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my cat has lost its mind

Gooberlx2

Lifer
It all started here

Sadly, she really is paranoid and delusional right now. SHe's been battling this lingering conjunctivits for about 2 weeks now (it should have cleared a long time ago). I've visited the vet numerous times.

- First it was bad, went to vet and got triple-antibiotic.
- Then it got worse, went back to the vet and got 3-AB w/ hydrocortizone
- Got much better, but not totally gone. Vet tells me to keep using AB and check back in 5 days if it hasn't completely gone away.
- 6 days later it's exactly the same (and actually got a little worse one day), back to the vet.

So our options were to try yet another medicine or put her under and take a closer look in the eye to see if there's something stuck or a hair growing the wrong way, etc.... (mind you each visit the vet examined the eye and didn't see anything). This was to see if there were things stuck where we couldn't find them while she was awake.

I opt for the eye exam so that we can atleast rule out a irritation from a foreign body....So I pick her up today and they didn't find anything. No surprise, though I was hoping they would 'cause removing/flushing would have been the easiest solution. So now I have my thrid eye medicine, which are drops this time and not just an AB ointment.

If she doesn't get better after this then they suggested I take her to a specialist....*sigh* all these dollars leaving my bank account feels really heavy on the shoulders.

Anyway, so now she's recovering from the anesthetic, which apparently make cats hallucinate. She's absolutely paranoid-schizo right now. Normally a very very laid back cat , right now she hisses at things that even come close to her and then runs blindly....usually into an object or wall.

It all makes me sad, and the fact that I have to leave her in the care of a friend for the next several days as I go to my sister's wedding tomorrow makes me feel even worse. 🙁

I really hope this new medicine does the trick.
 
I've never noticed paranoia after anesthesia, but I have noticed that after coming home from the vet sometimes my cats are a little uppity and unaccustomed to each other's smell.

As for the eye problem, I am sure vets hate it when people try to diagnose problems, but from personal experience I know that eye problems can often be caused by a form of herpes virus in cats. My cat was found in the wild with an outrageously infected eye - swollen shut. The vet at the humane society even tried pulling some teeth (note to the wise, I doubt this ever works). My friend adopted the cat and it managed to clear up eventually after hundreds of dollars in treatment.

Fast forward to modern day, and the instant I took my cat to the vet after aquiring him from my friend, he looked at the chart and said that it was probably herpes. Another vet said the same thing.

I don't know about the treatments outlined in the article, but here is a brief article about herpes related conjunctivitis.
 
Does anyone have any idea about how long it takes for the anesthesia effects to subside after waking up? Any vets/vet techs in the house?
 
Originally posted by: torpid
I've never noticed paranoia after anesthesia, but I have noticed that after coming home from the vet sometimes my cats are a little uppity and unaccustomed to each other's smell.

As for the eye problem, I am sure vets hate it when people try to diagnose problems, but from personal experience I know that eye problems can often be caused by a form of herpes virus in cats. My cat was found in the wild with an outrageously infected eye - swollen shut. The vet at the humane society even tried pulling some teeth (note to the wise, I doubt this ever works). My friend adopted the cat and it managed to clear up eventually after hundreds of dollars in treatment.

Fast forward to modern day, and the instant I took my cat to the vet after aquiring him from my friend, he looked at the chart and said that it was probably herpes. Another vet said the same thing.

I don't know about the treatments outlined in the article, but here is a brief article about herpes related conjunctivitis.

Yeah, we discussed herpes...it could also be a number of other viruses. We'll just have to see I guess.
 
Originally posted by: Bigblades
I know somebody who works at Peking Moon who might want it...

:disgust::| What the hell is wrong with you?

Gooberlx2, good luck with the treatment.
 
Well....she seems to be coming around some. She's still woozy, confused and not ready to play with her sister (still too afraid for that), so I have to keep them separated for now. But she's not hissing (at me) anymore more and even rubbed her cheeks on my finger.
 
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