I feed two outdoor boys. they are best of buddies and follow each other around all day. I also put out a heated dog house for them during this winter so that is where they stay, unless they go off into my backyard and play in the tree-lined area. I am on an acre with a lot of horse properties around me, but they do not wander off very much. I feed them twice a day (wet food & dry) once in the morning at 7:30 and once at night, around the same time. They usually come running up when they heard the door open. Garfield is still eating, the little fatty (he is the alpha cat) JC the b&w tux as of last night has not come up for his food. I think he nibbled a little yesterday morning. When I went to see if he was in the doghouse last night he was just laying there and looked up at me. I went closer and he jumped out (wanted to make sure he wasn't listless) this morning same thing. wet food- garfield runs up, jc is in the doghouse just looking at me. He looks otherwise healthy. yesterday I heard him coughing/weezing a bit like he was trying to hack up a hairball or something. Could he have eaten a bird and gotten sick?
Like I said he looks healthy (these cats are very well taken care of by me) garfield lets me pet him so I was able to squeeze a revolution on his neck the other day (saw a tick crawling on him-ugh) JC is more feral and so while I am beginning to worry I don't want to rush him into the vet unless absolutely necessary b/c capturing him is very traumatic on him, and don't want to unncessarily stress him and garfield out. they literally do not separate from each other (it's the weirdest thing, they're not even related).
anyone have something similar happen with an outdoor cat? At what point is it very concerning if they don't eat- is this normal? Any advice is appreciated,,,
Like I said he looks healthy (these cats are very well taken care of by me) garfield lets me pet him so I was able to squeeze a revolution on his neck the other day (saw a tick crawling on him-ugh) JC is more feral and so while I am beginning to worry I don't want to rush him into the vet unless absolutely necessary b/c capturing him is very traumatic on him, and don't want to unncessarily stress him and garfield out. they literally do not separate from each other (it's the weirdest thing, they're not even related).
anyone have something similar happen with an outdoor cat? At what point is it very concerning if they don't eat- is this normal? Any advice is appreciated,,,