I have what it seems it's a rather serious problem with my cat Freya.
She's a tortie cat, 23 months old, spayed, fully vaccinated. She's mainly indoor, apart from those short walks in the backyard on leash and harness. She eats high quality wet and dry food. She's always been fine, eaten fine and used the litter box regularly, even a few times a day.
In the last 8-10 days she's been having a reduced appetite, and this put me in alert. She started eating a bit less in July, but I thought it was the excessively hot weather of that period.
A consistent lack of appetite started on August 18th, when she didn't finish her meals throughout the day.
A bit of a timeline.
August 18: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 19: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 20: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 21: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 22: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, turkey), didn't touch her lunch (dry) and she only ate a few kibbles at night
August 23: I took her to the clinic. They run a blood test (all fine), did some X-rays that showed some feces in her colon and a slight broncopathy, but I didn't notice any respiratory issues, though she sneezed a few times in the early days of the month. The vet gave her a shot of Cerenia, and prescribed Cerenia and an antacid. Freya didn't eat anything for the whole day (wet was chicken)
August 24: Freya ate fine all meals (wet was fish)
August 25: She didn't eat apart from half portion of her breakfast (wet was fish)
August 26: She only ate a small portion of her breakfast (wet was fish). I took her in at the clinic and they did an ultrasound scan to her abdomen and found a slight gastritis and inflamed uterine horns, one of which with a small amount of fluid in it.
August 27: She didn't eat anything so far (2:30 pm)
I tried several kinds and brands of wet food.
She used to get her daily water intake from her wet food, she rarely drinks, so now that she isn't eating, she isn't getting her daily water amount either. I'm giving her some water with a syringe, and I'm giving her 1.5 ml Lactulose twice a day.
She isn't visiting the litter box as she used to do either. She is pooping every 36 hours, and peeing every 24 hours.
Freya was spayed in early August 2021, but I had the suspicion that the surgery didn't go well from the very moment she came back home. I discussed this possibility with the vets, but they said it wasn't possible. Then, in May 2022, I managed to have an hormonal test done and this came positive for ovarian remnants in her abdomen. The report from the US scan says something about a possible pyometra, this to be further investigated.
I wonder whether this possible condition may be the culprit for the whole situation. The vets seem they didn't want to take responsibility for the incident and are thinking about what to do.
All the rest seems fine, she plays, even if she's less active, she's affectionate, cuddling, interested in the world outside the window. Sometimes she looks for food, but when I give her something she turns away lip smacking.
Any advice is welcome. Thanks!
She's a tortie cat, 23 months old, spayed, fully vaccinated. She's mainly indoor, apart from those short walks in the backyard on leash and harness. She eats high quality wet and dry food. She's always been fine, eaten fine and used the litter box regularly, even a few times a day.
In the last 8-10 days she's been having a reduced appetite, and this put me in alert. She started eating a bit less in July, but I thought it was the excessively hot weather of that period.
A consistent lack of appetite started on August 18th, when she didn't finish her meals throughout the day.
A bit of a timeline.
August 18: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 19: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 20: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 21: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, chicken)
August 22: she didn't finish breakfast and dinner (both wet food, turkey), didn't touch her lunch (dry) and she only ate a few kibbles at night
August 23: I took her to the clinic. They run a blood test (all fine), did some X-rays that showed some feces in her colon and a slight broncopathy, but I didn't notice any respiratory issues, though she sneezed a few times in the early days of the month. The vet gave her a shot of Cerenia, and prescribed Cerenia and an antacid. Freya didn't eat anything for the whole day (wet was chicken)
August 24: Freya ate fine all meals (wet was fish)
August 25: She didn't eat apart from half portion of her breakfast (wet was fish)
August 26: She only ate a small portion of her breakfast (wet was fish). I took her in at the clinic and they did an ultrasound scan to her abdomen and found a slight gastritis and inflamed uterine horns, one of which with a small amount of fluid in it.
August 27: She didn't eat anything so far (2:30 pm)
I tried several kinds and brands of wet food.
She used to get her daily water intake from her wet food, she rarely drinks, so now that she isn't eating, she isn't getting her daily water amount either. I'm giving her some water with a syringe, and I'm giving her 1.5 ml Lactulose twice a day.
She isn't visiting the litter box as she used to do either. She is pooping every 36 hours, and peeing every 24 hours.
Freya was spayed in early August 2021, but I had the suspicion that the surgery didn't go well from the very moment she came back home. I discussed this possibility with the vets, but they said it wasn't possible. Then, in May 2022, I managed to have an hormonal test done and this came positive for ovarian remnants in her abdomen. The report from the US scan says something about a possible pyometra, this to be further investigated.
I wonder whether this possible condition may be the culprit for the whole situation. The vets seem they didn't want to take responsibility for the incident and are thinking about what to do.
All the rest seems fine, she plays, even if she's less active, she's affectionate, cuddling, interested in the world outside the window. Sometimes she looks for food, but when I give her something she turns away lip smacking.
Any advice is welcome. Thanks!