Kitty not eating

by Jackie
(Nebraska)

QUESTION

Our 9 year old female Himalayan is not eating. We took her to the vet 5 days ago because her appetite was off for a week or so, she had a blood panel done with all results coming back to show she is a healthy cat. She is still eating very very little and now for a couple days seems to be nothing. She did drink quite a bit of water this morning and does use her box to urinate and even had a small solid deposit last evening. She has never been much of an eater and only will eat dry Purina cat chow but this is really alarming us. She acts very lethargic but will sit on our lap and purr for a short time. She looks healthy but thin. She weighs 6+ pounds.
Help!


Dear Jackie,

You MUST go back to the vet or to a different vet and continue diagnostics and get fluids for her and appetite stimulants until she eats well. Did they do complete bloodwork including a thyroid level? Did they look closely at her teeth? Did they feel her abdomen well to make sure she is not constipated? She can be constipated and still produce a small fecal ball.

It is time for x-rays and symptomatic therapy as mentioned above until a diagnosis is reached or she starts to eat really well. Don't wait until it's too late!

Have you tried a variety of foods, includng canned food of all types, especially fancy feast, but also real tuna and real turkey or chicken breast? Also, chicken baby food works well with sick cats most of the time.

Write back if you need to tell me more or ask further questions. Thank you, Dr. Neely