I've been on Mumsnet for years but never knew there was a page for cats so hello 👋🏼
I know no one can give me the correct answer here but I want to ask some advice on my lovely old girl. She is just over 19 (got her as a rescue at 4 yrs). She's never given me any bother apart from being quite a noisy cat.
Three years ago she was quite unwell, it was early 2021 and there were still alot of restrictions. She had bloods that she was end stage organ failure and we're advised to PTS but I couldn't be with her. I wanted another day with her and she perked up to vet said let's do a urine test. She had a urine infection!! Antibiotics and she was fine and is still here. She doesn't go out much, sleeps alot, can't jump much anymore but seems happy enough. But she's on and off her food alot. Drinks and pees alot (kidney disease obviously). She's recently put on a fair bit of weight as I tried her on some Sheeba and she loved it. But she's off that now. She just circles her bowl and cries for food but when I give her something she just sniffs and walks off and meows at me until she wonders off to sleep. I've not been to the vets since they nearly put her down. I know her teeth are probably awful and her breath stinks but she grooms herself still. The one thing she doesn't do anymore is purr or it's very very quiet.
So there's no specific concerns, just general but should I get her looked at? What would a vet do? Is this just normal old cat behaviour? I just don't want her to be suffering.
Thankyou for reading xx