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Hello. I have a 12 year old tabby male who has been healthy up until the last 3 weeks. He used to ravish his food and now he barely touches it. Now if he eats any amount of food, I find it regurged onto the floor. Sometimes not fully digested either. I have to feed him special urinary tract food so he doesn't end up with a blockage again. He'll eat wet food no prob, but the dry he doesn't hardly touch anymore. He's getting thin too. He'll be seeing a vet real soon, but I need to know what these symptoms might be. One other thing, he has never had a problem with hairballs, but the hairball remedy stuff I got has the same symptoms as what my cat has and it does produce hairballs. I just don't understand why he would reduce his food intake to almost nothing all of a sudden. Thanks in advance.

I don't know what you mean by the hairball remedy. As for food, don't feed cats dry food at all. And if he doesn't like the canned food, try feeding him fresh meat. I suspect he has a kidney problem, which your vet can determine through a blood test.

Thanks for the reply. He seems to be getting better, but I have yet to find any new feces in the litter box. He has stopped regurgitating his food and I am trying out Laxatone to help his system move things thru. So far, no results yet; but, it's only been 3 days since I started him on Laxatone. He is eating the canned catfood well. It's the Science Diet brand with hairball control. I'm gonna try to get him to a vet as soon as I can. Thanks for your time.