Do cats pine for their owners? Not eating

[3amEternal]

We've gone away and mum is house sitting our 2 Burmese. They know her well. One hasn't been eating much and needs encouraging with hand feeding. Otherwise full of beans but is scent marking with his face all the things that are ours. The other cat is fine. I'll get her to take him to vet for check over if doesn't improve. He's the high maintenance/sensitive one of the pair and follows me everywhere. They get on great. I didn't think cats pined for owners though. Any thoughts?

One of mine would pine. The others would take love and food from any random person who walked through the door.

I drove from south Devon to the Midlands, and back in a day because mil was looking after our cat and he wouldn't come back to the house while she was there.

We arranged a cattery en route, got home, called the cat who came straight away and bundled him into his cat box.

That was a fun holiday.

MIL not a cat person?

Not an animal person full stop really.

Hi everyone, first time here!
I think my tortoiseshell Burmese girl pined for me when we went away for three weeks. It was... not good when I got back as the boy looking after our cats was a bit stupid and apparently hadn't noticed she wasn't eating at all.

I just ended up taking the boys with us. ( Luckily, being bonded Siamese, they've all taken a 'Where my Mum is, that's my home' sort of attitude.) Even went on a UK touring holiday with Twoago.

That's not for every cat of course but my boys have been so people-focussed that it worked for us. Twoago in particular would probably simply not have eaten if we hadn't been around. (He'd likely have been sunk in a sea of gloom wondering what he'd done wrong.)

That's awful Strange, I would have been furious about that.

I was incredibly angry. It seems to have triggered her decline into serious kidney issues too. She's off for another 'holiday' at the vets today. My poor baby.

Ah crap. She's dying. I am so sad.

I'm very sorry.

I'm so sorry, what did the vet advise for her end of life care?.

She went in tonight to have more perfusion done and her creatine (sp?) and protein levels were through the roof. Basically, if they can't get her to eat (they're trying an anti-nausea medication), it's the end of the line. She hasn't eaten anything for three days now, and is very unstable and weak, and it just can't go on like this. She's not even very old - she'll be 12 in December.
She's the loveliest little cat, and she's been mine since she sat on my knee and purred at the breeders. (She's the tortoiseshell).

God I'm sorry, Eternal, I've completely highjacked your thread.

My Darling Twoago - the one I mentioned upthread - died of renal failure at 13. It's a hard one.

We have a Tonkinese cat who is sooo bonded to me...(and to a lesser extent to DC2). She scarcely leaves my side and apparently just miaows very sadly (and endlessly) whenever I'm away. DH doesn't really have the time of day for her which makes our absence the harder for her to cope with...

And sorry to hear about your puss, StrangeLookingParasite .

I'm so sorry to hear she's so sick SLP that's really 😭.

Just to update: he is fine and eating his new dinner no problems. We were obviously ignoring the cues that he was fed up with it. He decided to ramp up his protest with mum there attending to his every whim. They have both been sat on her lap very night so definitely not pining for us. She isn't a cat person but she loves these ones and talks about them all the time. I'd love to take them with us but they are so territorial I think they would stress.

It sounds as if they have her just where they want her.

Oh yes...

It doesn't mean that you won't still be given The Sulk when you return, though.