Hello everyone.
I have a 20 year old female cat that seems to sleep all the time. About 20 hours a day. I also notice that when she is awake she stares into space. She does this while on my lap, before getting out of her bed, in front of her food and water; It seems that she is doing it a lot! I just noticed about a day ago, that she will not really follow me around anymore. She just stays sleeping in her bed. Usually in the morning she would be waiting for me in the kitchen for food, but for the second day in a row she has not. She will, when she is hungry though, get out of her bed to go eat and then go right back to bed.
She's a very temper mental cat, so when I pick her up at times she growls at me, this is normal for her to do this, always has; I put her down, she then appears to stare into space again, looking like she's out of it, then about 10-20 seconds later snaps out of it. But she definitely does this on and off a lot.
Could this be because she's elderly? If anyone may know why could you tell me, or have any suggestions? She has an appointment with the vet this afternoon.
I have a 20 year old female cat that seems to sleep all the time. About 20 hours a day. I also notice that when she is awake she stares into space. She does this while on my lap, before getting out of her bed, in front of her food and water; It seems that she is doing it a lot! I just noticed about a day ago, that she will not really follow me around anymore. She just stays sleeping in her bed. Usually in the morning she would be waiting for me in the kitchen for food, but for the second day in a row she has not. She will, when she is hungry though, get out of her bed to go eat and then go right back to bed.
She's a very temper mental cat, so when I pick her up at times she growls at me, this is normal for her to do this, always has; I put her down, she then appears to stare into space again, looking like she's out of it, then about 10-20 seconds later snaps out of it. But she definitely does this on and off a lot.
Could this be because she's elderly? If anyone may know why could you tell me, or have any suggestions? She has an appointment with the vet this afternoon.
