Am posting in the hope of inspiration! We have a 14(ish) year old cat who is becoming increasingly picky about what he eats.
He will eat food in gravy, but only eats the gravy and ignores the meat so when he is hungry again later the food has dried out and he won't touch it. Everything else is ignored and accompanied by scratching, whinging and generally making a nuisance of himself because he is hungry.
His teeth are ok and he will eat dried food if he has to (usually left down for him during the day) but he only eats small amounts as it isn't really what he wants.
We have tried all of the usual brands and variants but he just doesn't seem to like any of them because he's a bastard picky. He doesn't eat 'real' food like fish or chicken and he doesn't drink a lot of water.
He is currently ok health wise but obviously as he gets older I am worried that he will just stop eating anything.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what else we can try before he drives us totally round the bend?!
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archfiend · 13/10/2013 14:18
Thanks cozie. He will be greatly missed. 
My parents have a beautiful area of their garden where the family cats all go, he will be safe there.
A very sad update. Despite having perked up initially on steroids, Himself continued to lose weight and find it hard to eat. The vet confirmed that the most likely cause was a lymphoma in his bowel/intestine and we made the hard decision to let him go.
He went quickly and peacefully while he was still comfortable and not in any distress. A horribly sad day, but ultimately the kindest thing we could have done for him.
Thanks for all your support and kind words over the last few weeks. 
It's not that nice here either!
We tried a tray, but he sneered at at, threw the litter around and stalked outside... I think that it is a bit of a lost cause, so I will have to resort to stalking him when he disappears to his favourite bush. 
Oh spotty I'm so sorry . I hope you have a quiet evening with lots of cuddles with him tonight. Such a sad decision to have to make.
Himself is currently ok, am expecting the drugs to wear off in the next day or so, will see how he gets on then.
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sorry to hear that spotty, hope that the vet can help if at all possible.
That's good news archfiend- hope it continues!
Not so good here - liver problems, back to vet for bloods later but not too optimistic .
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