Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / January 2005

Hi All,

On December 4th of 2004 I went to our local humane society and adopted a
kitten.  The next day I noticed that he (about 3-4 months old I was told)
was sneezing a lot.  I took the kitten back to the humane society where I
was told that it was nothing to worry about if he was eating and drinking
normally which he was.

As the days went on his eyes became liquidly with a bit of discharge but
about a week later it all cleared up.

Today, Jan. 26, 2005 - approx. 6-7 weeks after adoption I noticed he was
breathing funny - almost as though he was panting without his tongue
sticking out.  He would sway forward with each breath.  On thinking that he
was having problems getting a hairball up I went to the petstore for
something to help it.  On my return home he had passed away.

On looking in the litter box there was a recent dropping (diarrhoea) with a
bit of blood in it.

This morning he was fine - showed his normal energy and still had an
appetite.  I'm looking, obviously, for answers but at the moment I will take
ideas.  Has anyone had something like this happen, for what seemed so
quickly, and experienced any of the above symptoms with their cat or heard
of something similar happening?

I called the humane society I got him from because I thought that they may
be interested in case he was carrying something but the women said that in
"20 years [she] has never heard of a cat carrying something for that long
(6-7 weeks) without showing symptoms".

Thanks,
Dave