My cat is sick, plz help

Question

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone who has raised cats can answer my question.

I have been away for a month and a friend has been taking care of my cat. Usually at this time of year I shave his coat because it gets really hot here, only I forgot to do it and I didn't ask her to do it either. So I came back on Tuesday night and I noticed that his chest was completely bald and the skin's color was very dark, almost purple. My friend took him to the vet the next morning and he said that it was some sort of skin rash caused by the heat (I hope I translated that correctly) and that they had to shave his coat completely, and I told them to go ahead.

The thing is, my cat has been shaved lots of times before and they never tranquilized him so I was surprised when he came back to me barely able to walk. I called the vet right away and he told me that he would be fine soon. Now it's been 4 days and my cat is still not looking well. He looks like he's still effected by the tranquilizer and the vet assured me that it's fine but my gut feeling tells me that he's not. He doesn't want me to touch him, like every part of his body hurts when I touch him. He also sleeps while sitting and looks like he has a hard time laying down.

I've been rubbing the cream the vet gave me on him 3 times a day since Wednesday and I took him on Saturday and the vet said that after some tests it turned out to be some sort of fungal (sp?) infection and that he would fine, he just needs me to continue rubbing the cream on him for 10 more days.

Also, I've been trying to keep the AC low or off as much as I can but it seems that my cat still managed to catch a cold. He's been sneezing since yesterday and I didn't want to seem like some crazy cat person but I couldn't just stand back and watch him suffer like this so I asked the vet and he said that I should just keep him warm and he'll get better on his own.

I don't want to be paranoid but I've heard a lot about cases were pets could have been treated from serious illnesses if action was taken right away and I don't want to allow his condition to progress (if it will).

So ... I'm hoping someone who has a pet that went through this can shed some light and tell me if I'm worried for nothing or if I should start looking for another vet.

I would really appreciate any help because I just feel so guilty.

Answer 1

I would deffinetely go to another vet and get his opnion it could be possible that he was allergic to somehting in the tanquilizer vets make mistakes alot they told me my cat was fine and it truned out it has luekemia so deffinteley go to a different vet you cat might be dehydrated or its joints are just a little soar  

Answer 2

Hey I just got 2 cats spayed and i got a letter with there names on and on it at the bottom it says if your cat finds it difficult to walk, stand and still feels sleepy , more  and more  its NOT! normal and it says to take them back IMMEDIATELY but they were fine it sounds as though your cat has suffered the effects of the anesthetic and should be taken back to the vets or maybe try a different vets because anesthetic can be very dangerous Hope i've helped Eveen.  

Answer 3

it does sound like you have a very sick cat, who is in pain.

i would get a second opinion from another vet. be sure to tell him he is the second opinion and everything the first vet did. you dont want him to OD the cat by giving him the same drugs the first vet did

i think your cat is in enough pain to be in the hospital, where they can give can give him meds to let him sleep, and pain killers.

it is possible the vet is right, it will just take time, but  he should be treating the pain, plus your cat keeps getting sicker.

Answer 4

take him to another vet for a different opinion

good luck

Answer 5

tl;dr.

Go to the vet.

Answer 6

  I don't know what is wrong. It sounds to me though that your cat was mistreated when it was shaved by the vet. I would also get a second opinion from a different vet on the rashes

Answer 7

take him to a different vet for a second opinon

Answer 8

I don't know wat swrong but i hope everything will be ok. See my cat is sick two and you just have to hope that everything will fall back in place. Because somethings just happen and you can't do anythinki about them so i would just step back and let nature take its corse i no u just want to help, so just keep rubbing the cream on him and hopefully he will come back to his normail self in no time



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