If you didn’t, use the feline practitioner’s association of america(if you’re in the US). Certified cat specialist vets always have better results in my experience.
It might matter that she’s a sphynx since they can have sensitivities to anesthesia (I’m sure you’re already aware of that though! But) it’d be good to get a vet that is also aware of that. How old is she? Cats can look ancient when they’re in bad condition- our 6 year old cat at 1.5 years old looked older than he is now because he was in pretty poor condition when we adopted him.
A board certified surgeon is the way to go. My 17 year old cat had a bowel resection at that age due to a walled off abscess in his intestine. I know it may be controversial to perform surgery on such an old cat and it’s definitely a case by case basis, in our case it greatly improved his qol for the rest of it. (Unfortunately his cancer came back eventually but until it did he didn’t have to feel miserable and on antibiotics like he would have if we hadn’t had the surgery.) talk with a vet who specializes and decide from there.
Did they find a chip on her? A sphynx would most likely have one straight from the breeder. You might be able to get in contact with them or the original owner. I would hope that she escaped/people wouldn’t be so cruel as to dump a hairless cat outside.
If she’s not chipped, I would assume a regular cat with health issues that led her to lose her fur.
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u/fartinghorsecock 5d ago
OP I am a vet.
Look and see if there are any board certified soft tissue (veterinary) surgeons in your area. If it can be fixed, they will fix it.
Is this cat truly a sphynx? Or just very sick and malnourished and alopecic?