Arthur-moggy is not well. Since Saturday evening he's been running away from his food which has lead me to think that he was in pain and somehow relating eating to pain. Eating is his best thing ever so it's a big sign it's serious.
I took him to the vet last night who gave him an analgesic and a shot of Loxicam, but he's no better today and has managed a couple of mouthfuls of food at best.
He's approx 17 (not entirely sure as we got him from a rescue 4 years ago) and one of his kidneys is not functioning brilliantly.
The vet has just said to go back in a few days if he's still not eating but I'm worried sick as they can go downhill so fast.
Has anyone had any experience of this? Is there anything I can do to help him eat? We have two other cats so I can't leave food for him to come back to as they scoff it in seconds.
NB: the vet said that he looked grumpy. I had to explain that he has Resting Grump Face by default.
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Sore mouth and won't eat - very worried
dickiedavisthunderthighs · 28/11/2017 13:50
Breakfast was interesting; he bombed out of the cat flap whilst DH was getting the food out, but I managed to coax him back in with a plate of mashed up food which he wolfed down.
I'm hoping that if I can keep him fed like this then he'll stop associating pain and food time. He must be feeling better as he just wouldn't have managed the food two days ago 
He's really good. He had another blood test that showed one kidney still wasn't quite right but definitely not failing.
His mouth is still slightly inflamed but nothing like it was. The vet said he might have eaten an insect that bit back but she can't be certain.
I'm keeping him on a small dose of Loxicom but he's eating ok and had a few biscuits along with his pouch tonight. He looks to meow another day but I'll be keeping a very close eye on him.
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