Poor Kitty

Rotty · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:22

Some of you may know of my cat Ace ( the Bengal )

He has been very poorly recently, he lost the use of his back legs, he is only 11 months old

Took him to vets and after 2 visits the referred him to a neurologist in Newmarket

anyway over course of last few days the poor little bugger has had to endure

Blood tests
Xrays
MRI scan
2 spinal fluid tests
Abdomen ultrasound
2 sets of nerve conductivity tests
fluid collected from lymph nodes
2 Biopsies
Menengitis tests

anyway mosts tests were negative except for the nerve conductivity ones

we are waiting on some inflamation/infectious disease test results from a lab in France which are due in next day or so

Biopsy results due end of week

and some Neuron test results from the US due in about 3 weeks

hopefully the last one will be negative

anyway he seems to be improving at the moment and is back home for now

he has a total of 6 areas shaved from various procedures

the good bit is he can now stand for the fist time in over a week, his walking is still awkward but things are looking better

GSXRMovistar · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:37

Poor little sod, hope this is all going via insurance, can see this being very expensive.

bledd · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:38

GSXRMovistar said:
Poor little sod, hope this is all going via insurance, can see this being very expensive.

aye

cute cat though, has tiger spots

hope he gets back on his feet soon

Greenlizard0 · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:39

Wow, you must really love the little critter. Hope something is found eventually.

Rotty · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:40

GSXRMovistar said:
Poor little sod, hope this is all going via insurance, can see this being very expensive.

They haven't approved it yet but we had no choice other than to go ahead, should be ok

Bill is running about £3,700 to date :eek:

Dunks · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:42

Can't imagine him being too happy with the new hair do!

Hope he pulls through

Rotty · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:43

Greenlizard0 said:
Wow, you must really love the little critter.

he probably doesn't think so after what he has been through

Morba · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:44

gorgeous looking cat :]
hope he gets better fella (especially at that cost!)

BigglesPiP · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:44

That cat looks ridiculous.

Rest an old CPU on one of the shaved patches and take another photo.

Get well soon Ace.

pingwing · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:45

Awwwwww poor cat! Looks awesome though

MagicBoy · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:46

Awwww. Hope he gets better soon.

Sime · 16 Mar 2009 at 00:47

lol looks like the poor thing fell asleep ****ed at a mates party!

Werewolf · 16 Mar 2009 at 02:13

Poor thing, I hope he makes a full recovery Rotty.

DrDee · 16 Mar 2009 at 02:19

That's an awful lot of money on a cat!

CaptainComedy · 16 Mar 2009 at 02:23

looks like he has been in a nazi camp.....

I love the belly thread - I instantly thought "willy pic!"

I gotta ask though, if the spots on his furr are from black spots on his skin, why isnt the orange fur from orange skin?

^TANK^ · 16 Mar 2009 at 02:56

Sorry Ace isn't very well Rotty, give him a little hug from me!

Pip and Milo wish him a speedy recovery as well.

Aod · 16 Mar 2009 at 03:45

Wish him a Speedy recovery Rotty.

about 6 months ago my cat was ambushed by a fox and suffered a severely broken Skull, but she pulled through!

it's so saddening seeing cats with shaved patches

codec said:
I gotta ask though, if the spots on his furr are from black spots on his skin, why isnt the orange fur from orange skin?

the black spots on his "skin" are just darkenings caused by the tiny amount of hair left

that said, my cat's skin is bone-white under her black fur and pink under her white fur

touch · 16 Mar 2009 at 04:45

Aod said:
that said, my cat's skin is bone-white under her black fur and pink under her white fur

Probably a little more tanned under the white fur because white reflects light whereas black absorbs it. My cats are both black and white and after they have been lying in the sun, its very noticeable when you pet them that the black fur is a lot hotter than the white bits.

Anyway, hope Ace gets better quick

Aod · 16 Mar 2009 at 04:52

touch said:
Probably a little more tanned under the white fur because white reflects light whereas black absorbs it. My cats are both black and white and after they have been lying in the sun, its very noticeable when you pet them that the black fur is a lot hotter than the white bits.

Anyway, hope Ace gets better quick

then surely the bit under the black fur would be more tanned?

inph · 16 Mar 2009 at 05:04

aww, hope he gets well soon