I have a 3 year old cat who has just become really ill. I've booked an appointment at the vets for tomorrow as thats the only space they had. He's been drinking alot more water than usual over the last 2 days, then this afternoon i came home and found him laying down in the flower bed. I picked him up and he was really cold. His breathing is fine but he just isn't moving unless he really really has too. I have him in a box at the moment with a bed and a cover over him to try and keep him warm. Has anyone else had this happen to their cat ? My first thoughts were that it may me kidney failure but he's only 3. I guess it can still happen to young animals.

One of the cheaper options.

That's bad, but so is Monoxide being predictable.

El Chupacabra got to him.

That sounds like kidneys to me. I wouldn't spend money on it, though. Maybe I'm heartless, but I don't think the amount of money people shovel into their animals is healthy for their phych.

JediKirby

You need to take your cat to an animal clinic. I don't know about your area, but we have 24 hour animal clinics here. It all really comes down to how much money you have and how much you actually care about your animal. I've had animals that I'd spend more money saving than on people I know.

If people can spend tons of money repairing inanimate objects, I see no reason why doing so with living things is any worse.

Monoxide, I don't own a shotgun, but i do have a BB Gun. How many times do you think I'd have to shoot him with that to send him off ?

You're right, i guess it is silly to spend all that money but I'm really attatched to the little fella. He's the first cat I've had grow up from kitten to adult.

I wouldn't spend money on an expensive electronic that I didn't need either. It's all about necessity and sense. That cat'll die within 10 years either way, isn't going to solve world hunger, isn't going to save you money, and might turn out to be a mean cat when it's older any way. Yes, emotional attachment is something, but face it: A cat isn't your friend. Nor is a dog. They are with you because you feed them and play with them. Animals don't have much beyond that. I'm not saying I don't love my dog, I'd bawl if he died, but I don't think I'd cause myself a large amount of pain in the wallet to avoid a fate of sadness I'll have one way or another. Postponing pain isn't my sort of thing.

And I've never spent more than 100 dollars on anything that didn't give me a long term return in money. You can ask my mother or anyone else who's been with me all my life. I'd probably pay no more than 200 dollars for an animal.

And you'd all probably hate me to know I wouldn't spend a whole lot on a loved one, either. People die, too. I mean, if someone got in a car accident or whatever, I'd fork over as much as they needed. But if my graying grandmother caught ill and was going to die without X-dohickey.... I don't know how likelly I'd be to fork over a poopload of cash just to see granny for another year. Maybe I'm a bad person, but I don't think postponing pain that's inevitable is a very logical, or emotionally healthy thing to do.

JediKirby

If my cat was deathly ill, I'd pay for it. Pet's are sometimes better to be around than people.

And this isn't delaying pain. This is REMOVING pain that the animal is having NOW. I could delay your pain by shooting you in the face. You know, the pain you'll eventually have when you get older.

Go to the vet, see what's wrong, and act accordingly. Good luck. My cat is healthy, but is kept on a special food because he has a bladder diesease. The whole 'crystal' thing going on. It's really gross, but he's perfectly fine right now. Hope everything works out.

Do what Glyde said. Take it to the vet, see what's up. I don't think Monoxide and Kirby have cats. :p

I have a cat. But I wish it would die. I spend more money on food for it, than for me.

So I assume JediKirby doesn't need a computer for gaming, modding and etc?

Then you're doing something wrong. My cat eats a tiny dish of food a day. He's pure muscle, not an ounce of fat on him. They shouldn't eat that much.

It sounds a bit like parvo to me. I've had a few cats die that had it and thats what happens. I'd say it doesn't have too much longer and I'm not sure what can be done at this point. I would still try to get him some help asap and you might at least be able to end his suffering. Parvo is a nasty little thing for an animal to get and once one animal gets it others can to. I'd suggest that after all this is over with that you clean any area that the cat has been and throw out his bedding and the like to prevent any future expose to other animals. I'm not a vet but I have seen this before in some of my past pets. I'm sorry if you cat is able to make it through this but it does have a chance if you can get him in to the vet's in about the next few hours.

