I came to post on the board tonight to see if anyone had any ideas....I have been at my wits end for a over a week now and finally broke down tonight and just held her and bawled my eyes out.
She has been slowly losing weight, first I thought it was because of the extreme heat we've been having, BUT we have central air, so its very comfortable in here.
She has always had a cronic itchy ear problem, some vets say its just allergies, yesterday I said enough, and took her to a new vet who said she had a yeast infection, gave her some ear drops and a steriod shot for the itchys. (first time shes had a steroid shot) I told her that she hasnt been eating well for a week now, she will just barely pick at her food, no matter what it is...Ive tried even bribing her with ice cream, hot dogs, tuna, anything that she likes just to get her to eat.
The vet told me that the steroid shot would increase her appetite, which I havent seen yet...the vet didnt seem to be too concerned that shes not been eating well.
She was to get her update on rabies and distemper, but the vet said to wait till she was feeling better, as it would just break down her immune system.
She has never showed any signs of worms, so I havent wormed her in 2 years, 2 years ago my friend had a cat in the house who had worms, so we wormed everyone just in case.
Shes had these ear problems for what seems like forever, the problem just keeps comeing back.
Her coat is very shiney and clean.
She just doesnt seem to have an appetite, Ive seen her eat up to 10 kernels of food twice a day (yes Ive been watching) Ive gotten rid of the plastic bowls, Ive seen her drink a couple times a day, not going potty as much as normal, Im thinking this is because of the amount of food intake?
This cat will follow me from room to room, if I call her she will come running, but shes not done either of these for some time either.
I called my sister tonight to see if she had any ideas as she has 4 kitties, she said to buy her a can of baby food chicken flavor, and a bag of kitten chow with the milk coating to see if they will stimulate her into eating.
Does anyone have any simular experience with a kitty acting this way?
Brie
She has been slowly losing weight, first I thought it was because of the extreme heat we've been having, BUT we have central air, so its very comfortable in here.
She has always had a cronic itchy ear problem, some vets say its just allergies, yesterday I said enough, and took her to a new vet who said she had a yeast infection, gave her some ear drops and a steriod shot for the itchys. (first time shes had a steroid shot) I told her that she hasnt been eating well for a week now, she will just barely pick at her food, no matter what it is...Ive tried even bribing her with ice cream, hot dogs, tuna, anything that she likes just to get her to eat.
The vet told me that the steroid shot would increase her appetite, which I havent seen yet...the vet didnt seem to be too concerned that shes not been eating well.
She was to get her update on rabies and distemper, but the vet said to wait till she was feeling better, as it would just break down her immune system.
She has never showed any signs of worms, so I havent wormed her in 2 years, 2 years ago my friend had a cat in the house who had worms, so we wormed everyone just in case.
Shes had these ear problems for what seems like forever, the problem just keeps comeing back.
Her coat is very shiney and clean.
She just doesnt seem to have an appetite, Ive seen her eat up to 10 kernels of food twice a day (yes Ive been watching) Ive gotten rid of the plastic bowls, Ive seen her drink a couple times a day, not going potty as much as normal, Im thinking this is because of the amount of food intake?
This cat will follow me from room to room, if I call her she will come running, but shes not done either of these for some time either.
I called my sister tonight to see if she had any ideas as she has 4 kitties, she said to buy her a can of baby food chicken flavor, and a bag of kitten chow with the milk coating to see if they will stimulate her into eating.
Does anyone have any simular experience with a kitty acting this way?
Brie