I wasn't sure where to put this, so i figured 'Health" was a good start.
Casper, 11 years old, is a very good eater. Anything we put down in front of him is good food. We can change foods on him and he easily acclimates and rarely turns his nose up at anything. The only thing he ever didn't want to eat was canned duck food. Yuck to duck he said
Recently, we started feeding him Blue Buffalo's canned Spa Wellness in the mornings. He used to have issues vomiting early in the day periodically and since we switched over to this food, not once has he done so. Pretty awesome. In the evenings, he gets a high quality kibble; it had been Orijen but we're having trouble getting it now so i went back to one of Blue Buffalo's Freedom Grain Free.
He rarely gets treats or table scraps. When he does, it is plain fish or chicken/meat. We're very cautious about what goes into him.
Anyway - the past couple of weeks have been stressful here. We went through Hurricane Sandy. While we and our home are fine, we didn't have power for nearly a week and were pretty much living in the dark and cold for that time, with no real routine to speak of. Casper seemed to be behaving somewhat differently, a bit less playful, wasn't as social with us as he typically is. We tried hard to keep him involved with us as much as possible to give him a sense that everything was ok but I really believe he knew something wasn't right.
Now that things are more back to normal, he doesn't seem to have the same appetite he did before. He appears ok otherwise; is using the litterbox, playing (in fact, right now he's madly running through the house chasing his 'mouse' and attacking the carpet lol), affectionate, etc. But we'll give him the wet food and he is barely touching it. At first, I thought he just decided he didn't like the flavor I put down that morning. Left it down for about an hour, then removed it. Gave him some kibble instead which he also hardly touched. Later that day at his dinner, he also didn't seem very interested in his food.
The next day instead of trying to finish off that can I opened another flavor (a seafood one). This too, he only nibbled at. Maybe ate 1/4 a can if that. At dinner, he didn't exactly wolf things down as he usually would - in the morning there was still some in the bowl which is very unusual for him.
Today, I fed him the rest of the can and he again, didn't have much interest in it. He ate half of it and it's been hours so I'm removing it now. So that's only 1/4 a can. I even tried giving him a tablespoon or so of milk (which he does tolerate and enjoys as a treat) because he saw my BF drinking a glass and seemed highly interested. Put it into a small dish, he looked at it and walked away. That, was odd to me because he usually scoffs that right up.
It isn't like he is going to starve - he has been eating in total about 1/4 can of the wet food plus about 1/4 cup of the kibble each day for the past 3 days. He is drinking his water, normally - not to excess.
Anyone have any ideas what the problem may be? He seems perfectly fine otherwise - just not overly hungry, and other than being a bit more vocal than usual (he's been meowing while playing which he typically never does), he's not presenting any other symptoms which would clue us into what may be wrong (or not) with him.
Casper, 11 years old, is a very good eater. Anything we put down in front of him is good food. We can change foods on him and he easily acclimates and rarely turns his nose up at anything. The only thing he ever didn't want to eat was canned duck food. Yuck to duck he said
Recently, we started feeding him Blue Buffalo's canned Spa Wellness in the mornings. He used to have issues vomiting early in the day periodically and since we switched over to this food, not once has he done so. Pretty awesome. In the evenings, he gets a high quality kibble; it had been Orijen but we're having trouble getting it now so i went back to one of Blue Buffalo's Freedom Grain Free.
He rarely gets treats or table scraps. When he does, it is plain fish or chicken/meat. We're very cautious about what goes into him.
Anyway - the past couple of weeks have been stressful here. We went through Hurricane Sandy. While we and our home are fine, we didn't have power for nearly a week and were pretty much living in the dark and cold for that time, with no real routine to speak of. Casper seemed to be behaving somewhat differently, a bit less playful, wasn't as social with us as he typically is. We tried hard to keep him involved with us as much as possible to give him a sense that everything was ok but I really believe he knew something wasn't right.
Now that things are more back to normal, he doesn't seem to have the same appetite he did before. He appears ok otherwise; is using the litterbox, playing (in fact, right now he's madly running through the house chasing his 'mouse' and attacking the carpet lol), affectionate, etc. But we'll give him the wet food and he is barely touching it. At first, I thought he just decided he didn't like the flavor I put down that morning. Left it down for about an hour, then removed it. Gave him some kibble instead which he also hardly touched. Later that day at his dinner, he also didn't seem very interested in his food.
The next day instead of trying to finish off that can I opened another flavor (a seafood one). This too, he only nibbled at. Maybe ate 1/4 a can if that. At dinner, he didn't exactly wolf things down as he usually would - in the morning there was still some in the bowl which is very unusual for him.
Today, I fed him the rest of the can and he again, didn't have much interest in it. He ate half of it and it's been hours so I'm removing it now. So that's only 1/4 a can. I even tried giving him a tablespoon or so of milk (which he does tolerate and enjoys as a treat) because he saw my BF drinking a glass and seemed highly interested. Put it into a small dish, he looked at it and walked away. That, was odd to me because he usually scoffs that right up.
It isn't like he is going to starve - he has been eating in total about 1/4 can of the wet food plus about 1/4 cup of the kibble each day for the past 3 days. He is drinking his water, normally - not to excess.
Anyone have any ideas what the problem may be? He seems perfectly fine otherwise - just not overly hungry, and other than being a bit more vocal than usual (he's been meowing while playing which he typically never does), he's not presenting any other symptoms which would clue us into what may be wrong (or not) with him.
