Right, I have a couple of old cats and one of them hasn't eaten since. Sunday! He is nearly 17 and I took him to the vet yesterday afternoon.
She examined him and said that he has lost weight since he was vaccinated two weeks ago. He didn't have a temperature, he wasn't constipated (he is usually sluggish), his stomach sounded fine, as did his heart and lungs, and his teeth seemed fine. So she gave him two injections, one an antibiotic in case he has a bug, and the other B12 to stimulate his appetite.
But he still won't eat. He is just laying around, looking at me with big sad eyes (sob!). I have tried everything and this cat will eat everything. He has drunk some water and a small saucer of cow's milk, he wouldn't touch his cat's milk. I haven't seen him use the litter tray, but I know he had a wee outside on Monday (I put him out, he went, then came back in) and he did wee himself going to the vet yesterday, but that is not unusual, he hates going in the car, but he hasn't done a poo.
This morning I have carried him downstairs and he had a couple of laps of milk and then he very slowly walked back upstairs and ambled into the ensuite to drink some water. At the moment I have bowls of water and little saucers of food all over the place but he isn't tempted at all.
Is it possible that he is just going to fade away? The vet said to bring him back in two days if he didn't start eating, even mentioned that when cats stop eating they sometimes go almost anorexic and won't start again!
So he will be going back tomorrow but has anyone any advice or has had this happen ?
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Any ideas? Old cat won't eat!
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maybeIwillmaybeIwont · 29/01/2014 07:07
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