HI
My cat seems to have lost her appetite, she refuses to eat. It's been like this for about 2 days. She'll only come to the food bowls to smell them and then goes back to the room. Drinking is fine, maybe even more than usual. She's also become less active though it doesn't really look like she's ill, she can play and catch a candy wrapper ball but loses interest in it quite soon. She's 5 years old. If she's like this for a couple of days more I'll take her to a vet but I just wanted to know if anyone's had a similar problem and what caused it.
My cat seems to have lost her appetite, she refuses to eat. It's been like this for about 2 days. She'll only come to the food bowls to smell them and then goes back to the room. Drinking is fine, maybe even more than usual. She's also become less active though it doesn't really look like she's ill, she can play and catch a candy wrapper ball but loses interest in it quite soon. She's 5 years old. If she's like this for a couple of days more I'll take her to a vet but I just wanted to know if anyone's had a similar problem and what caused it.
Barsik was behaving quite the same this summer when the weather was extremely hot. All was back to normal when the temperature got lower. I hope there's nothing serious with your cat but - as the girls wrote - it's worth taking her to a vet just in case.
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If you are feeding her just regular food that you can buy in any retail store, then I would highly recommend that you switch her to holistic food as there are no sugars or garbage fillers in it, so it's much healthier for your cat. By putting my 4 indoor cats on holistic foods, I have been able to cut my diabetic kitty's insulin down by over half. Their eyes, teeth and coats are much healthier, too.
It is more expensive, but your cat will eat far less. I'll give you an example: my 4 indoor kitties are on holistic food, and I give them 2 cups of food per day between them. When I go to refill their bowls, there is still about 1/4 cup of food left over.
On the other hand, my 3 outdoor kitties are on regular retail food. Between them they get 4 cups of food per day and the bowls are always empty when I go to refill them.
So, given that example, both foods are actually costing me about the same amount of money because 4 cats are eating far less than 3 cats. Because they eat less, they also poop less, so you also reduce the amount of scooping you have to do. [Ye]