My lovely, slightly psychotic and quirky cat is now an old lady. She'll be 17 next week. She's always been a slender cat but now she's painfully thin, deaf and her vision is deteriorating rapidly. The vet says she's now dementing too . Physically, she has a heart murmur, but apart from some deep purring and heavy breathing when settling, she's ok.
She's not interested in her food, but she's constantly scavenging from us. What could I feed her that wasn't cat food? I've tried her with prawns and she quickly lost interest. Bits of ham and cheese used to be her favourite, but now she turns away.
Aside from the appetite, I wanted to ask if I'm doing the right thing. Because she's got feline dementia, she's pooing everywhere in the house. She's done it several times on our bed , the corner of the kitchen floor, and now her latest is the kitchen table . I'm finding this all very hard to deal with. she occasionally remembers to use the litter tray, but her aim is terrible even then (that I can deal with, newspapers under the tray etc). We now close all doors in the house and restrict her from going upstairs.
The Vet has given her a steroid injection to build her up over the winter, but I don't think it's made much difference to her. She's sleeping in odd places - never now on her patch on the sofa in the kitchen, but would rather the hard wooden chairs, or the kitchen table.
Sorry for the ramble and the long post - it's all spilling out. DH is a clean freak and as much as he adores our little cat, her behaviour is driving him nuts (and it doesn't help that her bowel movements are no longer solid IYSWIM).
What can I do to ease this situation and to make life comfortable for my lofe-long friend ?
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WelshMoth · 17/11/2012 08:03
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