8 year old loosing weight fast

I think she was born around 2002, spayed in 2005, showing signs of blindness in 2009, now she is not eating, definitely loosing weight. I can feel the prominence of her spine. She seems in good spirits. Moves slow. Sits on my lap and purs for a minute then just sits quietly.

I took her to the vet last year for the blindness and didn't get any useful advice. I did get a bill for $73.

Maybe its her time.

You need to find a vet and get bloodwork done

Agree that bloodwork is in order. I would go see a vet as soon as you can.

Keep her eating even if that means to force feed that with a sirynge until you see the vet - that is very important, otherwise you risk liver failure. Try Baby food (no garlic, no onion) warming up the food, do what you can, but do not just leave it up to her to eat.

It is not just her time to die, she is far too young to be dying... Take her to another vet ASAP.

what are you suspecting? details please on the blood work

Senior panel... I am NOT a VET ... but the symtoms could be diabetes , kidney failure, hyperthyroid and many other 'senior" conditions... make sure to ask if thyroid is part of the panel or a extra test

If $$ is an issue , call around and see about payments ( easier if you are already a patient) , care credit , local shelter( some have ER funds, others know of Good vets who are less $$$)

Your cat needs to go the vet. No two ways about it. An 8 yr old cat is not old. I have had cats live till 22 years old.

You must be an advocate for your animal. Ask questions of the doctor. If not satisfied, ask again.

This could be so many treatable things.

Do not delay...follow all the advice given by other posters and get your kitty in. She is showing you she is sick.

I'm with the others, take her to the vet!!! My Deli was 8 yo and stopped eating; it turned out to be lymphoma. Feed her with a syringe if nessesary, I'd recommend Nutri-Cal as it is very calorie dense.

She saw the Vet today. He confirmed a serious case of fleas and suspects tape worms as well. He treated with a shot for the worms and advantage for the fleas.

Im told she should bounce back fast.....unless there is another underlying problem.

Thanks to everyone for their advice.

No blood work....anemia is present by evidence of small flakes of blood clots Im told. She is fine. Stable and quiet.

My concern is she is barely eating and drinking, at least so far as I can see. I put a can of moist high quality cat food out and she just licks at it....not taking bites. This might take time for recovery. She weights 6 lbs. I don't know her original weight but I suspect she was at 9 lbs before loosing weight. Other wise, she purrs, sits on my lap, gets around just fine.

Monday....I will try for the PCV test when the Vet is open. Her gums are mostly pinkish, but there is some white around the k9

Originally Posted by timotb

Monday....I will try for the PCV test when the Vet is open. Her gums are mostly pinkish, but there is some white around the k9

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Please keep an eye ... If this were my cat we would be headed to the er vet today

If anyone is still following this post......

This cat weighed 6.4lbs on Sept 23. She was treated for tape worms by injection and given Advantage-Multi for fleas and I'm told advantage-multi also addresses other worm types.

Today I weighed her again. She is at 5.4 lbs.....still loosing weight. I called the vet and expressed this concern. He said she should be alright.

I assume loosing more weight is normal after being treated for tape worms before we bottom out and start gaining again.

Comments?

I would take her to another vet and get a second opinion. Is she drinking well? We have a cat who is a little older than this start to go down winter before last. When he took him the vet said he thought he was dying (he is really morbid so we switched, every time we took an animal he would be like if they die it is their time to go and sometimes it would be just for vaccines so that was weird), anyway he said he would keep him over night and give him an IV that he seemed to be a little dehydrated, he bounced back really quickly after he was hydrated and now he weighs over 10 pounds and is getting a little bit of a belly and he was very thin when we took him into the vet for not thriving well.

It sounds like your cat improved, Britt0285. My cat eats very small amounts, and I cant tell if she is drinking much. A vet tech suggested giving her moist kitten food which is a little higher in fat and protein.

timotb, if I were you, I would take this cat to a more proactive vet. This extreme weight loss is not good.
Furthermore, you can't just leave it up to her to eat... If she is not eating, her liver can be affected, and soon she can go into liver failure, or get fatty liver disease - and from there recover is very very difficult. You are actually very lucky this haven't taken place yet with this weight loss and this lack of food.
She NEEDS to eat, bottom line. If she is not eating, you need to force feed her with a syringe, or try meat only baby food (no garlic, no onions)... There is also a recovery RX food called Hills A/D, very caloric and very palatable. Kitten food is also more caloric than adult food and can help her.
But if you do not force feed her, leave it out to her to eat on her own, and do not seek treatment with another vet, I am sorry to say that her chances of recovery might look grim.