The vet is baffled, maybe PTers will know

[jenluckenbach]

No ideas, but lots of prayers.

[kimlovescats]

It might just be a bit of senility. I know with elderly people, they tend to lose their appetites or even forget to eat as they get older!

[jazzcat]

It might just be a bit of senility. I know with elderly people, they tend to lose their appetites or even forget to eat as they get older!

Well she is my Dad's cat, lol. She may just be following him about forgetting to eat.

Thanks for the input and well wishes everyone. Maybe it is just an age thing. Now that I think about it Ripley lost a lot of weight around that age too but he was diagnosed with CRF, could have been a coincidence.

Miss K's energy level is pretty good and she doesn't really act like anything is wrong.

[columbine]

Maybe she ate something that wasn't good for her? If her liver's acting up, try offering her a drop of vitamin E squirted on the tip of your finger. It's very safe - I give two capsules' worth a day to Smudge as a treat, just because he likes it so much! Cats who eat a lot of fish need extra vitamin E.

Love, Columbine

[catfamily]

my kiki at around 18 years old lost some weight in a few months that i didn't notice to to much(appeared pretty normal)
but i was calling my vet and bringing him in...come to find out after
normal bloodwork...it was his mouth or teeth.(or even a tounge ulcer)
he said it was mouth cancer.
i thought that it may have been an infection from a canine tooth out and he didn't want to tell me.
I liked the vet a lot so i didn't question...but we had to put him down.
I was devistated because i felt bad that he was in pain all that time and i didn't know.
He was eating but not much.
but i know it was something in his mouth that made him ill...i felt terrible not knowing earlier.

i would have a good look inside his mouth lori if you can...or have the vet do it.
anyway...i hope he is ok.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Whatever it is I hope it's nothing serious. Catfamily does make a good point in that maybe her mouth is sore. How are her teeth? Has she had her teeth cleaned before?

Maybe her sense of smell isn't as good as it used to be either and this is why she's eating less. She may need some stinkier food to help to make her eat better. I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

[kt_luvs_kitties]

What about her pancreas? Just throwing that out there.

I will pray for her.

[catmandu]

MICHAEL THE DREAMS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AT 17, HE HAS NO INTEREST SOME DAYS, NOT EVEN IN CHICKEN WHICH USED TO BE HIS FAVORITE.
IF ITS NOT THOSE THINGS OR HIS TEETH, I AM PUZZLED.
PRAYERS ARE COMING FOR YOUR DADS CAT, THE ONLY THING I COULD SUGGEST IS TRY KITTEN FOOD OR A SOFT PATE FOOD.
THAT WORKS WHEN THE FOUND CATS GO OFF THIER FOOD SOMETIMES