Yesterday, I got up and rolled over to pet Daisy on the bed. There was no cat however on the pillow there were ten penny sized red drops of what looked like ketchup on the pillow. We do not have ketchup in the house. I woke up my husband and showed what I found. He had gotten up and had put the cat outside as she was acting odd. We went outside and looked her over and found no wounds but she was very unhappy with our examination. So we got dressed and headed to the vet office. Upon inspection and squeezing her bladder the vet said she had a bladder infection. He gave her two shots, upped her fiber and we went home. Daisy is feeling better and is getting to be her normal self again and less complaints. I got to strip the bed and wash a lot in cold water. I had no indications Daisy was having issues. She has always been touchy about being picked up. She is about 14 years old and lives outside and inside the house. She eats kitten food to keep her weight up. We added human fiber mix to her cat food intake. Daisy has a high pain tolerance and hides it well. I am glad I found the blood. It was the only indication that she was in pain.
Daisy was found as a kitten in a shoe box at our local police station in Houston, TX. I had to file a hit and run report and heard a lot of meowing coming from the officers desk drawer. When I asked about it he kicked out a box that was under his feet. In the box was a tiny kitten that had been dumped at their station that morning. I left and took Daisy to the vet. She ate 3 cans of tuna and the vet said he thought she would be just fine. That was 14 years ago and several cat lives ago. Once in a while Daisy leaves and goes on a walkabout on our farm but she returns to us when she is good and ready. We named her Daisy because of the spots in her fur.
