very sick kitty...maybe poisoned

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Hi,

 

So let me first say what my biggest question is: if there is a protocol with

herbs or acupuncture that might help for a poisoned cat please let me know. It

seems to be a neurotoxin. It was probably ingested several days ago. Since a lot

of herbs that are safe for humans can be toxic to animals I want to be careful

in that regard, but if someone has experience with a formula please share. Or

if someone has ideas about the category of herbs I should use, that would be

good to know too. Toxic heat herbs? Purgatives (but its probably been too long

to be useful)? Herbs to open the orifices like Shi Chang Pu? Any thoughts would

be greatly appreciated.

 

I have a very sick 10 month old kitty named Simba and it is not known what is

wrong. The frightening thing is that we lost a 4 year old cat, Alex, to a

mysterious illness a year and a half ago. We took Alex to a lot of different

vets and nobody knew what was wrong. Tests all came back normal. It started as

what appeared to be a back injury--he was walking funny in his hind end. Then a

few days later we found him paralyzed and having seizures. He died a few days

later.

 

Simba's symptoms are a little different but similar enough to make me think that

the odds are good that there is a connection between the two. He started out

vomiting here and there a few days ago. Then last night he seemed lethargic and

was whining to us. Today we took him to the vet and he does not have a fever and

his bowels are not impacted. Basically the vet couldn't find anything to tell us

what might be wrong. He was given fluids, a broad spectrum antibiotic,

and they took labs which we will hear the results of tomorrow. Tonight after

going to the vet he is even worse. He's so lethargic we can't tell if he is

losing control of his hind quarters or if he's just too tired to sit up or

stand. If we pick him up and set him down he takes a couple hunched-over steps

and lays down. Tonight we are noticing him twitching, which Alex did. So the

neurological issue that was effecting Alex is likely.

 

He does have a history of the herpes infection that cats get in their eyes. He

was on a lot of antibiotics during his first 6 months, but finally his eyes seem

ok.

 

With Alex, they tried many different antibiotics along with steroids. When

nothing was working I started to work with herbs, but since I had no idea what

was wrong I was shooting in the dark. Sometimes an hour after he took the herbs

he would gain some movement back and start to be able to wobble, but an hour

later he would be paralyzed again.

 

Now that it might be happening again I am more convinced than ever that there

must be a poison that they both got into. We did find some fertilizer in the

shed that had fallen off the shelf and was open, and I know fertilizer is toxic

to animals.

 

So my biggest question is: I would like to know if there is a protocol with

herbs or acupuncture that might help in a situation where an animal has ingested

a poison several days ago. Since a lot of herbs that are safe for humans can be

toxic to animals I want to be careful in that regard, but if someone has

experience with a formula please share. Or if someone has ideas about the

category of herbs I should use, that would be good to know too. Toxic heat

herbs? Purgatives (but its probably been too long to be useful)? Herbs to open

the orifices like Shi Chang Pu? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Also,

the steroids did not help Alex and may have made him worse. But I know that

sometimes they can do wonders. So if anyone has knowledge/experience to share

whether we should try that path or not please let me know. After the Alex died

one vet mentioned that maybe the steroids would have worked in a different

dose, so it made me wonder if I should consider using them with Simba.

 

Thanks for any help or ideas,

 

Laura