Meet Cookie. This evil cat made us worried last week. Like most male cats he would do his rounds of 3 days and come back starved and dirty. Last Thursday, he smelled horrible and was really dirty. We even washed him. He tried to eat and drink but just stayed in front of the bowl. The next morning his condition deteriorated, so we had to take him to the Vet. If we have waited he would be gone. We lost a few cats on the Farm because some are half-domesticated, they would never let us catch them. Last year, one half domesticated cat died in our house. It was the first and last time he let us hold him.
The Vet did some blood analysis on Cookie and he said he was dehydrated. He stayed overnight in a crate and had glucose perfusions, by intravenous. (see the shaved paw). He had a a glucose pouch attached to his paw. It was ridiculious funny, I couldn't help but laugh, but the Vet said he could have died just of dehydration. Too bad I didn't take a picture. He has accumulated too much urea in his blood, and this made him nauseous, hence the lost of appetite. His condition improved rapidly after his overnight stay at the Vet. This cat will be 4 years old on July first. He was born a week after we moved in the Farm.
Damn Cookie you scared the hell out of us!
