Hi, just looking for some opinions.
I've just come back from the vet with my cat Minnie (almost 5yrs/spayed/indoors). She's always been a very small thin cat and also a picky/fussy eater.
Over the past three weeks I thought she might have lost a little weight. For some reason, yesterday, I REALLY noticed this, so rang the vet straight away and managed to get an appt today. As a side note, she also lost a little weight last April, and so did my other cat, both checked by vet with no sign of anything wrong. My other cat regained all the weight. Minnie regained some of it.
There are no other symptoms, although, over the past couple of weeks I did feel that she was eating more than usual. Given that she has such a picky appetite, it was noticeable that she was actually eating all the food in her dish. She also has always brought up furballs every now and again.
She'd lost approx 8oz. On examination, vet found nothing out of the ordinary. I also pointed out a couple of little baldy patches near her leg. One developed in January and one last month. The fur is growing back and vet seemed to think it was unconnected to the weight loss. She had bloods taken which will be sent to the lab and will be back in a couple of days.
Obviously, it's a case of waiting and seeing if the show anything abnormal, and it might be jumping the gun a bit, but if they are normal, what should I do next? I've just read lots of cases of cats that have been seriously ill but have had normal blood results.
Our vet can tend to be a bit of a "wait and see" type, but I know I will just worry. So, given the symptoms, and hypothetically if the bloods are normal, what should be the next step?
Any help much appreciated.
I've just come back from the vet with my cat Minnie (almost 5yrs/spayed/indoors). She's always been a very small thin cat and also a picky/fussy eater.
Over the past three weeks I thought she might have lost a little weight. For some reason, yesterday, I REALLY noticed this, so rang the vet straight away and managed to get an appt today. As a side note, she also lost a little weight last April, and so did my other cat, both checked by vet with no sign of anything wrong. My other cat regained all the weight. Minnie regained some of it.
There are no other symptoms, although, over the past couple of weeks I did feel that she was eating more than usual. Given that she has such a picky appetite, it was noticeable that she was actually eating all the food in her dish. She also has always brought up furballs every now and again.
She'd lost approx 8oz. On examination, vet found nothing out of the ordinary. I also pointed out a couple of little baldy patches near her leg. One developed in January and one last month. The fur is growing back and vet seemed to think it was unconnected to the weight loss. She had bloods taken which will be sent to the lab and will be back in a couple of days.
Obviously, it's a case of waiting and seeing if the show anything abnormal, and it might be jumping the gun a bit, but if they are normal, what should I do next? I've just read lots of cases of cats that have been seriously ill but have had normal blood results.
Our vet can tend to be a bit of a "wait and see" type, but I know I will just worry. So, given the symptoms, and hypothetically if the bloods are normal, what should be the next step?
Any help much appreciated.