My mum's cat has an **urgent problem**. She's 15 years old and in good health. But recently had two teeth removed.
This went well, the vet gave her some other tests at the same time & reported her to be in very good health for her age. However on her return she refused to eat and only drank water. Returning her to the vet they reported she had some reaction (or something) to the earlier treatment and that it seemed food was making her sick. Far more seriously, as she was not eating at all, it was causing her kidneys to shut down.
So the vet kept her in for a few days feeding her directly through her nose, giving her an appetite enducing injection to make her eat. (Traditionally mum's cat doesn't take kindly to pills of any sort!) At the vet's she did eat a little, and a test on her blood showed her kidneys were working again.
So now she's back home and again she's not eating. Tuna, biscuits, and of the treats she's loved over the years. She won't eat anything.
What can we do to get her to eat!
Hope you have some ideas, apologies for the length of the post
Chris
This went well, the vet gave her some other tests at the same time & reported her to be in very good health for her age. However on her return she refused to eat and only drank water. Returning her to the vet they reported she had some reaction (or something) to the earlier treatment and that it seemed food was making her sick. Far more seriously, as she was not eating at all, it was causing her kidneys to shut down.
So the vet kept her in for a few days feeding her directly through her nose, giving her an appetite enducing injection to make her eat. (Traditionally mum's cat doesn't take kindly to pills of any sort!) At the vet's she did eat a little, and a test on her blood showed her kidneys were working again.
So now she's back home and again she's not eating. Tuna, biscuits, and of the treats she's loved over the years. She won't eat anything.
What can we do to get her to eat!
Hope you have some ideas, apologies for the length of the post
Chris