I wondered if anyone had any ideas as to what could possibly be wrong with my cat.
It all started in spring of this year (2006). Skippy (my cat) started to beg for more food despite the fact he had always been a picky eater with a small appetite and only ever eating one brand and type of food.
It is now September and he has reached the grand old age of 14. He has had tests and been diagnosed as having diabetes and then it was decided he didn't have. It has cost us a lot of money and we still don't know what could be wrong with him. I stopped taking him to the vets as he has always been stressed by it and his fur still has not begun to grow back from the various places he was shaved for injections and tests etc.
I really do not know what to do - he doesn't appear to be in any pain but he is pestering to be fed at least every hour. I have to set up an automatic feeder to open up during the night but I have to feed him before I go to bed and usually get an early morning tap on the forehead to feed him in the early hours. The day will then be a feed at 6am, 7am if I would get up again but I usually make him wait until 8am. If I would do it he would eat every hour -I try to space it out a little.
He is obviously going to the toilet constantly - his faeces is extremely smelly and pale in colour. I am pregnant at the time so my sense of smell is really working overtime. I had the patio doors open in the living room recently and I could smell his mess in the garden - it really isn't pleasant and I have never smelt anything like it - I have had many cats over the years and have never experienced anything like this!
I cannot be certain that he isn't suffering but he appears to be okay. He has become like a little old man - he cannot jump onto high surfaces any more and struggles with certain things that once didn't. I do not want him to suffer but then I do not want him to go through the stress of going to the vets when they clearly do not know what is wrong with him.
I would appreciate any help anyone may be able to give me.
It all started in spring of this year (2006). Skippy (my cat) started to beg for more food despite the fact he had always been a picky eater with a small appetite and only ever eating one brand and type of food.
It is now September and he has reached the grand old age of 14. He has had tests and been diagnosed as having diabetes and then it was decided he didn't have. It has cost us a lot of money and we still don't know what could be wrong with him. I stopped taking him to the vets as he has always been stressed by it and his fur still has not begun to grow back from the various places he was shaved for injections and tests etc.
I really do not know what to do - he doesn't appear to be in any pain but he is pestering to be fed at least every hour. I have to set up an automatic feeder to open up during the night but I have to feed him before I go to bed and usually get an early morning tap on the forehead to feed him in the early hours. The day will then be a feed at 6am, 7am if I would get up again but I usually make him wait until 8am. If I would do it he would eat every hour -I try to space it out a little.
He is obviously going to the toilet constantly - his faeces is extremely smelly and pale in colour. I am pregnant at the time so my sense of smell is really working overtime. I had the patio doors open in the living room recently and I could smell his mess in the garden - it really isn't pleasant and I have never smelt anything like it - I have had many cats over the years and have never experienced anything like this!
I cannot be certain that he isn't suffering but he appears to be okay. He has become like a little old man - he cannot jump onto high surfaces any more and struggles with certain things that once didn't. I do not want him to suffer but then I do not want him to go through the stress of going to the vets when they clearly do not know what is wrong with him.
I would appreciate any help anyone may be able to give me.