A while ago I posted about Ashley not coming downstairs a whole lot.....like hardly EVER. Yet, when I went upstairs, she would jump down off the chair she likes to be in and wanted to be around me, purred, etc. Here are some threads that give a tad background.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=121568
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122559
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122782
Anyway....bloodtests showed NOTHING out of the norm, but she lost muscle mass...has a bony spine, etc.
We put her on Cosequin a month ago since a few years ago, it helped her with some stuff....and this cat seemed to perk up (still not 100%)....she jumped on the bed at night and started coming downstairs more frequently.
Now...she is getting back to that original state of not jumping on our bed, etc. I am, once again, worried. She does come down more..mainly to just kind of "see what's going on" and I can con her on the bed sometimes, but she just 1/2 lays there. She isn't as "interactive", I guess you could say. She will want to be by me and all of that, but she just doesn't rub up against me like she used to and just is "slow" in moving and in what she does.
Now if I go upstairs when she is up there, she jumps right down and wants to be right by me still....and will purr up a storm. I will sit and scrapbook up there and she is RIGHT there next to my chair purring like mad and will even lay down next to me.
She is eating...but doesn't seem to be as much as she used to. Even last night...I gave her a small can and she took like 2 licks and was done. Normally, she INHALES that stuff!!!!!
Over Mother's Day weekend, we went up north so I filled (literally) with dry cat food. Here it is Memorial Day weekend and that dish is still 1/2 full. Granted, they aren't small dishes (more like a dog-size dish, but still. I've read that cats Ash's size eat like a cup a day or so.
So I don't know what to think. My husband says she is just getting older, but #1, this all seemed to come on all of a sudden back in April and #2, to change eating habits like that??
Maybe it is "normal", I don't know....but I guess it is the whole package.
She used to love to go outside when we went. She stayed right there with us in the yard or whereever and would sniff around...not going far. Now, she doesn't even ask to go out....and if I do take her, she is out for a minute or so and wants back in.
Thoughts?? Please!!!!
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=121568
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122559
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=122782
Anyway....bloodtests showed NOTHING out of the norm, but she lost muscle mass...has a bony spine, etc.
We put her on Cosequin a month ago since a few years ago, it helped her with some stuff....and this cat seemed to perk up (still not 100%)....she jumped on the bed at night and started coming downstairs more frequently.
Now...she is getting back to that original state of not jumping on our bed, etc. I am, once again, worried. She does come down more..mainly to just kind of "see what's going on" and I can con her on the bed sometimes, but she just 1/2 lays there. She isn't as "interactive", I guess you could say. She will want to be by me and all of that, but she just doesn't rub up against me like she used to and just is "slow" in moving and in what she does.
Now if I go upstairs when she is up there, she jumps right down and wants to be right by me still....and will purr up a storm. I will sit and scrapbook up there and she is RIGHT there next to my chair purring like mad and will even lay down next to me.
She is eating...but doesn't seem to be as much as she used to. Even last night...I gave her a small can and she took like 2 licks and was done. Normally, she INHALES that stuff!!!!!
Over Mother's Day weekend, we went up north so I filled (literally) with dry cat food. Here it is Memorial Day weekend and that dish is still 1/2 full. Granted, they aren't small dishes (more like a dog-size dish, but still. I've read that cats Ash's size eat like a cup a day or so.
So I don't know what to think. My husband says she is just getting older, but #1, this all seemed to come on all of a sudden back in April and #2, to change eating habits like that??
Maybe it is "normal", I don't know....but I guess it is the whole package.
She used to love to go outside when we went. She stayed right there with us in the yard or whereever and would sniff around...not going far. Now, she doesn't even ask to go out....and if I do take her, she is out for a minute or so and wants back in.
Thoughts?? Please!!!!