved houses. It could also be because she is quite underweight, so she might lack muscles and energy to play at the moment. She doesn't have problems with walking and she does follow me around the room, so it's not like she has no energy at all, she just doesn't play and is kind of slow. I just want to make sure this, coupled with things mentioned above, isn't really serious.
I normally wouldn't hesitate to take her to a vet, but she had been to one two days ago, so now I don't really know what to do. She has a scheduled appointment next month to get the next dose of vaccines, should I wait until then to see if the symptoms go away or try to get her to the vet ASAP?
It's hard because we just got her, so we can't really tell what is her normal behavior and what not, nor can we really know what is caused by stress from moving.
Sorry for the long post, I wanted to get you as much information as possible. Thank you for reading until the end and thanks in advance to those who will respond.
I have a few questions regarding the health of my new cat, Yuyu.
We got her from a farm on Tuesday, where they had way too many cats and nedded people to adopt them. She's apparently around half a year old, underweight and was an outdoor cat.
We took her to the vet on Thursday, where she got a general check-up, vaccines, anti-parasite and deworming medications. The vet didn't seem to find anything wrong apart from her being underweight, she has ear mites and probably a tapeworm (I found a small white worm-like thing on her fur) and she had a very slight fever, which the vet mentioned might've been caused by stress.
Since this is my first time owning an indoor cat, I have some questions.
- She has diarrhea. The vet said it is probably from the parasites/worms and I'm just wondering how long it'll take for it to go away and if it doesn't, when I should go back for a check-up? She's been eating wet food, can that be causing it too?
- She started coughing. She hacked up a hairball on Wednesday, but I caught her coughing twice more since then. I read online that can also be caused by worms? She also sneezed a few times, which might've been caused by the dust, since she was hiding under the bed at first. She hasn't sneezed since Wednesday. She also doesn't have a runny nose or any symptoms of a cold. The Vet didn't seem to find any problems with her breathing or anything else, but should I be concerned anyway? She also has long fur, could this just be caused by her fur?
- Low energy. I'm not too worried about this, but I still want to make sure everything's alright. She spends most of the day and night napping and laying around. I tried playing with her, but she doesn't really react at all. I know this might just be caused by the stress of having moved houses. It could also be because she is quite underweight, so she might lack muscles and energy to play at the moment. She doesn't have problems with walking and she does follow me around the room, so it's not like she has no energy at all, she just doesn't play and is kind of slow. I just want to make sure this, coupled with things mentioned above, isn't really serious.
I normally wouldn't hesitate to take her to a vet, but she had been to one two days ago, so now I don't really know what to do. She has a scheduled appointment next month to get the next dose of vaccines, should I wait until then to see if the symptoms go away or try to get her to the vet ASAP?
It's hard because we just got her, so we can't really tell what is her normal behavior and what not, nor can we really know what is caused by stress from moving.
Sorry for the long post, I wanted to get you as much information as possible. Thank you for reading until the end and thanks in advance to those who will respond.