My male cat, Butch, is almost 6 months old. I just had him fixed last Friday and since then his behavior has changed drastically. Before the surgery he was always running around the house, playing with his sister, constantly getting into things. He would always climb up on me and want to sit or lay on my shoulders. He was very affectionate and he purred all the time—whether he was playing, roaming around the house or sitting on my shoulder. He was also a big hog; he would eat his own food then move over and eat his sisters whenever I fed them wet cat food, and he was always eating at the kibble bowl all the time.
Now he doesn't do any of those things anymore. Whenever I pick him up he wants back down. He doesn't jump up on me anymore. He doesn't purr all the time like he used to. Even his appetite has changed—now he hardly eats at all and his sides look so thin. I took him back to the vets and explained all this. She checked him out and even gave him a couple shots (Penicillin, can't recall what the other one was). She said he was perfectly fine. His temp was normal and he was healing well and had no infection.
I've tried getting different food for him, but he's still not eating like he used. I wish I had never taken him to get fixed. He's just so different now it breaks my heart.
Now he doesn't do any of those things anymore. Whenever I pick him up he wants back down. He doesn't jump up on me anymore. He doesn't purr all the time like he used to. Even his appetite has changed—now he hardly eats at all and his sides look so thin. I took him back to the vets and explained all this. She checked him out and even gave him a couple shots (Penicillin, can't recall what the other one was). She said he was perfectly fine. His temp was normal and he was healing well and had no infection.
I've tried getting different food for him, but he's still not eating like he used. I wish I had never taken him to get fixed. He's just so different now it breaks my heart.
