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Espy not eating
He doesn't eat a whole lot anyway but this morning he wouldn't eat his
normal ProlPlan Salmon and Rice (wet). Nor would he eat his favoirte dry food (Royal Canin #26 I think). Worse, he wouldn't eat the yellow Temptations - everyone's favorite. I was going to post this morning but instead I took him to the emergency vet. The vet poked and felt around and said that it doesn't feel like there was any obstruction and that his teeth looked good. Temperature was normal but no chems or cbc was run. I was to monitor his behavior and bring him in again if anything happened. Nothing happened. If it wasn't for not eating I wouldn't suspect any problem because he has been acting pretty much normal. Still, it's dinner time and he ate nothing again. Not a surprise since he wouldn't eat hamburger or fish. I noticed one of the cats has thrown up a bit, so perhaps he has a hairball that's bothering him. But if he doesn't eat tomorrow morning, then we go off to the regular vet. |
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On Jun 28, 7:42*pm, dgk wrote:
He doesn't eat a whole lot anyway but this morning he wouldn't eat his normal ProlPlan Salmon and Rice (wet). Nor would he eat his favoirte dry food (Royal Canin #26 I think). Worse, he wouldn't eat the yellow Temptations - everyone's favorite. I was going to post this morning but instead I took him to the emergency vet. The vet poked and felt around and said that it doesn't feel like there was any obstruction and that his teeth looked good. Temperature was normal but no chems or cbc was run. I was to monitor his behavior and bring him in again if anything happened. Nothing happened. If it wasn't for not eating I wouldn't suspect any problem because he has been acting pretty much normal. Still, it's dinner time and he ate nothing again. Not a surprise since he wouldn't eat hamburger or fish. I noticed one of the cats has thrown up a bit, so perhaps he has a hairball that's bothering him. But if he doesn't eat tomorrow morning, then we go off to the regular vet. I lost a cat last week, my oldest (12 1/2), who had been eating less, though she never ate much compared to my other cats. For a week or so she had been showing up to meals, but not eating much. Late on the night she died I had made sure she ate and drank water when the cats had late night snacks, so I wasn't worried. But then she didn't show up for breakfast and I found her body in the wooded area where she liked to hang out. I guess the moral is that any decrease in eating is something to be very concerned about. But then sometimes I've taken a cat to the vet after not eating two meals, and the vet found nothing wrong. It's really hard to know how to react to a slight change in eating habits. |
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Get s CBC & T4. If all comes back normal which btw very well could and
still be disease then get an xray & ultrasound/aspirate if mass found. I just went thhu w/ my cat and she had a pancreatic adenocarnioma, a very silent and deadly cancer. Shockingly, the only symptom was lack of appetite and difficulty eating as she wasted away. I'm not trying to alarm you but I learned that when a cat doesn't eat, it's either something really simple or obvious like a tooth, to the extreme like something pushing on the stomach or other organs lpossibly within the digestive path like a mass. Initially when her eating was declining gradually but unnoticeably we found some increasing vomit trails, assuming like you it was hairballs and not knowing which cat in our milticat household. When her eating really declined so did the vomit because there was nothing left to come out. Now looking back at her records, there was real slight but gradual weight loss over 6 mths to a year that wasn't significant enough to raise a red flag, but these are also warning signs not to be overlooked. We also had her on a weight loss program over the past two years using hills WD dry food, so the weight loss cause was even more difficult to pinpoint. Important thing is to get a diagnosis real quick to not lose tiMe and your options for cure. dgk wrote: He doesn't eat a whole lot anyway but this morning he wouldn't eat his normal ProlPlan Salmon and Rice (wet). Nor would he eat his favoirte dry food (Royal Canin #26 I think). Worse, he wouldn't eat the yellow Temptations - everyone's favorite. I was going to post this morning but instead I took him to the emergency vet. The vet poked and felt around and said that it doesn't feel like there was any obstruction and that his teeth looked good. Temperature was normal but no chems or cbc was run. I was to monitor his behavior and bring him in again if anything happened. Nothing happened. If it wasn't for not eating I wouldn't suspect any problem because he has been acting pretty much normal. Still, it's dinner time and he ate nothing again. Not a surprise since he wouldn't eat hamburger or fish. I noticed one of the cats has thrown up a bit, so perhaps he has a hairball that's bothering him. But if he doesn't eat tomorrow morning, then we go off to the regular vet. |
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Espy not eating
"dgk" wrote in message ... He doesn't eat a whole lot anyway but this morning he wouldn't eat his normal ProlPlan Salmon and Rice (wet). Hope he is better soon. Bless you for taking him to the vet before you posted ... pretty unusual around here. You let him out, right? Another thing to think of, is that he may have gotten something he should not have. Fenced yard or not, it's the chance you take. |
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I would treat him for hair balls. Try Temptations.
