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Hello,
I have a 10 month old kitten that is sleeping a lot and has become less interested in food/play. I'm not sure I'd use the word lethargic yet. He has had quite the medical history already seeing three different vets in his life all for pneumonia. It's been four months since we had had any issues with that and he seemed healthy and full of life. Before I go any further I am calling another vet in the morning. Within the last week we noticed he started sleeping under his cat tower instead of on the top. Which I know is a pain/weakness response which is alarming. He is eating less food. He is on Nutro Kibble Essentials for kittens. Then twice a day he gets wet food. He has always been incredibly picky so I'm limited. Right now his favorite are Nutro Pate (chicken or chicken liver) and the Tiki Cat chicken mousse. The only thing he is still inhaling are his raw freeze dried salmon treats and his liquid treat pouches. The rest his picks at but never commits. I called a vet when this started. They stated that it was normal for them to start slowing down around this age. I have a hard time believing that he would slow down this much.
He is hydrated and still meeting us at the door and when we wake up in the morning. Just sleeping a lot. Its hard to get him to play for 5 minutes. We used to play for 30+ minutes at a time. He is peeing normal pee from what I can tell. He isn't pooing a lot (1 time per day) but he also isn't eating a lot either. I'm calling a vet that saw him the first time he had pneumonia; before I got him, tomorrow. Any suggestions for tests that I should beg for them to run? Suggestions I should bring up? Regardless, he will end up with at least a check up. I googled it (worst idea) and kidney and heart issues were at the top of the list. I initially accepted the original vets advice until he didn't even react when I prepared his pate last night and this morning. He is still eating some kibble and eventually picked at the pate. All of our cats in the past have been incredible healthy. The poor little guy has been through so much yet he is so young.
Thank you for any advice.
I have a 10 month old kitten that is sleeping a lot and has become less interested in food/play. I'm not sure I'd use the word lethargic yet. He has had quite the medical history already seeing three different vets in his life all for pneumonia. It's been four months since we had had any issues with that and he seemed healthy and full of life. Before I go any further I am calling another vet in the morning. Within the last week we noticed he started sleeping under his cat tower instead of on the top. Which I know is a pain/weakness response which is alarming. He is eating less food. He is on Nutro Kibble Essentials for kittens. Then twice a day he gets wet food. He has always been incredibly picky so I'm limited. Right now his favorite are Nutro Pate (chicken or chicken liver) and the Tiki Cat chicken mousse. The only thing he is still inhaling are his raw freeze dried salmon treats and his liquid treat pouches. The rest his picks at but never commits. I called a vet when this started. They stated that it was normal for them to start slowing down around this age. I have a hard time believing that he would slow down this much.
He is hydrated and still meeting us at the door and when we wake up in the morning. Just sleeping a lot. Its hard to get him to play for 5 minutes. We used to play for 30+ minutes at a time. He is peeing normal pee from what I can tell. He isn't pooing a lot (1 time per day) but he also isn't eating a lot either. I'm calling a vet that saw him the first time he had pneumonia; before I got him, tomorrow. Any suggestions for tests that I should beg for them to run? Suggestions I should bring up? Regardless, he will end up with at least a check up. I googled it (worst idea) and kidney and heart issues were at the top of the list. I initially accepted the original vets advice until he didn't even react when I prepared his pate last night and this morning. He is still eating some kibble and eventually picked at the pate. All of our cats in the past have been incredible healthy. The poor little guy has been through so much yet he is so young.
Thank you for any advice.