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A happy update: Lucy's appetite is back to normal again! We changed the flavor of food she eats (she likes beef!), and bought something with a more chunky texture. It's easier for her to eat a chunkier food with her previous jaw injury and her appetite is back to normal again! Thanks, all!

Very interesting! She wants to eat but then only eats a couple of bits. We also started giving her a pepcid, which the vet recommended. Maybe that will help.

Yes I think an x-ray makes sense. Especially as we know she broke her jaw last summer. It could be re-injured.

Our cat Lucy is 14 and has had regular healthy checkups. Last summer we noticed she was having trouble holding food in her mouth when she ate, so we brought her to the vet who found she had broken her lower jaw. We think she was running around and ran into something. She plays hard for a cat her...

Our oldest girl, Gertrude (in my photo), is not doing well. She is nearly 18 and has multiple issues. She's been in kidney failure for a few years and we give her subQ nightly. Her levels have slowly creeped up but we haven't checked her blood in about 6 months. She also has chronic allergies...

We are doing SQ fluids at home daily and it's kept her kidney values low for the last two years (since she was diagnosed with CKD). The doxy is a pill and she is HORRIBLE at taking it. I hate stressing her out. We do give it to her like 30 minutes after breakfast and dinner, so she has some food...

I forgot to add that her bloodwork was all good. Her kidney levels are a little higher, but not unexpected at her age.

I think it's because of her spinal injury that she is very hard to hold steady for even the x-ray. She's very strong and wiggly. I will ask the vet again, though. Maybe just giving her something to calm her would be a better idea. I'll ask. Thanks!

An update: We took her back to the vet when she was straining on Thursday for an x-ray. They didn't need to put her under for that (but will have to for an ultrasound). They didn't see anything on the x-ray other than her old spinal injury is worse from age (she was injured as a kitten before we...

We just had a cat with bladder stones and it was such a brutal surgery for her to recover from-- and she is only 8. I'd hate to put my Maggie through that but maybe it's an option if that what it is.

Yes it could be bladder stones or even kidney stones. I also read that just cystitis can cause bleeding and clots. We will wait for the urinalysis results tomorrow and see what those say.

Oh, how horrible! We have had 2 male cats block over the years, but both times it was from mucus plugs and not anything as serious as a bladder tumor. Cancer is so terrible. I'm so sorry for your furbaby.

My darling Maggie (the cat in my profile photo) just turned 17. She's been holding steady with CKD for 2 years. She gets fluids every night and her kidney values have largely stayed the same. She is on prednisolone every other day (low dose) for her allergies-- she's always stuffed up and...

I've had a weird batch of food or weird bag (or case) that my cats just won't eat. This one was super crummy and it could be the texture-- maybe it got too hot in the truck or something. I don't ever throw stuff out, though. That's what the raccoons in the back are for!

UPDATE: We tried putting out some of the diet dry food we usually our inside cats and she ate some last night and this morning. It seems the bag of her regular food might be the issue, so we ordered a replacement. She was in her usual spot this morning talking to me when I woke up, so I think...