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Espy not eating
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:15:06 -0400, "cybercat"
wrote: "dgk" wrote in message .. . He doesn't eat a whole lot anyway but this morning he wouldn't eat his normal ProlPlan Salmon and Rice (wet). Hope he is better soon. Bless you for taking him to the vet before you posted ... pretty unusual around here. You let him out, right? Another thing to think of, is that he may have gotten something he should not have. Fenced yard or not, it's the chance you take. The vet was concerned that he might have eaten some bulb plants, apparently they can be hazardous to cats. I do have some of those but I've never seen any of the cats care about them They just eat the grass and of course I don't put down anything harmful - crappy lawn but (usually) healthy cats. The vet thinks that one kidney feels harder than the other but he isn't sure what that means yet. Blood work and an X-Ray are underway so I had to leave him there. He told me that I can be concerned but not worried yet. Too late for that advice. I'm into panic mode. Nipsy and Marlo are good cats, but Espy (like Nico before him) is special to me. Just so smart and weird. I hardly slept last night -every time I awoke I had to go check on him. |
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Dong worry until you get a diagnosis, but do keep us posted. I think
kidney disease, hypothyroidism and other things can cause the appetite issue to. Has the cat been lethargic, increased peeing & thirst? How old is the cat?????? Please let us know what the xrays and bloodwork discover.... dgk wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:15:06 -0400, "cybercat" wrote: "dgk" wrote in message .. . He doesn't eat a whole lot anyway but this morning he wouldn't eat his normal ProlPlan Salmon and Rice (wet). Hope he is better soon. Bless you for taking him to the vet before you posted ... pretty unusual around here. You let him out, right? Another thing to think of, is that he may have gotten something he should not have. Fenced yard or not, it's the chance you take. The vet was concerned that he might have eaten some bulb plants, apparently they can be hazardous to cats. I do have some of those but I've never seen any of the cats care about them They just eat the grass and of course I don't put down anything harmful - crappy lawn but (usually) healthy cats. The vet thinks that one kidney feels harder than the other but he isn't sure what that means yet. Blood work and an X-Ray are underway so I had to leave him there. He told me that I can be concerned but not worried yet. Too late for that advice. I'm into panic mode. Nipsy and Marlo are good cats, but Espy (like Nico before him) is special to me. Just so smart and weird. I hardly slept last night -every time I awoke I had to go check on him. |
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"dgk" wrote I'm into panic mode. I know. You're in my thoughts. |
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On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:52:51 +0000 (UTC), Billy
wrote: Dong worry until you get a diagnosis, but do keep us posted. I think kidney disease, hypothyroidism and other things can cause the appetite issue to. Has the cat been lethargic, increased peeing & thirst? How old is the cat?????? Please let us know what the xrays and bloodwork discover.... Espy is apparently seven. (Espy stands for Salt and Pepper). He's the only cat I know that has an award named after him. I thought he was five or so but the fiirst vet visit was 2003. He wasn't noticeably lethargic until yesterday and even then he was walking around investigating things just like always. But he did lie back in an empty box like sick cats do during the evening. While he turned down food, he did hit the water fountain fairly often so I was wondering about diabetes. He was also spending a lot of time licking his butt and I noticed liquid under him when I picked him up out of the box. I thought that he might be drooling after eating something foul like some bug- I've had cats do that. Blood work won't be back until tomorrow, but the Xray showed that the immediate cause of his problem was that his uretha was blocked - something worse than a mucous plug. The bladder was twice normal size and was impinging on the intestines preventing him from pooping. With three cats it's almost impossible to notice this stuff. I might catch one peeing or pooping but it's tough to notice one is failing to pee/poop. The vet expressed the bladder and Espy is apparently feeling better. The vet said that he was eating although he just turned down his wet food - he has apparently eaten recently. He did eat a few Temptations which I am happy about. As for the underlying cause, there is definitely something going on in one kidney. The vet did not feel that CRF is in the immediate future although his guess is that reduced kidney functioning is the cause of the blockage. Well, $400 in lab tests will get us the big picture tomorrow. I don't think there is a test that was left out. Hmm. I don't recall seeing Ova and Parasites but that was probably in there also. Thanks for the concern, I'll let you all known when I know. |
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"dgk" wrote Blood work won't be back until tomorrow, but the Xray showed that the immediate cause of his problem was that his uretha was blocked - something worse than a mucous plug. The bladder was twice normal size and was impinging on the intestines preventing him from pooping. With three cats it's almost impossible to notice this stuff. I might catch one peeing or pooping but it's tough to notice one is failing to pee/poop. The vet expressed the bladder and Espy is apparently feeling better. The vet said that he was eating although he just turned down his wet food - he has apparently eaten recently. He did eat a few Temptations which I am happy about. As for the underlying cause, there is definitely something going on in one kidney. Oh, I was hoping it was just a simple blockage like males get so often. Hope it can be fixed. |
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