Our cat, Gizmo, is just over 15 years old and has arthritis which is (was) being treated with Gabapentin.
About 10 days or so ago, she seemed not herself, loafing a lot in the garden under chairs and in the border. We then noticed she wasn't using her litter tray at all at night, and no sign of going anywhere in the house. She is shut in from around 10pm every night so this is a long time not to be going. We also hadn't seen her drink from her water fountain any where near as much as usual.
A few days later she jumped off my dds bed and had a bit of wee seepage, not a wee as such, just from the jump down. It was quite dark and smelt quite strong, so we thought UTI. She was also off her food and she was quite round. Went to the vets, who gave her an antibiotic injection and a steroid injection and sent away with some Metacam. As she has such a fear of the vets, she wee'd in the crate we use to take her, and the roundness went, so we think it was just a very full bladder.
Since then she has still not really eaten much. My dd can get a licky lick or two on her over night, sometimes she will eat some of her usual kibble, the odd slurp of cat milk, but really not interested in her wet food. Annoying for another reason as this was her food she would reliably eat with her Gabapentin in, so she hasn't had that for just over a week now.
So she is now an unhappy cat for whatever the original issue is, and she has come off Gabapentin too quickly so is cross about that, and then the arthritis pain on top of that. She has hissed at my dd and there has been much angry tail wagging.
Having not got on top of my dogs illness earlier this year, who I then had to say goodbye to, I don't want to be missing something that could be helped and again have to make the decision to say goodbye to our cat. My dd has a downstairs bedroom so the cat is with her a lot, and feels very much like her cat. She has struggled with losing our dog, and this is stressing her out.
So, anything that we can ask the vet, or suggestions on how to get her to eat, would be really appreciated. She is feeling skinny as she hasn't really eaten properly for over a week and when she was weighed last week she was 300g lighter than the previous time she was weighed at 4kg and now pretty sure she is closer to 3.5kg if not lighter.