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I'm very worried about my 11 year old cat. She recently (about a week ago) stopped eating her dry food. She has eaten the same food her whole life. I took her to the vet, because she also pooped on my bed for several days in a row, peed on the floor, vomited mostly bile, seemed lethargic, and was excessively interested in her water bowl. She passed a bloody hard stool, as well. The vet did not see anything immediately wrong, but we realized after weighing my cat that she had lost 2 lbs in a little more than a year.

I took her home and started giving her wet food. (she never liked wet food before, but I thought I'd give it a shot). She ate about 2 ounces the first day and immediately perked up. It's 3 days later, and she is only licking the wet food again, and slurping up the liquid surrounding the food, and that only happens with a lot of coaxing. The pooping, peeing, stalking the water bowl, lethargy and vomiting have stopped. But I'm still super worried about what the underlying issue is with her lack of eating.

The vet did blood tests. kidney & liver were fine, no diabetes. She had slightly low potassium, and high creatine, but the vet said that because her other tests were ok, those probably just meant she isn't eating.

I will take her back next week for an xray, but have been so worried in the meantime. What could this be? What questions should I be asking the vet?

she has low creatinine levels, not high, I think. The vet said that it could be indicative of muscle wasting, but usually you only see that after severe trauma. my cat definitely hasn't had any severe trauma--she is indoor.

Hi There,

I think what I would do is ask about having an abdominal ultrasound performed. There is nothing wrong with taking an x-ray but an ultrasound is likely to give a lot more information. If your vet doesn't personally do ultrasound exams, perhaps he or she can refer you to someone else.

It's been several days......I'm hoping that either your cat's appetite has improved or she is being force fed. Otherwise she will be at high risk for liver problems.

Please let us know how she is doing now.

Regards,
PHKitkat

Thanks for the advice. She is eating better. Just nibbling at dry food, but making decent progress on wet food. I will still take her in for an xray tomorrow, to follow up, and a urinalysis. But since she has completely perked up, I am not as worried.

Hi,

It's so good to hear that your baby is doing better!

Thanks for the update

Regards,
PHKitkat