Last weekend, Ms P started refusing to eat. On Friday, my vet had suggested that I give her antinausea tablets and see if that helped because all of her cats had also been through the same thing and if that didn't work, to bring her in for an antibiotic shot and a stronger antinausea injection. She ate a little bit on Saturday morning so I decided not to take her in.
Of course by lunchtime she wasn't eating and the vet was closed by then and I had to go to work. On top of that, it was a long weekend because Monday was a public holiday. Anybody who has kept cats knows that it is a universal law that cats become ill at those times so I decided to just treat her as best I could at home. She continued to refuse food and by the time I got home from work on Saturday night, Tom wasn't eating either and on Sunday, Katia also went off her food. All of them vomited a little but taking all three to an emergency vet would have been beyond my budget. Antinausea tablets seemed to help a little so I just gave them all some and hoped that they would be ok until Tuesday.
To my immense relief, Ms P ate a little on Monday morning so when I went to work I got some different food to what she usually eats because changing the food sometimes gets nauseous cats eating. To my relief, that helped and I decided that since she was now eating, the others would also start eating in a few days, starting with Tom, who had been next to fall ill. My prediction was correct, Tom started eating the next day and then so did Katia.
I have no idea what was wrong with them but I am very grateful that is over. Has anyone else ever had cats stop eating for 4-5 days?
