Ten is fairly young, and only your vet can really know after looking at her blood work, urine work, etc.

But, from your description, I can hazzard a loose guess that she had kidney failure. It more commonly hits cats 11 and older. I'll list some of the symptoms and you can let me know if it sounds right.

Drinking more water than normal (did you see her at the water dish more than usual)?

Urinating more than normal (indicating drinking more than normal -- your husband noticed more urine in the box).

Weight loss -- this is another big sign -- did she lose weight the last month or two?

It is really hard to tell, but your mention of more urine kind of points to maybe kidney problems.

More hungry than normal, doesn't tho. That points to Thyroid problems.

Did your vet give you any indication from the blood work? Kidney and Thyroid would both jump out on blood work.

She was a bit young, but not too young, for either, tho.
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Tammy and Pookey
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