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~Trisha~

Stella was hospitalized for 2 nights because she was so badly dehydrated. They needed to put her on an IV to bring her fluids back up. She somehow came down with gastroenteritis. Poor thing. Anyway, she came home Thursday evening and is slowly but surely returning to her old self again.

My bf was told by a friend of his who has bengals that his cats have gotten sick like Stella did from eating poisonous bugs. Has this ever happened to anyone else's cats?

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~Trisha~

Glad she is feeling better.

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Tracey

That's awful, glad she is getting better, well done for reacting so quickly.

Not heard of the poisonous bugs, but then that could be an US thing.

Naomi

Hi

Thank goodness Stella is better. That must have been a worrying few days for you. I'm glad you took her to the vet so quickly.

In general when a cat that is normally a good eater goes off it's food then it is always a danger sign in my book and needs further investigation by the vet, asap. Better to have a full examination sooner rather than later as they can go downhill very rapidly especially if they are vomiting or have diarrhoea as well, but even in the absense of D&V, anorexia needs investigating.

I don't mean the odd time when they sniff at the food you have prepared but quite happily munch on a bit of chicken, but start to worry when they don't eat the chicken or other favourite food either or seem interested in the chicken but only eat a tiny bit of it.
(make sure before you panic that they are not filling themselves up with another source of food eg dog food or killed food, mice, rabbits etc. if they are outdoors )

Elsa

Thanks everyone. Those few days were definitely very stressful. By the time Saturday came around I didn't have the energy to do anything. I felt like my body took a beating. Thankfully, Stella is back to her antics.

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