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We have a bind cat who is a rescue. She showed up in our backyard with kittens 7 years ago. She's probably 9-11 years old and feral and only in the last few years has she let us touch her and spends more time hanging out with us. She had some dental issues a few years back and we had those taken care of. She's always had a good appetite, even if she can be picky about food. We feed our cats American Journey but really loves Fancy Feast so we let her have some of that mixed in. She also gets dry food as a snack throughout the day. Well for the past week and a half, her appetite has been off. She'll eat half of what's in front of her and walk away. We've tried different foods, even special foods like tiki cat sardines etc. She'll eat a few bites and that's it. She seems to like dry food best for some reason.
We took her to the vet and her weight is the same and everything else looked good. We had her in for a check up back in January. Her teeth looked a little yucky and had a lot of tarter. The vet gave her a convenia injection (antibiotic, as we can't pill her) and said to check in in a week if it doesn't help. We can have a dental cleaning done to see if that's the issue but it seems weird she wants more dry food-- usually a dental issue means the cat doesn't want crunchy dry food. We repeated bloodwork and everything looked great. Her BUN had been creeping up, but it's back to normal again.
Any ideas about why she's still not eating? She eats a few bites and walks away. Otherwise, she acts completely normal. Could it be she's just picky? Would a dental cleaning be the next obvious step?
We took her to the vet and her weight is the same and everything else looked good. We had her in for a check up back in January. Her teeth looked a little yucky and had a lot of tarter. The vet gave her a convenia injection (antibiotic, as we can't pill her) and said to check in in a week if it doesn't help. We can have a dental cleaning done to see if that's the issue but it seems weird she wants more dry food-- usually a dental issue means the cat doesn't want crunchy dry food. We repeated bloodwork and everything looked great. Her BUN had been creeping up, but it's back to normal again.
Any ideas about why she's still not eating? She eats a few bites and walks away. Otherwise, she acts completely normal. Could it be she's just picky? Would a dental cleaning be the next obvious step?