I last posted about 6 months ago - we lost 2 cats in about 2 months, both extremely suddenly. I took the surviving cat to the vet for a check up, he's the eldest, at about 16 (an ex stray cat). He had blood tests, which showed raised urea but not creatinine, so probably the result of mild dehydration, nothing to worry about.
He's been very fussy about his food ever since, refusing the choicest cuts, the most expensive teeny tiny tins, typical cat behaviour I appreciate, and coupled with the fact that he now has no competition for food.
In the last few weeks he's suddenly gone very thin, is off almost all food (apart from a whole tin of tuna last night ) and when he sits on my lap his body feels cold.
So I took him back to the vet today (usual practice, but a different vet), who gave him a pretty good going over as far as I could see, and said according to their records he'd gained a kilo (now weighing in a 4.6 kilos) although with another breath he said they might have weighed him wrongly last time - as far as I'm concerned to lose a kilo from where he is now he'd have no head... The vet mentioned the prevalence of hyper thyroidism in older cats, but generally said he was absolutely fine and to bring him back in 6 months if I wanted him to repeat the blood tests.
On the drive to the vet I was genuinely rehearsing how to tell my husband I'd had a desperately ill cat put down, and suddenly this cold, food-refusing bag of bones is in fine fettle???
Is it just me? We were all soooo upset when we lost the other two cats, I realise I'm probably over-sensitive to the third, but it seemed really odd to be dismissed so, so, positively!!
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Old cat, positive vet appt, why am I not reassured?
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ravenousbugblatterbeast · 20/10/2011 12:12
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