Cat advice please

Dznypal

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We have a cat that’s 16. Whenever we vacation we have our son and we also have a cat sitter someone is always here at least once a day sometimes twice
Our sitter actually reads stories to them. They seem like their listening
Always we’ve noticed for about the last month she hides sleeps alot.
We just came back from vacation and she seemed thinner and she hardly moved. We called the vet who said sometimes when the family the cats won’t eat. We go on vacations a lot and nothing like this has happened before
The scary thing is we try to get her to eat or drink and she won’t have anything to do with it.
We took her to an urgent vet place but they were too busy to see her. I thought that was strange. But referred us an emergency 24 vet or bri g her back in the morning
So we brought her home
We’re going to see if her regular vet can see her tomorrow she used to do house calls but stopped with Covid.
Anyways does anyone have any thoughts or ideas
 
My cat stopped eating after a friend (loud male) spent a couple days at my house. Canned pumpkin was suggested. Tuna juice (from a can of tuna). Treats. The vet can give them a drug - I actually think it’s something like Valium? That really triggers their eating . . . It is scary and 16 is a ripe old age for a cat. The vet can do bloodwork to see if it’s physical - you’re right, could be emotional from being left alone. I board my cat now. He is social and 2 or 2 hours a day of a human is not enough. He’s happy to have activity around him. Hope their appetite comes back. ❤️
 
Tuna juice (from a can of tuna)

you have to be very cautious giving cat's anything that has tuna (even the liquid from the can) b/c it has HIGH mercury content which can be toxic. the other issue is if they develop a taste for it and stop eating (as in refuse) their other food they can suffer malnutrition b/c it does not have all the nutrients they need.

16 is getting up in age for a cat so it could be appetite slowing down. both of the older cats we've had cross the rainbow bridge took to eating and drinking less/sleeping more in the last few months of their lives.

hope your baby girl feels better.
 












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