Rocky's healthcare
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Hi there! Thank you for coming here to read about my kitty's sad journey.
We got Rocky from a breeder in our city and he was a healthy, happy kitten at 12weeks old. He played all day long and we all had so many laughs watching his antics. He was loud, obnoxious, full of life and the most affectionate animal I have ever encountered. Him and my daughter with Down syndrome became and inseparable pair and he would scream the house down to be with her when she would wake in the mornings and they would cuddle throughout the day. We felt like our lives were complete. He was everything we could have dreamed of in a family pet and he adored our children.
One day at the beginning of September (2020), I noticed one of his eyes looking irritated and going cloudy and he kept rubbing it on everything. Things continued to escalate from there and a corneal ulcer appeared. He was diagnosed with uveitis and herpes. His eye got so bad and wasn't responding to any meds or treatments. His eye began to go black and buldge into his skull, so he ended up with an enucleation. This was excruciating pain for Rocky and lasted 6 weeks. Then 2 weeks of the cone, he was depressed beyond belief.
Since this time, Rocky has declined. He does not want to interact and he does not play. He just wants to hide in his hooded bed in the kitchen all day every day.
The past few weeks he was peeing around the house, and licking the walls, doors and floors. It was alarming me but my partner brushed it off and suggested he was just dehydrated because he just didn't like his water bowl or that maybe his litter needed changed, so we bought him a water fountain and changed his litter every day then and he still kept urinating around the house. I still thought it was strange because his litter had always been changed every 2 days and he never had an issue beforehand.
Then he didn't pee for days and started having extremely foul diarrhea. I took him to the vet who said he had a UTI. He started peeing again but he is peeing while laying in bed and not moving from it. Now he is having mobility issues with his hind legs. When he attempts to walk, the back legs are hunching down, involuntarily jerking and swaying. If I rub his back legs, he attacks me and that's not him at all. He is also very confused, walking backwards and shaking his head alot. Plus he seems to have Nystagmus in his remaining eye.
So today, 16th Dec, I took him to the emergency vets. Believing he has dry FIP as he has all the textbook symptoms. The vet said she believes he has a congenital condition and she said that he "isn't a normal cat" and he needs extensive tests, treatment and care and the possibility of medication and said that it will cost me a tonne.
I do not know what to do, or what to expect and I am struggling financially as my partner lost his job due to the pandemic and I stay at home to care for my disabled child. We do not have the means to provide Rocky with the care he needs and we are terrified that he may need euthenised to prevent his suffering long term and not having a diagnosis to be able to properly treat him.
It has took alot for me to actually make a gofundme and post this, as I do not like to take from people and I feel that Rocky is my kitten and my responsibility. However we are currently desperate to save our beloved Rocky. We adore him and my kids are obsessed with him, we just want him to be well again and happy. He is only 9months old and has no quality of life and it feels inhumane. So I guess this is my last resort and some people have said they wanted to help out. I do not expect anything, and I do not expect the amount shown, it was just suggested to me. I do not know how much his specialist fees will cost until we are able to start going down that route and take him there for consultations etc. I also want to start him on FIP medication because I feel that it may be the last chance he has. Alot of people have had great experiences with this medication and their cats have made full recoveries. That is my wish for my kitten.
I appreciate $1 at this point. And if you have read this far, I appreciate you taking an interest! Thank you in advance!
We got Rocky from a breeder in our city and he was a healthy, happy kitten at 12weeks old. He played all day long and we all had so many laughs watching his antics. He was loud, obnoxious, full of life and the most affectionate animal I have ever encountered. Him and my daughter with Down syndrome became and inseparable pair and he would scream the house down to be with her when she would wake in the mornings and they would cuddle throughout the day. We felt like our lives were complete. He was everything we could have dreamed of in a family pet and he adored our children.
One day at the beginning of September (2020), I noticed one of his eyes looking irritated and going cloudy and he kept rubbing it on everything. Things continued to escalate from there and a corneal ulcer appeared. He was diagnosed with uveitis and herpes. His eye got so bad and wasn't responding to any meds or treatments. His eye began to go black and buldge into his skull, so he ended up with an enucleation. This was excruciating pain for Rocky and lasted 6 weeks. Then 2 weeks of the cone, he was depressed beyond belief.
Since this time, Rocky has declined. He does not want to interact and he does not play. He just wants to hide in his hooded bed in the kitchen all day every day.
The past few weeks he was peeing around the house, and licking the walls, doors and floors. It was alarming me but my partner brushed it off and suggested he was just dehydrated because he just didn't like his water bowl or that maybe his litter needed changed, so we bought him a water fountain and changed his litter every day then and he still kept urinating around the house. I still thought it was strange because his litter had always been changed every 2 days and he never had an issue beforehand.
Then he didn't pee for days and started having extremely foul diarrhea. I took him to the vet who said he had a UTI. He started peeing again but he is peeing while laying in bed and not moving from it. Now he is having mobility issues with his hind legs. When he attempts to walk, the back legs are hunching down, involuntarily jerking and swaying. If I rub his back legs, he attacks me and that's not him at all. He is also very confused, walking backwards and shaking his head alot. Plus he seems to have Nystagmus in his remaining eye.
So today, 16th Dec, I took him to the emergency vets. Believing he has dry FIP as he has all the textbook symptoms. The vet said she believes he has a congenital condition and she said that he "isn't a normal cat" and he needs extensive tests, treatment and care and the possibility of medication and said that it will cost me a tonne.
I do not know what to do, or what to expect and I am struggling financially as my partner lost his job due to the pandemic and I stay at home to care for my disabled child. We do not have the means to provide Rocky with the care he needs and we are terrified that he may need euthenised to prevent his suffering long term and not having a diagnosis to be able to properly treat him.
It has took alot for me to actually make a gofundme and post this, as I do not like to take from people and I feel that Rocky is my kitten and my responsibility. However we are currently desperate to save our beloved Rocky. We adore him and my kids are obsessed with him, we just want him to be well again and happy. He is only 9months old and has no quality of life and it feels inhumane. So I guess this is my last resort and some people have said they wanted to help out. I do not expect anything, and I do not expect the amount shown, it was just suggested to me. I do not know how much his specialist fees will cost until we are able to start going down that route and take him there for consultations etc. I also want to start him on FIP medication because I feel that it may be the last chance he has. Alot of people have had great experiences with this medication and their cats have made full recoveries. That is my wish for my kitten.
I appreciate $1 at this point. And if you have read this far, I appreciate you taking an interest! Thank you in advance!
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Toni McCord
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