Thread: 10 year old not eating but hungry.......help

I'll ask the vet about the thyroid check.........Thanks.

Originally Posted by Bruce

I'll ask the vet about the thyroid check.........Thanks.

Our vets would have this checked as a matter of course with a cat of that age & is run through the same lab here,plus the heartbeat is normally more rapid too but yet another good avenue to find out about. If he is loveing tuna & will eat a whole tin of that & keep down could you perhaps get him some of the more "expensive" tuna cat food & see if you can mix it in with the human one gradually upping the amount or is he wise ole boy who would cotton on....? Think while he is eating only that I would deff.get some extra vitamins to give him. My boy "Bruce's" [sorry about the name] normal weight is around that mark or very slightly heavier but not a lot.....
Another thought on the hyperthyroid side is over activity too & you reckon he is flying around still,sometimes you can actually feel the gland swollen in the throat especially on a lean cat,just run your fingers over slightly & see if you can feel any abnormality..

whilst it isnt an "answer" It is far better for him to eat tuna than nothing .

Checked his blood results, his thyroid levels were checked and "normal"
Had a good feel around Clyde and nothing felt out of the ordinary, muscle tone feels good as does his coat, there's just a bit less of him......maybe it is just his age, my Dad's nearly 70 and he's a fussy bugger too!

Thanks again folks, great to get some other opinions and advice.

All good advice, I hope Clyde is settling down.
Sounds like he is saying no to the dry food, so perhaps try him on different kinds of wet food to see what he will accept. Wet food is much better for them anyway as it has a decent moisture content.
Would love to see a picture by the way! x

Good news ... so glad all is normal! Perhaps he is just being fussy

Clyde!

He's gorgeous!

Hi All,
Thought I'd give you a wee update.
Clyde seemed to inprove and began putting beight back on when we rotated his food weekly, but for the most part he wasonly eating the jelly or tuna. About 2 or 3 weeks ago we noticed he was lookinga wee bit bedraggled, he seemed to be losing weight again and the vomitingreturned. Last Thursday there was some Blood in his vomit so we had him intothe vet the next morning. The Vet felt a lump in his stomach that he thoughtwas a blockage but wanted to x-ray to be sure. The X-ray showed a growth in hisstomach, the Vet said it would be a good idea to operate immediately, which hedid. Laura (My wife) then got the call to say the growth had spread all overhis stomach and was in his Liver, the Vet said it would be best not to wakehim. Clyde was cremated on Saturday, hopefully we can take him home today.Clyde was a huge part of our lives for 10 years and we miss him terribly. Laurais suffering with horrible guilt as she didn’t say goodbye properly, I keeptelling her he was only going for an X-Ray, she wasn’t to know.

Originally Posted by Bruce

Hi All,
Thought I'd give you a wee update.
Clyde seemed to inprove and began putting beight back on when we rotated his food weekly, but for the most part he wasonly eating the jelly or tuna. About 2 or 3 weeks ago we noticed he was lookinga wee bit bedraggled, he seemed to be losing weight again and the vomitingreturned. Last Thursday there was some Blood in his vomit so we had him intothe vet the next morning. The Vet felt a lump in his stomach that he thoughtwas a blockage but wanted to x-ray to be sure. The X-ray showed a growth in hisstomach, the Vet said it would be a good idea to operate immediately, which hedid. Laura (My wife) then got the call to say the growth had spread all overhis stomach and was in his Liver, the Vet said it would be best not to wakehim. Clyde was cremated on Saturday, hopefully we can take him home today.Clyde was a huge part of our lives for 10 years and we miss him terribly. Laurais suffering with horrible guilt as she didn’t say goodbye properly, I keeptelling her he was only going for an X-Ray, she wasn’t to know.

Oh no!!!!

So sorry for your loss! I went through something similar too with my last girl, she had basically the "sure signs" but went in for a deep check up and was phoned to say that it might be best to not wake her up. The RSCPA sorted out the cremation and site all on our behalf and was done quickly. She is now resting in a -really- peaceful scenery in the countryside (she hated being away from home though, but we was never offered to have her ashes.)

Thoughts are with you and Laura, if you need to talk, feel free to PM me.