I would appreciate some advice...
I have a 17 year old female cat, I took her to the vet a week ago because I had noticed a change in her mood and activity. Little things such as she used to wake me up for her breakfast at 6am, she would meet me from the door. She has stopped all of that and sleeps most of the time.
Over the past 2 weeks she gulps after her food which she has never done before and wakes up coughing like to cough up a hairball but there's nothing there and Faith has never suffered with hairballs. I've also noticed two tiny lumps on her throat, they are only small the size of perhaps a human whitehead. The past two days she has stopped using her scratching post, I've tried spraying some catnip on it as that always drove her crazy but she has no interest.
As I had only been to the vet last week I phoned them today and they have told me not to worry and have put it down to her old age. Please advise, am I over reacting? I can't bear to think of her in pain. Any ideas on her symptoms very much appreciated too.
Kind regards,
Faith's Mum x
I have a 17 year old female cat, I took her to the vet a week ago because I had noticed a change in her mood and activity. Little things such as she used to wake me up for her breakfast at 6am, she would meet me from the door. She has stopped all of that and sleeps most of the time.
Over the past 2 weeks she gulps after her food which she has never done before and wakes up coughing like to cough up a hairball but there's nothing there and Faith has never suffered with hairballs. I've also noticed two tiny lumps on her throat, they are only small the size of perhaps a human whitehead. The past two days she has stopped using her scratching post, I've tried spraying some catnip on it as that always drove her crazy but she has no interest.
As I had only been to the vet last week I phoned them today and they have told me not to worry and have put it down to her old age. Please advise, am I over reacting? I can't bear to think of her in pain. Any ideas on her symptoms very much appreciated too.
Kind regards,
Faith's Mum x