Super long rant...
So my boyfriends family had two cats. The first one was really skinny for the longest time (no one 'realized' it because she was longhair) and nobody took her to the vet until she started throwing up blood (and even then there was no hurry..) where she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I don't know whether the vet said she was treatable with meds or not but they were just going to let her hang around the house until she passed away which I told my boyfriend was cruel (he was defensive about this, but later told his parents that they had favored their other cat over this one and seemed distressed about the whole situation). After what seemed like forever, they starting giving her whatever she wanting to eat because she was rapidly declining. I guess she eventually died of kidney failure.
Second cat is 18 years old and skin and bones. She used to be on dry until she started throwing that up and they went to wet only. I know whatever she is on is poor quality because they aren't the type of people that would put money into a better food. They say they are on the current food because its the only one they found that agrees with her, and I say that's fine except now it is obviously not working. Last week when I saw her, she felt so poor her ears were drooping down. Trying to be kind I suggested that maybe she needs to have her teeth looked at and his mother shrugged it off like 'She just has bad teeth, she broke her two canines some time ago...' I said I would bring her some of my extra food that my cat can't eat and when I brought it this week she seemed surprised. I tried to feed her some the first night and she said 'oh, she's already eaten' like the cat shouldn't eat any more, which is extremely frustrating because the cat is so skinny she should be able to eat as much as she wants..
So when they weren't looking, this morning I fed her some of the food, which she eagerly scarfed up (im sure it was much more appetizing than the food on the table which had dried out a bit and smelled like nothing..) and I told her mother who said 'Dont tell chris (boyfriends father). I'll feed her this in secret' because he apparently doesn't like change and doesn't want to upset her stomach or make things worse (but really, they can't be much worse...)
So I asked my boyfriend if he would do me a favor and feed the cat extra, to which he said no, I asked if he would feed the new food, to which he said yes, and when I said the food needed to be refrigerated, to which he said 'then you might as well take it home, because that ain't going to happen.'...
I said that was unfair to the cat, that she needs to be fed as much as she will eat or else she will continue to decline. He decided to tell his mother that I said 'You are starving your cat' which I never said to ANYONE, I tried to be as polite about everything as I could.
I'm so frustrated that they won't take her to the vet for a dental cleaning, a general check-up (I have no idea when her last one was), and feed her the better food. I did everything for them, I gave them free food (Blue Buffalo btw), free freeze dried treats to entice her, all they had to do was feed it. Put it in the fridge, don't leave it sitting out all day long, add hot water to it... I asked nothing hard of them...
Also, way later on my boyfriend says 'btw, senior cats can't have high protein' to which I responded 'actually, yes they can, i can show you articles' to which he yelled back that her vet said she has liver problems as well and plus he's a vet, not some random blogger, but honestly I'm not sure if it was the truth or whether he was just making something up to prove how he and his family are right and how awful I was trying to be helpful...
There is no advice anyone can give, as apparently the cat threw up (honestly I think she probably just ate too much as she was quite eager with the new food), and when his dad went out the door for a while, the whole case of food had disappeared, and since I don't know where it is, my boyfriend doesn't know where it is, and his mother doesn't know where it is, that leaves only one person left... Even with that logic my boyfriend was like 'no... we'll find it' (because it got up and walked away itself..
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If the cat is still living next time I go visit, I'll post a pic so at least I can make her a proper Over The Rainbow page when the time comes. *sigh*
So my boyfriends family had two cats. The first one was really skinny for the longest time (no one 'realized' it because she was longhair) and nobody took her to the vet until she started throwing up blood (and even then there was no hurry..) where she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I don't know whether the vet said she was treatable with meds or not but they were just going to let her hang around the house until she passed away which I told my boyfriend was cruel (he was defensive about this, but later told his parents that they had favored their other cat over this one and seemed distressed about the whole situation). After what seemed like forever, they starting giving her whatever she wanting to eat because she was rapidly declining. I guess she eventually died of kidney failure.
Second cat is 18 years old and skin and bones. She used to be on dry until she started throwing that up and they went to wet only. I know whatever she is on is poor quality because they aren't the type of people that would put money into a better food. They say they are on the current food because its the only one they found that agrees with her, and I say that's fine except now it is obviously not working. Last week when I saw her, she felt so poor her ears were drooping down. Trying to be kind I suggested that maybe she needs to have her teeth looked at and his mother shrugged it off like 'She just has bad teeth, she broke her two canines some time ago...' I said I would bring her some of my extra food that my cat can't eat and when I brought it this week she seemed surprised. I tried to feed her some the first night and she said 'oh, she's already eaten' like the cat shouldn't eat any more, which is extremely frustrating because the cat is so skinny she should be able to eat as much as she wants..
So when they weren't looking, this morning I fed her some of the food, which she eagerly scarfed up (im sure it was much more appetizing than the food on the table which had dried out a bit and smelled like nothing..) and I told her mother who said 'Dont tell chris (boyfriends father). I'll feed her this in secret' because he apparently doesn't like change and doesn't want to upset her stomach or make things worse (but really, they can't be much worse...)
So I asked my boyfriend if he would do me a favor and feed the cat extra, to which he said no, I asked if he would feed the new food, to which he said yes, and when I said the food needed to be refrigerated, to which he said 'then you might as well take it home, because that ain't going to happen.'...
I said that was unfair to the cat, that she needs to be fed as much as she will eat or else she will continue to decline. He decided to tell his mother that I said 'You are starving your cat' which I never said to ANYONE, I tried to be as polite about everything as I could.
I'm so frustrated that they won't take her to the vet for a dental cleaning, a general check-up (I have no idea when her last one was), and feed her the better food. I did everything for them, I gave them free food (Blue Buffalo btw), free freeze dried treats to entice her, all they had to do was feed it. Put it in the fridge, don't leave it sitting out all day long, add hot water to it... I asked nothing hard of them...
Also, way later on my boyfriend says 'btw, senior cats can't have high protein' to which I responded 'actually, yes they can, i can show you articles' to which he yelled back that her vet said she has liver problems as well and plus he's a vet, not some random blogger, but honestly I'm not sure if it was the truth or whether he was just making something up to prove how he and his family are right and how awful I was trying to be helpful...
There is no advice anyone can give, as apparently the cat threw up (honestly I think she probably just ate too much as she was quite eager with the new food), and when his dad went out the door for a while, the whole case of food had disappeared, and since I don't know where it is, my boyfriend doesn't know where it is, and his mother doesn't know where it is, that leaves only one person left... Even with that logic my boyfriend was like 'no... we'll find it' (because it got up and walked away itself..
