Feline liver tumors- desperate for multiple opinions

General Advice

Hey y’all, My cat —who’s my bff and the only being I’d even cared abt for yrs— started having gastro issues in March (ultrasound was done showing intestinal thickening indicative of IBD or lymphoma). switched to hydrolyzed diet and was fine for months..

Have been giving flut. Prop corticosteroid inhaler for few yrs for asthma acquired in previous dusty/moldy apmt, recently stopped giving it.

..then around Thanksgiving he stopped eating for a few days (apmt has been v cramped x depressing for yrs, w not much space to move, thought maybe he’d lost appetite due to depression or boredom w same food which I normally switch up). Brought him to vet, did ultrasound/bloodwork— liver levels terrible (jaundice), was told the tumors in liver look like malignant cancer— no biopsy bc they said there would be a risk of bleeding (tho his blood coagulation results were good??).. gave him days/wks to live w euthanasia info, prescribed 100 mg gaba/day, 8mg cerenia, mirataz pills.

This was abt a month ago— he’s def lost weight/weaker (I think the pills all together maybe are too sedating?? Whenever we’d run out of gaba/cerenia for few days and waiting on refills he was perkier—otherwise has trouble moving legs, wobbly when walking x sleeping w eyes open).. he’s still been eating tho not as much as he needs, still asking to go outside for walks multiple times a day, using litter box, responding to being pet..

Additionally, my main concern when I’d brought him in were these small bumps that he’d had on his sides that had popped up around time his appetite lessened.. those were biopsied however x were deemed non-cancerous lipomas.. I’ll also mention that he’d had abdominal fluid tested and it came back as being abnormal (which was told was bc of cancer, but couldn’t that be inflammation??). My questions are- Bc the tumors in liver weren’t biopsied— how do we know these aren’t also lipomas?? (Which could cause issues internally if not removed/clogging bile ducts etc) And that he’s got severe IBD etc?? I’ve been looking at google images of other things that look like his but aren’t cancerous..

I’d do anything to save his life almost.. he means so so much to me and I’d trusted the vets but I’ve also known multiple cases of ppl going to Drs and getting organs removed/double masectomies due to “cancer diagnoses” that ended up not at all being not cancer.. so you can understand why I’d want multiple opinions x to understand this situation as much as possible..

species: feline age: 11 sex/neuter status: M/fixed weight: 14

LINK TO IMAGES— https://postimg.cc/gallery/Xr4Rsqh AMO BEING SO CUTE— https://postimg.cc/gallery/L126RZp

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, AMO’S MY LIFE X WELLBEING!!

Poster Age: 36 Country: US Vet info: vets accessible, brought multiple times Main Issue: liver tumors— lipomas or cancer Cat Age: 11 Cat Sex + neuter info: fixed male Financial situation: moneys not the focus

Posted Dec 29, 2025, 7:56 PM UTC

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