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My boyfriend and I went out this morning and came home to a large Wet spot in the middle of our bed. Our 2.5 year old Purebread American Housecat was the only one who was left in the room during the hour and half we were out. After smelling and taking all the sheets off the bed we realized it wasn’t pee and we were very confused? A short while later we noticed her laying next to her bed with drool dripping out of her mouth, which neither are normal for her. After checking on her we realized that her bed was covered in drool and so was the fur around her face, neck, and paws. After looking it up it appears there could be multiple different causes. We don’t have any known toxins or dangerous plants around the house, but she way have had access to open toilet water (maybe bacterial infection?) We also have multiple other cats who are not the same breed and much bigger than her that typically play pretty aggressively, however, when checking inside her mouth there’s nothing noticeable like a cut or very prominent redness. The only thing noticed was a small black dot that may be unrelated (we don’t look in her mouth insanely often.) We’ve spent the last hour calling all our local vets to get quotes but they are far too much for just the initial visit before treatment costs (I will put myself in debt if I need to, just hoping not to😭) and it being the beginning of the month we don’t have much money and barely make it month to month as is. The next closest availability is tomorrow at 11, should we wait or take her to emergency?

Some other Symptoms: Heavy breathing, looks like fast heartbeat, somewhat lethargic(She’s up and moving, just unmotivated to play/eat/drink), laying is strange/Not her typical spots, constantly Cleaning herself/other cats.

Other information: she is not neutered/spayed and has had one litter of kittens, we also have 3 other cats.

Update!!- we went to the emergency vet closest to us, they took her temperature, weighed her, they did a physical and took blood, we wont find out the blood results for about a week. The vet found gingivitis in her gums so we got meds for that and he suspects based on her other symptoms as well as the fact that she’s not spayed that she possibly has a uterine infection, which can be deadly, so we got antibiotics for that too. Now we’re back home after a very emotional night, we’ve administered the first dose of both and so far she seems to be doing slightly better. Thank you to anyone who gave advice we beyond appreciate it.

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