RE: Cat Has Stopped Eating
My cat had the same type of issue. I got baby food and she did end up eating a bit. Took sometime for her to get back to eating normal. As for furballs, I put a small amount of Vaseline on their paws two times a month. It has helped a lot.
Good Luck Please keep us posted.
Posted on 10/22/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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That is exactly what is happening! I can't see any rotten teeth, but I noticed her tongue is redder than my other cats' tongues. I can't afford to take her back to the vet, so I will try the canned food gravy, like you suggested. Thank you...she is so skinny and her fur is getting all matted...she looks like a shadow of her former healthy self. I tried the pate, thinking she would just lick it up, but never thought of the gravy in the chunky canned food. Thank you.
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I know exactly what you're going through. My cat did the same thing earlier this year and is the same age as yours. He'd lost so much weight that I thought he was going to die. My 13 year old son took a look inside kitty's mouth and found that his gums were inflamed and his teeth were all decayed and rotting out. I switched his food from dry to can and he started lapping up the gravy on the canned food. His teeth are still not any better but he is eating like a horse now. He eventually started eating the food along with the gravy, although it did take some time.
My cat was the picture of health and weighed nearly 20 lbs before he stopped eating. He'd lost down to about 4-5 lbs and was really pitiful. He's back up to his "pre-diet" wgt. now.
Unfortunately, I am currently unemployed and can't afford to take him to a vet now. Hopefully, I will find a job soon and can get something done for his teeth.
Posted on 10/22/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Vets here are more expensive than people doctors! It's ridiculous!
Posted on 10/21/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Hi again catastrofy :-) I think you need to call two or three other vets and get a price quote because that's an outrageous amount of money for a pet x-ray even with anesthesia and it wouldn't hurt to ask over the phone from them for some advice of what to do to get your baby to eat!
Maybe it's different in Canada than in the U.S. but here my current baby had teeth cleaned, five pulled under anesthesia and given intravenous antibotics plus antibiotics to take home for about $400.00 and that was just a few months ago.
$750.00 for a dental x-ray only is outrageous :-(
Posted on 10/21/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
RE: Cat Has Stopped Eating
No worms. Apparently the x-rays are more expensive because she is considered a "senior cat" and as they have to put her under to do x-rays, before they can anesthetize her, they have to do blood tests to make sure her system can handle the anesthetic. I bought some baby food "chicken in broth" and she licks at it, but she ate only about half a teaspoon in a whole day. I am still trying the hairball stuff from the vet. No luck, yet....but I'll keep trying..she's a very feisty cat, bites and scratches me whenever I try the hairball stuff. Won't lick it off her paw walked around for a few hours getting lint and cat litter stuck to it until I wiped it off!
Thanks for the suggestions. The vet gave me a syringe and told me to use it to force feed her if I have to. That really went over well! Have to get some leather gloves. He had no problem squirting some in her mouth. I come out covered in blood and food from the bites and scratches and her spitting everything out!! She won't eat the salmon or tuna, either! I'm cooking some codfish and a chicken right now.
Hopefully she'll eat one or the other of those, like I said. So frustrating, my other cats love this, as they get what she won't eat! They form a line outside the bedroom door (which is where I TRY to feed her), and wait to see what she leaves. The other cats are all perfectly healthy, so it's not a disease of any kind. I still think it's a hairball. Can you give cats cod liver oil, or mineral oil? I was told to give our rabbits Vaseline for their hairballs, but I don't think you can give it to cats?
Posted on 10/21/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I just had another thought! Has she been checked for worms? I also don't understand how x-rays could be so expensive :-o I had to have a cat x-rayed about six years ago and it was only $75.00 and that vets office was more expensive than most! Maybe you could get in contact with your local ASPCA and ask for suggestions from them because they have seen it all!
Posted on 10/21/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Buy a jar of baby food with meat in it to see if she will eat that. As for the hair ball meds. Rub it on her paws, she will have to lick them to get it off.
Posted on 10/21/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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I took her to another vet. He says he can't see anything wrong with her, either. He suggested x-rays of her teeth to see if she has an abscess, although he doesn't think so. The x-rays will be a minimum of $750! This is way out of my reach! Her teeth seem fine, her gums seem fine. They didn't feel any lumps or abnormalities, but she's still not eating. She will drink "Whiska's Cat Milk", but won't touch salmon or tuna. He gave me some hairball stuff in a tube, which she hates and bites me every time I give it to her. Can you give cats cod liver oil? Thank you for all your suggestions, please keep them coming. I am at my wit's end trying to help her. She doesn't seem to be in any pain...purrs softly when I pick her up. As normal...sleeps on my lap, chases lights, beats up the other cats. Just isn't eating. It's so frustrating. She's so skinny!
Posted on 10/20/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Has the vet (or you) examined her teeth thoroughly? She might have an abscessed tooth or something wrong with her teeth.
She could also have her anal sac (?, I think that is what it is called) impacted which the vet has to "unplug" for lack of a better word. Has kidney problems or a urinary tract infection been suggested or spoken of? Does she meow while going to litter box? I totally agree with the other posts. Go to another vet fast! The one who finds nothing wrong must have something wrong with him.
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Try to see if you can get her to eat something like Lily 59 suggests but I would also take her to another vet like others suggest! Something not right with a vet saying he sees nothing wrong with her even though all she's doing is drinking is water! Please run, don't walk, to another vet even if she does eat a bite or two!
Posted on 10/20/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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My girl did that last summer. I'd been told once when she had pneumonia that the reason she wasn't eating was that she couldn't smell her food with her nose all stuffed up. She is 13 now. Last year when she was 12 she stopped eating a couple days and I got really worried. So I figured that since she's old she probably couldn't smell her food as well as she could when younger. I went and bought Tuna in a can and salmon when wet catfood wouldn't work. I then changed the rule she'd had all her life and let her eat people food, namely chicken we were eating. I mean I don't care about the rules if she's going to waste away! She ate the tuna salmon and loves chicken! Then, I also had to change her food to a more expensive better tasting food than the cheap kind. Hey they're old and if you love them you can spend a few more bucks to keep em alive! Try all these things! It could also be her teeth which hurt them when theyre old so she may need to eat wet food from now on. This is Toonces my darling girl.
Posted on 10/20/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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A cat who won't eat and a vet who throws up his hands and says he can't find anything wrong? You need another vet, and fast, before your kitty gets worse.
Posted on 10/20/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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Have you tried hairball medicine from the pet store?? It used to work wonders for my cat, although she never stopped eating. But it definately helped bring the hairballs up.
Posted on 10/18/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse
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