I have an appt. for my cat to get his lasor surgery done on wednesday...and now, as if I needed something else to go wrong, another cat is sick, she has not eaten or drank water for 2 days...I brought her to the vet yesterday, and after x-ray and blood test, nothing is wrong, but she still is not eating. I am very upset and very worried about her. I called the vet this morning, she said I can bring her to the 24 hr. vet if needed, tonight will be 48 hours since she ate,(after 3 days it is serious) she said I can also give her pain med(Leo's med ) but after 3 hours, she still would not eat so I called the vet again, she said to try syringing food into the cat's mouth( duh why didn't I think of that?) I got some canned food, fed it to the other cats, poured a little water into the can with the juice and syringed that into her mouth. it worked, she did not throw it up. so at least she is getting nutrients and water, till Monday I will bring her back to the vet to get an anti-flammatory med, (her gums have tartar and plaque) I don't understand why the gums could suddenly make her stop eating, the vet couldn't find anything else wrong, so after going home I wondered, well what has changed? the next day, (this morning) the vet gave me the results of the blood test, all fine. anyway at least I can syringe food into her mouth so I don't have to pay the other vet to give her an IV !! as long as her eyes look ok and she seems ok considering...