u/Jales_

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CATHELP/s/J714ABRb6t

Hi,

I guess I could’ve gave a quicker update because I know some people were quite worried, so sorry about that. I just was very stressed and overwhelmed and haven’t been this emotional about something since I was a kid. She is a very gentle and sweet cat, so the pictures of her drooling profusely broke my heart. I felt so bad that I had to grab her out of her hiding spot on Sunday night/early Monday morning.

But I brought her to the vet again. They did bloodwork and gave her an IV. It looks like she caught a very bad virus from the shelter she was at, plus was still recovering from her spay surgery which was 7 days ago, and was also super stressed from all these new environments. She is already underweight and weighs only 5.8 pounds or so. But I’m happy she has fluids again. However, she still hasn’t eaten in 2.5 days, so I’m going to try everything I can to get her to start eating, it’s just very tough with her being so tired from her virus. She has a lot of snot and is sneezing a lot too. If she still isn’t eating by Thursday morning then I will take her back to the vet.

But most people here have been very understanding and supportive. I already said it but it has been a rollercoaster of emotions and stress of adopting my first pet since I was a kid and immediately being scared that her life is in danger. So it meant a lot when people tried to give their earnest support and I appreciate that.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/CATHELP/s/TWG9gx3ax2

I just got back from work. It seems like she explored a bit more which is good but she still hasn’t gone to the bathroom in probably 24 hours or so, and still has barely ate or drank. And it seems she started drooling excessively again. We tried to give her some of the medicine we got from the vet, though I’m not sure how much she actually drank. And now she associates the dropper with the medicine so she won’t drink water from it either. The drooling is still really worrying so we’re going to make another vet appointment.

Hello,

I adopted a 2 year old cat yesterday morning. She was spayed last week FYI. She’s very shy but came out of her hiding spot a few times today and used her littler box as well and seemed to be progressing and getting more comfortable. Shes hiding under the bathroom cabinet, and I think I may have woken her up when I flushed the toilet? She meowed for a second and came out of her spot with drool all over her face. Additionally, whenever she meows you can hear her drool affecting her meows. It’s not been 30 minutes or so and she’s been in the position as shown in the picture with large strands of drool hanging that she isn’t clearing up.

I believe I unintentionally woke her up earlier today and she came out with a bit of drool too. She has barely eaten or drank since getting home which I know is normal.

But is this an emergency? Im growing worried about her. Im in the US but I am not sure what vet I was planning to use yet.

Update https://www.reddit.com/r/CATHELP/s/FUyySPXGwb