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Old May 3rd 17, 04:50 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
John Doe[_2_]
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Default Old cat can't keep any food down?

zhenzhen wrote:

Hello, I'm fairly new here but I just wanted some advice
about my 16 year old cat Spot? He's still quite a mobile,
vocal cat but he's unable to eat pretty much anything
without throwing it up a few minutes later; have tried
Fancy Feast tuna, Dine, Whiskas wet food, and just plain
old Coles brand cat food (which is kangaroo mince). He
doesn't like to eat biscuits as he's missing a few teeth.
At the moment, I'm just feeding him tiny cut up scraps of
roast chicken which he doesn't eat much of but manages to
keep down at least. Had a trip to the vet early this year
but apart from telling me that his stomach was sensitive
and that he couldn't handle cold foods, he said there was
nothing wrong with him. I'm concerned about Spot being
underweight. Any advice and helpful information would be
much appreciated, thank you!


You need to feed it cat food, if possible. Cats losing their
appetite is a common problem (or not uncommon). In some cases
the cause might be tooth decay.

Loss of appetite is usually a bad sign. If it gets bad
enough, you can have it euthanized. Good luck.

On a related subject... I recently bought an inexpensive
blender "Ninja Master Prep (QB900B)" to help make
high-quality dry food into wet food. Results will still vary,
the cat I wanted it to work on is rejecting it. The idea is
to make sure they get water with their meals.