Most of you know that Pepe turned 22 years old in February. She is in renal failure and we're feeding her Royal Canin canned food for kidney problems. She's been eating that now a good 18 months or so (from Chewy).
Pepe has always had a very healthy appetite. She's our "screamer"; she sleeps, wakes up, hollers for food, drinks water, gives herself a bit of a bath, then goes back to sleep. A few weeks ago, she was still playing with toys, chasing after the laser light. So while she is an old lady, she still has some spunk in her.
Well, she stopped eating much last night. Usually she's right at the door when Rick walks in after work and screams bloody murder for her supper. Last night, Rick had to wake her up; he took The Beast out to pee, came back in the house, started getting their supper ready and she just slept on. He awakened her, she came out, ate a little bit, drank water, and just generally seemed a little "out of it".
This morning, Pepe started bellowing for breakfast. When I put her plate down, she ate not even half of her food, turned around and walked away. Drank quite a bit of water, came back to her food, and walked away again. I tried to entice her with some of Royal Canin dry food that we have for her for renal failure, but she wanted nothing to do with it. She walked away, jumped up on the couch, sat there, looking at nothing, and then finally curled up and went to sleep.
I don't know if she's just tired of the Royal Canin food or if she's just tired.....period. I'm tempted to start feeding her Friskies Buffet pate again (the other cats eat that) and see if she'll eat it. OTOH, since she's been on the RC food for so long, I don't want to upset her tummy either. But if she can eat and if her tummy can tolerate it, I'm tempted to say, "The heck with it all" and give her what she wants. The girl is 22 years old; shouldn't she be allowed to eat what she wants (if that is the problem)?
She's a bit on the cantankerous side (I guess she's allowed). We brush her regularly and she still loves to be brushed. But her fur now mats easily because it's hard for her to bathe herself.
I should mention that our cats only drink bottled spring water. No well water, no city water. I don't know if that matters, but one of our cats (Hydrox) got crystals many years ago and we switched over to bottled spring water at that time. They've never had anything but that.
I'm calling the vet this morning for an appt....she's due anyway.
Thanks.
Pepe has always had a very healthy appetite. She's our "screamer"; she sleeps, wakes up, hollers for food, drinks water, gives herself a bit of a bath, then goes back to sleep. A few weeks ago, she was still playing with toys, chasing after the laser light. So while she is an old lady, she still has some spunk in her.
Well, she stopped eating much last night. Usually she's right at the door when Rick walks in after work and screams bloody murder for her supper. Last night, Rick had to wake her up; he took The Beast out to pee, came back in the house, started getting their supper ready and she just slept on. He awakened her, she came out, ate a little bit, drank water, and just generally seemed a little "out of it".
This morning, Pepe started bellowing for breakfast. When I put her plate down, she ate not even half of her food, turned around and walked away. Drank quite a bit of water, came back to her food, and walked away again. I tried to entice her with some of Royal Canin dry food that we have for her for renal failure, but she wanted nothing to do with it. She walked away, jumped up on the couch, sat there, looking at nothing, and then finally curled up and went to sleep.
I don't know if she's just tired of the Royal Canin food or if she's just tired.....period. I'm tempted to start feeding her Friskies Buffet pate again (the other cats eat that) and see if she'll eat it. OTOH, since she's been on the RC food for so long, I don't want to upset her tummy either. But if she can eat and if her tummy can tolerate it, I'm tempted to say, "The heck with it all" and give her what she wants. The girl is 22 years old; shouldn't she be allowed to eat what she wants (if that is the problem)?
She's a bit on the cantankerous side (I guess she's allowed). We brush her regularly and she still loves to be brushed. But her fur now mats easily because it's hard for her to bathe herself.
I should mention that our cats only drink bottled spring water. No well water, no city water. I don't know if that matters, but one of our cats (Hydrox) got crystals many years ago and we switched over to bottled spring water at that time. They've never had anything but that.
I'm calling the vet this morning for an appt....she's due anyway.
Thanks.
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