So wasn't sure whether or not to post this in nutrition or behavior.
We have a cat, Honey, who has been diagnosed with anorexia with no underlying cause. We have gone to the vets multiple times (different vets), to try and figure this out.
We have also tried multiple kinds of food, really every kind and brand of food. I don't think there is a brand or flavor or style of food we haven't tried.
She will eat it one day, and then not the next. Or she will love it for a whole week, but then never want to eat it again. Her issue seems more psychological - we have another cat, Nozawa, and she has some kind of weird connection to the way he eats.
Examples:
If he won't start his food, then she won't start her food.
Sometimes she won't start her food until he has finished his.
If we give them the exact same food, she won't eat her food, but once he is finished she will eat his leftovers.
If you give her wet food with some dry food, she will pick out bits of the dry food, but she won't eat dry food by itself.
If we separate her from him, or him from her, she won't eat at all. He also may not eat if we do this.
She is obsessed with Fortiflora powder - if we put it on the food before she sees it, she won't eat it - she has to physically see you put the powder on. But even that eventually stops working.
Every couple of weeks with give her an appetite stimulant that works for a few days, but then she starts being weird again. She's very inconsistent. I am legit hiring a pet psychic to help because I cannot work out what to do with her.
if anyone has any advice, I would be glad to try it.
We have a cat, Honey, who has been diagnosed with anorexia with no underlying cause. We have gone to the vets multiple times (different vets), to try and figure this out.
We have also tried multiple kinds of food, really every kind and brand of food. I don't think there is a brand or flavor or style of food we haven't tried.
She will eat it one day, and then not the next. Or she will love it for a whole week, but then never want to eat it again. Her issue seems more psychological - we have another cat, Nozawa, and she has some kind of weird connection to the way he eats.
Examples:
If he won't start his food, then she won't start her food.
Sometimes she won't start her food until he has finished his.
If we give them the exact same food, she won't eat her food, but once he is finished she will eat his leftovers.
If you give her wet food with some dry food, she will pick out bits of the dry food, but she won't eat dry food by itself.
If we separate her from him, or him from her, she won't eat at all. He also may not eat if we do this.
She is obsessed with Fortiflora powder - if we put it on the food before she sees it, she won't eat it - she has to physically see you put the powder on. But even that eventually stops working.
Every couple of weeks with give her an appetite stimulant that works for a few days, but then she starts being weird again. She's very inconsistent. I am legit hiring a pet psychic to help because I cannot work out what to do with her.
if anyone has any advice, I would be glad to try it.
