Weightloss, hairballs, dandruff?

Pre-vet visit, I'm trying to figure out what could cause this.

Lily has lost weight in the past few months. She's dropped 2-3 lbs. I noticed today she also has dandruff. She also vomited a hairball today, it was dark colored which really worried me. Now, dandruff, to me, says food's wrong for her. Hairball, she's never had one before. Weight loss, she has been a bit more active lately.

Now, I switched her to Fromms Duck a la Veg like 6 months ago. Could this be a food issue? For the time being, she is being fed Diamond Naturals Active Cat on the counter where Damita can't get into it(Damita has food issues).

(Yes, she's getting a vet appt ASAP as they open in the AM, I hadn't bothered with one until now as she has been more active lately)

kindeys ???

Originally Posted by sharky

kindeys ???

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I dunno. But, yeah...CRF, FeLV, FIV have all crossed my mine. Cancer, too. She's 2.5 years old.

Vet visit Wed 1:45PM. She's had 4 hairballs in the past 36 hours. She's never had a hairball before. Part of me wonders if it's stress, but the weight loss sure isn't.

I hope it's nothing bad. That is definitely worrisome.

for a easy fix

Vet has no idea. Ran blood panel, urine checked, physical exam....

She's on canned vomit (Science Diet i/d) for 3-7 days.

to me they all sound like connected signs of stress. I would sit down with a pen and paper and write down all possible changes in your cat's life since about a month before you noticed the symptoms.
This could be as easy as you moved a chair (yes, some cats are that neurotic) to new person, to cleaning chemicals.

Oh I hope everything will be okay!! Have some good !! Food seems to be an issue recently on here!

I'm assuming stress would be caused by foster dogs. Makes sense, right?

Heck, Lily flipped out when I moved a chair 2'.

Gotta love the "special " kittys