I have a 16 y/o Persian cat who was just diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitral regurgitation, and hypertension. He has been placed on the appropriate meds, and due to see cardiologist on October 3rd. He never had a large appetite and most he’s weighed is perhaps 12 pounds or so. Since all this started, he has become extremely stubborn about his eating. He is on prescription SO urinary food for hx of bladder crystals, he is now totally rejecting that food. I thought he might have bad teeth, had the vet examine him, no major dental issues, no infections. My other thought was nausea as he also has a paraesophageal hernia which can cause acid reflux but he’s not vomiting and very accepting of friskies lil soups salmon and tuna flavors which are meant to be used as toppers. He was 9.6 pounds at time of his diagnosis about a month ago and yesterday at recheck we found out that he’s now 8.6 lbs. granted some of the weight loss could be water loss due to being on lasix but still. I see him and he’s not consuming anything other than those food toppers. I have tried almost everything from petco…mousse, broths, minced, salmon flavors, tuna flavors, tiki foods, weruva kitten formulas, goal milk, friskies dry food, I’ve even tried syringe feeding. That bugger is so stubborn that he will go on hunger strike until he gets what he wants and the only thing he wants is those food toppers. He won’t chew anything including the salmon and tuna in the food toppers.
I am at my wits’ end. I don’t know where to go from here. He’s relatively stable from heart failure standpoint, tolerating the meds without issue. He doesn’t have loss of appetite because he wakes me up in the middle of the night for food, or when he’s hungry during the day. His labs are normal, just had kidneys, liver, thyroid checked.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
I am at my wits’ end. I don’t know where to go from here. He’s relatively stable from heart failure standpoint, tolerating the meds without issue. He doesn’t have loss of appetite because he wakes me up in the middle of the night for food, or when he’s hungry during the day. His labs are normal, just had kidneys, liver, thyroid checked.
Any suggestions or recommendations?
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