Maybe it was a real reflection of reality. Our dogs have regularly compromised in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, exchanged germs with playmates and chicken bones, while our cats have lived a bull’s inner life.
Now I suspect that we may have missed signs of illness in our cats. I was afraid that we react excessively when we took olive to the veterinarian for seeing perhaps, slightly, not herself. In fact, she was seriously ill.
Indeed, cats are talented to hide their symptoms, which can also present themselves differently from those of dogs, told me experts. Arthritic dogs often develop B finades, which are easily identified during walks, while many arthritic cats have no obvious sign of lameness, said Dr. Perry. They could just jump on the sofa less often or seem more brilliant when manipulated.
“Since cats sleep so many hours a day, and that the owners are generally around them only for a few hours, it is much easier not to realize your cat gradually changes over time,” said Dr. Perry.
Retrospectively, it seemed likely that Olive has decreased quietly for weeks.
Finally, veterinarians concluded that its immune system destroyed its red blood cells. But they could not say what had triggered him or find a medication that helped. Finally, like a last appeal, an internist suggested that we could consider eliminating the huge olive spleen, which was probably the place where its red blood cells were destroyed.
I sent an email to another veterinarian for a second opinion. “Splenectomy is not the worst option,” she wrote, noting that it was a treatment established for human patients with similar conditions. “We just have no data in Vet Med,” she added, “especially in cats.”
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