Hi, I hope someone can help.
Firstly, I'll give you a little history
We got our gorgeous cat from the RSPCA 6 months ago when he was around 2 years old. He is very settled, usually has a good appetite and will always eat every meal put down within a few minutes. He is mainly an indoors cat (we are at work during the week so keep him indoors) but let him out each evening in our back garden which is sheltered. He had to have his tail amputated while he was at the RSPCA and now has a little stump which he wags (I tell you this as I'm aware you can tell about some cat's behaviour through their tail movements). He doesn't go out the front as there are so many parked cars on our street I would be worried he would get run over again. As a result he doesn't have much to do with local cats in the area. A few nights ago we found a local ginger cat in our back garden which is rare and although we didn't hear them fight (we would have done) there was definately a moment of some vocal noise which is what drew our attentiont to them.
Over the last couple of weeks Pads' has started to leave a little food in his bowl and then to return to it a bit later on which we took to be a good sign. However, over the last few days Pads' appetite has dwindled. Friday morning I noticed some of his dry food was still out from the night before so I threw it away and replaced it. When I returned from work he hadn't eaten much of the dry food so I replaced it with wet food which he loves. He sniffed it had a tiny bit and then left it. We replaced the food on Friday night with dry but again this was left. Yesterday we figured he may be bored with his IAMS and so went to the local pet food and bought organic wet food (actual pieces of tuna and egg) and some dry food specifically for fussy cats. He had a third of the wet food and before we went to bed he had eaten another third (bearing in mind this is only one sachet - nothing else has been given to him except for a few hand fed treats which he enjoyed). We left the new dry food for him last night and it's still there this morning.
We haven't noticed anything different in his character. He still enjoys fighting with the duvet, enjoys being held and petted. He still wants company and sleeps in our room until he wakes me up demanding attention and I put him outside our room.
He is really shedding his fur at the moment which I'm assuming is down to the time of year since it's hot and he has a thick glossy coat. He still enjoys going outside and chasing flies and bugs. In fact last weekend he caught his first mouse and although didn't kill it (I managed to trap the mouse as he brought it inside) he did pierce the skin as there was a small blood wound. He isn't talking much more than he usually does and still grooms himself all the time. He isn't vomiting and his toilet hasn't changed. There is just nothing strange or different in his behaviour except for his lack of appetite. I just don't know what's going on.
I'm sorry this is so long but I wanted to give you all the facts as Pads is the first cat I have ever owned. I love him to bits and don't want to be missing anything obvious. I really hope someone has experienced this before and can give me some advice.
Thank you!
Firstly, I'll give you a little history
We got our gorgeous cat from the RSPCA 6 months ago when he was around 2 years old. He is very settled, usually has a good appetite and will always eat every meal put down within a few minutes. He is mainly an indoors cat (we are at work during the week so keep him indoors) but let him out each evening in our back garden which is sheltered. He had to have his tail amputated while he was at the RSPCA and now has a little stump which he wags (I tell you this as I'm aware you can tell about some cat's behaviour through their tail movements). He doesn't go out the front as there are so many parked cars on our street I would be worried he would get run over again. As a result he doesn't have much to do with local cats in the area. A few nights ago we found a local ginger cat in our back garden which is rare and although we didn't hear them fight (we would have done) there was definately a moment of some vocal noise which is what drew our attentiont to them.
Over the last couple of weeks Pads' has started to leave a little food in his bowl and then to return to it a bit later on which we took to be a good sign. However, over the last few days Pads' appetite has dwindled. Friday morning I noticed some of his dry food was still out from the night before so I threw it away and replaced it. When I returned from work he hadn't eaten much of the dry food so I replaced it with wet food which he loves. He sniffed it had a tiny bit and then left it. We replaced the food on Friday night with dry but again this was left. Yesterday we figured he may be bored with his IAMS and so went to the local pet food and bought organic wet food (actual pieces of tuna and egg) and some dry food specifically for fussy cats. He had a third of the wet food and before we went to bed he had eaten another third (bearing in mind this is only one sachet - nothing else has been given to him except for a few hand fed treats which he enjoyed). We left the new dry food for him last night and it's still there this morning.
We haven't noticed anything different in his character. He still enjoys fighting with the duvet, enjoys being held and petted. He still wants company and sleeps in our room until he wakes me up demanding attention and I put him outside our room.
He is really shedding his fur at the moment which I'm assuming is down to the time of year since it's hot and he has a thick glossy coat. He still enjoys going outside and chasing flies and bugs. In fact last weekend he caught his first mouse and although didn't kill it (I managed to trap the mouse as he brought it inside) he did pierce the skin as there was a small blood wound. He isn't talking much more than he usually does and still grooms himself all the time. He isn't vomiting and his toilet hasn't changed. There is just nothing strange or different in his behaviour except for his lack of appetite. I just don't know what's going on.
I'm sorry this is so long but I wanted to give you all the facts as Pads is the first cat I have ever owned. I love him to bits and don't want to be missing anything obvious. I really hope someone has experienced this before and can give me some advice.
Thank you!
