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Hi, I have a 24 year old cat that suddenly stopped eating his favorite dry food and then I noticed when he was eating his canned food he would suddenly paw at his mouth after a few bites and it got so bad that he would hit his bowl with his paw when he was pawing his mouth and his bowl would fly across the kitchen. He also started drooling a lot more than his usual drool when getting his ears scratched. After looking at his mouth and chin I found his chin had dry crud on it that I thought was dried up canned food because in the last year he has not been able to groom himself due to his old age. I tried to clean his chin with a baby wipe like I have been doing on his face and around his backend since he has been unable to himself but it would not come loose so I put triple antibiotic ointment on it a couple times and that loosened it up and I was able to get all of it off with a baby wipe. He seemed better for a day or two but when I checked him out his chin had crud on it again and he started pawing at his mouth again when trying to eat. I have not taken him to the vet becase when I took him 5 years ago for a UTI infection they told me at his age I should have him put down or take him home to die! I took him home and dosed down steroids and antibiotics of mine and made a tincture of essential oils and he was better after a few days and had been healthy for 5 years. Im afraid at his age now he would not do well taking a trip to the vet especially for any procedure that required anathesia. He is now only eating a liquid diet and has lost a lot of weight, he has always been a fat boy and weighed around 25lbs. but he suddenly feels light as a feather. He has an appetite and tries to eat as much as possible but has to have small amounts several times a day. This has been going on now for about 3 weeks. He still purrs when I scratch his ears and otherwise acts normal. I have had cats for over 50 years and I have never seen this before.