I re-read -- you did say loss of appetite for a few days.

Loss of appetite and excessive peeing are an indicator of kidney failure.

No one can be sure but your vet, tho. We can only guess to try to ease your mind with an explanation.

Know if it was kidney failure, there wasn't much you could do because by the time you see it, it is usually advanced. I lost a cat a 16 from it. He lost weight a couple months before he died and peed more, drank more, and totally lost his appetite the last week.

If you have other cats, the only thing I can mention is you may want to start taking them to the vet every six months around age 8-9 when they become seniors vice every year for a check up. Have them do blood work (and urine if they feel it is necessary) and you can get indicators of early stages of disease and take some preventive steps (switch food, etc.).

However in your case, she was 10. That is very early Senior age. So it may have been something else.

Rest as easy as you can at this difficult time that there was little you could do since she was so young. Most people don't even see signs of kidney disease in their cat until 11 or 12 years old in blood work.
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Tammy and Pookey
(Stanley 8/91 - 8/07)

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