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Puppy (the cat) is normally quite a healthy eater. He's recently been on meds for anxiety. Every time we call the vet, they ask about his appetite. (One of the side effects is a lack of appetite.) So far, Puppy's has been quite normal. He eats his food, then shoves Bunakins out of the way to chomp on her food too. She's a wimp about her food, so we usually have to hang around to shoo him off when he's done eating.
Well, last week, he stops eating his wet food. Not even on a spoon. He nibbled his dry, and that was it. After 4 days of this, I rushed him to the vet.
The vet checks him all over. Then, the vet opens a drawer and pulls out a can of Fancy Feast. He opens it and dumps a spoonful on the table.
You would have though we were starving the cat. I've never seen him eat so fast.
Now I feel like an idiot. Apparently Puppy just decided one day that he didn't like the flavor of his food anymore. I took 2.5 hours of my day to take his sick little butt to the vet (1 hour in a car with him yowling), and this is what he does?
The vet explained that it just happens sometimes, and to keep an eye on him and get him a different flavor of food. While we were talking, Puppy made his way to the rest of the can of Fancy Feast and started lapping it up.
So now I'm mixing in a little bit of junk food with his dinner to get him to eat. We're going to buy a different flavor of food. We're feeding Eagle Pack right now, and I like it, so we're going to get some of their other flavors.
...just had to rant...
Well, last week, he stops eating his wet food. Not even on a spoon. He nibbled his dry, and that was it. After 4 days of this, I rushed him to the vet.
The vet checks him all over. Then, the vet opens a drawer and pulls out a can of Fancy Feast. He opens it and dumps a spoonful on the table.
You would have though we were starving the cat. I've never seen him eat so fast.
Now I feel like an idiot. Apparently Puppy just decided one day that he didn't like the flavor of his food anymore. I took 2.5 hours of my day to take his sick little butt to the vet (1 hour in a car with him yowling), and this is what he does?
The vet explained that it just happens sometimes, and to keep an eye on him and get him a different flavor of food. While we were talking, Puppy made his way to the rest of the can of Fancy Feast and started lapping it up.
So now I'm mixing in a little bit of junk food with his dinner to get him to eat. We're going to buy a different flavor of food. We're feeding Eagle Pack right now, and I like it, so we're going to get some of their other flavors.
...just had to rant...