It has been a long time since I've raised a kitten into adulthood (my cats have all been adults for over a decade until this guy), but I recall them just being less frisky, though still really enjoying their toys, but perhaps maybe not for as long of durations. I don't think I have seen any adult zoomies in mine, but I don't recall mine being zoomers. They did grow out of the toe biting at night though!Since Feb, she was getting either Rawz Turkey or Holistic Select Chicken, I attempted to add the Hound and Gatos Chicken, then turkey as Holistic ran out...and she started shunning HG without toppers, also had manageable bouts of constipation that I attributed to increased shedding/hair ingestion since whenever things did pass, hair wads every time. In April she was thoroughly displeased with HG, I like you, I started trying other foods. She's never before had issues changing foods, but I did used to use Mercola probiotics then stopped after this first bout of "whats going on??". Tiki after dark is liked. It's high moisture, low carb low fat. Downside is it lacks caloric density and is $$$. Their regular succulent chicken was "meh", but she likes both After Dark flavors tried so far. I even tried Purina (gasp) which she liked and hey, eating is eating. I hear friskies pate is highly palatable and some are decent ingredients for the price point. I don't know if her inappetence was pickiness or truly inappetence. With your boy, it sounds more definitively inappetence. But warming her meals made a difference with Echo and she got more gusto for meal time again. Worth trying. Aside from Tiki, the others mentioned are higher fat foods. I've read in other threads that lowering fat has helped some others with pancreatitis. So Tiki and Weruva are good ones for lower fat, high moisture, low carb (some Weruva are higher carb). But if their appetite is really decreased, whatever you can get into them is worthwhile.
Is he eating close to his daily amount? Have you asked vet about probiotic? Fortiflora is a really basic-bi*** probiotic as it is single strain, but, it also has animal digest which is apparently a very affective appetite stimulant. It might help both diarrhea and getting him to eat if your vet thinks its worth a try.
If you offer Echo her old food or her usual favorite food in her picky spells, does she gulp all of that down or does she get picky about that as well? Perhaps that can shed some light on whether it is related to her not liking the food or not. Yeah mine defintely has no appetite. I have been trying every cat food under the sun (that is readily available in my area anyways), and thankfully I had some very small success today with some food toppers someone had mentioned on here. He is not eating anywhere close to his daily estimated amount, and has lost 2 lbs in 2 months. He is now at a healthy weight but I am very concerned about how rapid his weightloss was, and he's still not getting enough calories. His labs a month ago were fine but I'm worried his follow up labs next week will show fatty liver. The vet gave me some Fortiflora last night, he seemed mildly interested in it. We've suspected for a while that he has some allergies so I need to figure out how to find out what he's allergic to in order to minimaze any aggravation of what's currently going on with him. Even though he's not eating a lot, he chirruped today for the first time in weeks which made me happy. This house has been way too quiet.
Yes, she was understandably hurting and scared! Did any of the vets mention gabapentin or something to calm her down a little? We have to do that now before every appointment, but the vet no longer says she needs to sedate him to examine him or obtain labs which is a plus.In February, I brought her to the regular vet we used for x-ray when she hurt her leg one morning. She was in pain and isn't fond of vet visits, so they had to sedate her then. I guess since then, the vet decided she needs sedation. But in my mind, she had sprained leg and was in certain pain, so yes, she was "fractious" being lame and scared.
Yeah, the biggest, fanciest most up-talked hospital in my state killed our dog last year. Their reviews had warnings though, saw them too late. But, it looked like such a high scale, state of the art place. Looks and reviews can be decieving. And it really sucks to indefinitely not be able to get face time with vets now to both see what they are doing in exam room and "meet" them if new. I hope clinics consider video chatting as part of exams and will be offering that feedback to the clinic we went to recently.
I am so, so sorry to hear about your dog, that is awful that happened to you guys, and I can absolutely understand never wanting to go back there. I also hate not being able to be there during the exam, even in the old days when vets would "take them to the back" for labs and stuff, I always hated it. Video chatting would a great thing for vets to implement, just to get to have more of a real interaction with your vet, especially if you haven'y met before. It's so hard to hand your baby over to a stranger. I will definitely ask mine at the next trip for guidance on how much water to add.