Our little old man Simba has to be 22, 23, maybe older, we took him in as a stray a LONG time ago and back then they thought he was 6-8 years old. He still eats, drinks water, loves treats, uses the litter box, but over the past few weeks we noticed he is getting thinner, but they all do as they age and at his age, well...so we tried to "spoil" him with about 6 or 7 different wet foods and soups and treats in hopes he would put on some weight; he did a bit, but by doing so it seems like it is giving him diarrhea but the other 4 cats that also like to "help" by eating what new foods he doesn't yesterday Deb said ALL had diarrhea, if it was just him we'd think he was very sick but they did too so it has to be the influx of new foods. He seemed very lethargic and uneasy last night, so much so that Deb & I said our goodbyes to him, told him we loved him and if he had to go he could "do what you need to do", went to bed not knowing what this morning would bring, but there he was, standing in the dining room, came right into the kitchen, I said "hi Simba!" and he gave me a little vocal reply back, was washing another cat, I put down the wet Fancy Feast that we have been feeding them for years along with 2 bowls of Blue chicken wet food, mixed in the vitamins and glucosamine, he ate some of it and then some of the Fancy Feast, drank water, went up onto his chair, then later went into a small cubby hole in the kitchen, we don't think he is doing it to go off to die but rather just for some "space" from the rest, but then returned to his chair and looked pretty relaxed, so we are hoping that it was just a bad day yesterday and he is feeling better now.
But we realize that we have to take a few steps back, go back to what they were eating before, add maybe a FEW new things, take it easy on the treats, not bomb away with 6-8 "new" foods, and he will eat what he wants and when. He loves the Fancy Feast dry food, we tried some Rachel Ray dry food, don't know if that is good or bad, seems like after we added that the other day this diarrhea issue seemed to strike up, I think it is chicken and brown rice, maybe we should stick with the Fancy Feast and are there other dry food brands that might be better and not make them run to the litter box? He loves chicken, can we cook some up and keep it in the fridge and heat it up and give him small pieces here and there? He pushes me to the wall when we eat chicken, and of course I give it to him, but any advice that you can give we would greatly appreciate, we want to keep the old guy well and around as long as we can but in good health!
And there is no way we could get him to a vet, he had to be netted many years ago to get there to have dental work done and it was horrible, plus we think he would have a heart attack and die like Sabrina did last year which also was horrible...
Any suggestions/thoughts on this??
Thank you!
But we realize that we have to take a few steps back, go back to what they were eating before, add maybe a FEW new things, take it easy on the treats, not bomb away with 6-8 "new" foods, and he will eat what he wants and when. He loves the Fancy Feast dry food, we tried some Rachel Ray dry food, don't know if that is good or bad, seems like after we added that the other day this diarrhea issue seemed to strike up, I think it is chicken and brown rice, maybe we should stick with the Fancy Feast and are there other dry food brands that might be better and not make them run to the litter box? He loves chicken, can we cook some up and keep it in the fridge and heat it up and give him small pieces here and there? He pushes me to the wall when we eat chicken, and of course I give it to him, but any advice that you can give we would greatly appreciate, we want to keep the old guy well and around as long as we can but in good health!
And there is no way we could get him to a vet, he had to be netted many years ago to get there to have dental work done and it was horrible, plus we think he would have a heart attack and die like Sabrina did last year which also was horrible...
Any suggestions/thoughts on this??
Thank you!