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KarenKat, thanks for the tip on the food. I've ordered the Instinct LID rabbit, and he loves it. So now he gets that in the morning, and wet at night (duck or rabbit). As for the B12, the vet gave me pills, so now he takes 1 prednisolone (down from 2) and 1 B12 every morning. So now that his...

My 11-year old Mickey was just diagnosed with IBD (although they haven't ruled out pancreas issues). It was out of the blue, as he was always the healthiest member of the household. The first sign was his diet. I've always fed him dry in the morning, wet at night, which he always gobbled up...

An update on Mickey. Things got worse when he stopped eating wet food as well. He would meow like he wanted food, but then would only sniff the bowl and walk away. When I took to the vet again, he had dropped to 9.5 lbs. The vet did another series of tests, then gave me 3 medicines: something...

Just an update on Mickey. I took him to the vet, where they did a senior blood panel on him. The vet said there were no problems with his kidney or liver. Her only concern was that he was 14 lbs last year, and 11 this year.

He was eating Blue Buffalo for years, then I switched him to BB Senior. He was eating that for awhile, then just stopped. I thought it might be a bad bag, so I got Wellness Senior, but he won't touch that as well. I don't know if the diarrhea is related to the change in eating, now that he's...

Thanks for the feedback. I did try mixing the dry with wet, but he just ate the wet and left the dry. I will try the rice suggestion.

My cat is 11. He's never had any major health problems. He has always gotten 2 meals a day, 1 dry 1 wet. All of a sudden, he won't touch his dry food. I tried "waiting it out", but to no avail. I finally gave in and made both meals wet. Now, however, his stools are all semi-diarrhea.. And for...