My cat Zoulie has been losing weight for a long time. The last time she went to the vet, they talked about prebiotics or probiotics, or somesuch. We weren’t interested in going that route, so we just continued to do our best to feed her. As always, we kept the bowl of dry food full, but she refused to eat it. So we started feeding her canned food every day. And we stood guard over her every day as she ate, because otherwise Peeps and Mojo would push her away from the bowl. I started giving her more treats, because I hoped they might fatten her up.
And she has lingered on, already so skinny that it was hard to tell if she was actually getting skinnier. A couple of days ago, though, I noticed how very, very frail she looked. I started thinking about bringing her to the vet again, because I worried that she might be in pain.
Today I tried to feed her her morning meal, and she walked away. Skipping a meal is a very bad sign. Suddenly she seems to be having trouble jumping onto things and even sitting down seems like it’s painful to her. I’ll call the vet on Monday, but watching her behavior this morning, I wonder if she’s even going to make it through the weekend. Poor thing.