Jeanne Hedge wrote:
Well, now I *really* don't know what to think.

Natasha practically stopped eating for something like 3 weeks.
Nothing, and I mean *nothing*, I could think of would interest her.
Chicken, turkey, tuna, baby food, wet cat food, dry cat food (k/d)...
nothing. She was actively turning her head away from everything I
tried - except the liquid from the tuna (she isn't stupid). The
vitamin B shot she had about 10 days ago did not start her appetite
up.

While digging through my cabinets just before the Thanksgiving
holidays I found an open bag of dry cat food - Purina Indoor cat
formula. Who knows how stale it is. On the theory of "why not, nothing
else is working" I gave her a little.

And she ate.

Not a lot, but there was definitely interest there. So I fed her that
over the weekend, and have continued since. She's still not eating a
lot (daily portion = 1/2 cup, she's eaten about 1/4 cup so far today),
but she *is* eating. Old, stale dry cat food. (hey, whatever it did,
she had a BM over the weekend too, so I know that part's working again
too)

Over the holiday I was talking with a lady I met who told me she had
an indoor-only cat who'd stopped eating and couldn't be interested in
anything else. So she changed his food to this new brand she'd noticed
on the shelf, and he loves it. As it turned out, it was the same stuff
that Tasha seems to have taken a shine to.

So here's hoping that maybe I've stumbled over a fix for part of
Natasha's problem, and I'll have a bit longer to enjoy her company.



Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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Purrs that Natasha will continue eating. When Smokey wouldn't eat anything I
tried Fancy Feast Elegant Medely (Yellow Fin Tuna Flavor) and he just loves it.
He would never eat any canned food in the past.

Randy


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