Small Scare with Luxor Yesterday

I was in a funk all day yesterday - so I decided to try to take a nap. I noticed Luxor was really grooming his self for a while, so I looked up and he had blood on his chest and leg. Not a lot, but enough to make me freak out (which isn't very much anyway). So I checked him all over, no cuts. I checked Stoli, no cuts. They hadn't been fighting. His lip looked pink. I let him be, Anthony and I watched him grooming later in the day and it happened again. We cleaned it up right away so the blood didn't get on his fur and make him groom harder. It still looked like his lip but I noticed his tongue was red too.

We called his vet, they weren't too worried, they said cats sometimes scratch themselves if their claws are sharp. Luxor HATES when we clip his nails, and I waited too long - I clipped them yesterday. All of them.

I went to bed and it happened again, his fur was wet he was grooming so much. I washed him down and then dried him then played with him to get his mind off of grooming. I had nightmares all night and all day I got all queasy thinking about the blood.

I would be REALLY worried if something else was wrong with him. But he's eating well, playing hard, sleeping normally, litter box is normal, and only grooming a little more than normal - because of the blood.

Crossing my fingers:

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Poor Luxor

Luxor was sick on Saturday - poor thing. We aren't too sure yet why, here's what happened.

2:30am I woke up - probably because I heard Luxor in my sleep
He was really uncomfortable and would be asleep then JUMP up in pain and move somewhere else

His first vomit was a hairball, after that it was frothy yellow bile.

Luxor has a history of eating things he's not supposed to but we're pretty sure he DIDN'T eat anything foreign. I've been soooooo good about that lately.

So we took him to the vet, Dr. said he's in pain but doesn't feel anything that feels like a blockage, he's had this before and it was gas so he's thinking it's either, gas or a hairball or a chronic digestive issue. He specifically mentioned pancreatitis.....but that's only something we can diagnosis when we've eliminated other things.

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