My cat's vet advised that there's a silver dollar sized growth in his abdomen. His blood test revealed jaundice and an increased white blood cell count. He isn't responding to the antibiotics she prescribed. I am curious to know if there are any alternatives to surgery. I read online that milk thistle can help liver cells to regenerate but I'm afraid it may be too late due to the size of the growth (mass). Thoughts or suggestions (any advice) would be greatly appreciated.

Not sure about diagnosis from vet. I have labs. Findings say sever diffuse loss of any hepatic architecture, massive enlargement of liver borders, no normal parenchyma remaining.kidneys spleen rn, mild increased muscular layer jejunum???

I have a cat who I think is constipated, my vet told me to use Actilax .5mls twice a day and pumpkin in addition to changing to a wet diet. She pooed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but Friday and Saturday she hasn't, and now has blood with her urine (in small blobs of fences too). She is straining to toilet but has a good appetite. She may not be drinking as much water as she normally does. There is a mass near her liver that couldn't be examined properly in the xray because she had too much poo built up. Would she need to be seen by a vet immediately or within the next day?

Hi. I’ve been going through a hard time lately in my life. I had two cats that I originally adopted from a shelter, and I loved them above all. I had a special connection to one of them, the female which I named Coffee. She was a shy cat that must have been traumatized earlier in her life. The shelter expected her age to be 7 years old (born 2011). Because of an accident I wasn’t able to care for them and had no one else. I had to contact the shelter and ask for help. It ended up with them taking them back after 2,5 years together. This happened 2 months ago. Now they told me they had to put Coffee down because she had a liver tumour and she wasn’t gonna survive. She had become very ill very suddenly. Lost a lot of weight. I had her for 2,5 years and took her to the vet two times. The first time because she had diarrhea and because she seemed anxious. Complete blood tests and urine tests were taken. This was autumn 2016. The veterinary examined her abdomen and said it seemed a bit swollen. But then the tests came back great, nothing wrong at all. And se recovered from the illness and was a very happy and healthy acting cat again. But I started noticing that she had small tremors in her legs when she was laying still, not sleeping. Like she had small muscle spasms. This continued for the rest of the years but for some periods of time it got a bit worse and then it got better. She never showed any signs of pain and always seemed calm. I asked a lot of veterinarians and no one knew. It wasnt like epilepsy, it was very small and slow spasms. Now that I know that she had a tumour I start thinking that these symptoms could be because of it? Especially the fluid in her abdomen. She was at the vet a second time 2017 and got most of her fur shaved of because she was a longhair. She looked healthy, in a good shape. The veterinarian didnt mention anything about any fluid this time or anything else being weird. I often reacted to the sound of her breathing which was a little heavy. But she never breathed through her mouth or anything like that. I’ve read that breathing difficulties could be a sign of the liver tumour, why is that? If the cat seems normal, eating well and drinking well, good stools and urine, is happy and playing and jumping around as she was; could that mean she didnt experience a lot of pain until she suddenly got so much worse? Im so sad about my little darling, that she started to get this bad right after she moved back to the shelter. Im blaming myself but there was nothing I could have done. This would have happened eventually anyway.

Hi guys... just wondering if anyone has any opinions as to whether my 19yo Sylvie might have had liver cancer / problems. Over the last couple of months(ish) I thought that she was drinking more water than normal but because I am at work during the day and have 3 other cats I wasn't sure. She seemed to be sleeping quite a bit but at that age I didn't blame her. She was also very playful, chasing bits of string etc. Saturday she was 100% normal, jumped up on the table to pinch some treats, went outside for a bit, just Sylvie. Sunday morning I left her sleeping (after a load of fuss and purrs) and went to work. When I got back at 6pm and went indoors I knew something was wrong as soon as I walked in the door. She wasn't in her normal place and I found her looking a bit dazed under the bed. I tried to get her and she managed to walk into the kitchen but her back legs seemed so stiff and she was walking sooo slowely. I put her in the carrier and went down to my friends, when in his place she went to get out of the carrier and she just did a somersault, like her legs weren't working. Straight to the emergency vets who examined her. Eyes, mouth, temperature all normal but she just couldn't make her legs work. The vet felt her all over and said that there was something where her liver would be. It was like something had gone wrong in her brain and she really wasn't with it (the vet didn't think she was in any pain at all). There was really only one decision, hardest thing I've ever had to do but the only one thing I could do for her and I miss her so much it's heartbreaking for me and her daughter. The other thing that wasn't normal is that the next morning when I went to say goodbye I noticed that there wsa a bit of blood around her nose / mouth area. When I went to put her in the box there was a fair amount of blood underneath her which looked like it had come from the back end. I know urine leakage is normal but I have read that blood indicates that there may have been something seriously wring internally. My question is, does this sound like liver problems. I have read that excessive drinking and seizures, leg weakness and the fact that the vet found something noticable in her liver area all point to this. She has now been buried in my garden so autopsy a no no (wouldn't do it to her anyway) but I would value peoples opinions. Thank you Suzi