I have a cat and I love her to death. I sat for 3 hours on saturday picking thorns out of her tail while she clawed my arm to bits. I wouldn't do that for anything I didn't love. On that same note, I wouldn't keep an animal alive to make myself happy, nor would I spend more money than it's worth to keep the animal alive. She's just a cat, not a human, and not worth going into debt over.



I've paid for my computer and made profit since getting it. Like I said, if I can't make profit off of it, I'm not spending more than 100 dollars on it. That's a method I've held up through every purchase I've ever made.

What profit?

About 400 dollars and counting.

Of what?

Money...

He means how the hell are you getting profit with your computer.

Doing what?

pr0n DVDs, he DID just get that camera you know

Sage advice.

I've lost a cat once - she had a rare heart defect that was almost undetectable. Most likely the worst day of my life. I can understand not keeping an animal around to make one's self happy, but if it is a health problem that can be easily remedied, than of course you should.

Ok, so after much ringing around I've managed to get a vet to go and open up his clinic in a town about 45 minutes away from where I live. Its been a big hassle as its a bank holiday here in England. This also means its going to cost alot more from the get go. Thanks for all the advice everyone, I'll be sure to follow up with the outcome.

Good luck with your pussy.

uhm...?

Yeah, I hope everything turns out good. I'd hate to lose either of my dogs..You have my best of luck

A couple years ago we got my aunt, who's dog had died a few months before, a puppy for christmas. Well, before christmas, we had to keep it at our house for about 3 days. During that time, the puppy just stopped moving. It wouldn't do anything if it absolutely didn't have to. We took the puppy to the vet and he said it has hypersomething(not enough sugar in the system) and that we had to feed him pure sugar(can't remember the exact name of the sugar, but it was in liquid form) and we had to keep him moving. Well, we'd feed him sugar via a dropper thing and then move him around like a puppet. Looking back now it's pretty amusing.

Maybe that's true. I'm not going to pretend like I'm right, that's just how I am.

I'm still wondering how he makes $400+ on his computer.

Web design, Tech Help, Google Ads [for a while], and a couple other odds and ends. The biggest of all is that I couldn't edit video with my old PC, so now I can work from home instead of at the office, and thus, make more money with more hours and weddings get out faster. Granted, I haven't edited in abou 2 months.

JediKirby

I lost a cat to a kidney failure. She just stopped moving and layed on her side.
If they drink lots of water, it is starting to sound like diabetes. It's very possible, but I'm no vet. Good luck, it sucks to lose a cat.

Kirby signifies the very reason people aren't all logic. Because then everyone would dead.

You "need" electronics? What, do you eat the circuitboards or something? Or do you live inside the casing? :p
And electronics are usually outdated in a matter of months, if even that. Pets don't get outdated.

Yet...

*waits for the arrival of robopup*

I'm not saying I'm correct, why are you arguing with me? That's just how I am; I don't value some dying animals life like you do. Nor do I value some already dying old person's life either. Death is too scary for a lot of people.

Wow... you are one of the most disrespectful pricks I have ever seen in my life.

I'm not scared of death, nor of death for others. I'm talking about caring for someone. You know, you speak of having had a girlfriend, of having loved her, it's that thing. Love. Aparrently you've never really felt it.

I guess Yoshi and I can agree on something...

I hope your cat gets better. Give him a pat from me if he does.

Dude, I'd save someone worth saving! Death is scary for the living, and some people can't accept that something's going to die one way or another, so they try some gallant effort to pay for their dying grandmother to live another half a year. For who, granny, or yourself? If granny wants to live so bad, she will find meaning in life and find a cause. There's a certain level of unnaturalness that spooks me about keeping someone or something alive for my own enjoyment, or if they can't let go of life. That isn't a lack of love, it's a lack of illogical emotions. I still love granny, but letting her time come isn't NOT loving her. It's not letting myself become attached to the idea of immortality.

JediKirby