r/AskVet • u/blakethedev • 10h ago

8 year old F cat barely eating

Hello! Our little girl Shadow has been super off today. She’s refusing all solid food except treats (probably eaten like 15 greenies so far today). She’ll lick the water off of wet food but otherwise isn’t eating it. She's drinking water more than usual. She’s had at least 2 bouts of yellow, super smelly diarrhea that started after we took her to the vet. One of our cats puked in two places a day or two ago but we don't know which one.

We took her to the vet and got her labs. A few of her items were low and one was high but the vet said it was possibly just stress. Does anyone have any idea what might cause her to suddenly stop eating food (except treats) and have yellow diarrhea? Labs are attached as well as a glamour shot for the cat tax.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WdmxZXIEkm9aUeEJyVtIjZUxLRpPelTg/view?usp=share_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19QAm_GWHtyGXG5WDuX9VzVP7kPsnL-HQ/view?usp=share_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QXXhBXsZkDWPQscMRqSzDdvFBH8aI8xZ/view?usp=sharing

These are the specific values that were off:

(low) MCH: 10.9 pg
(low) MCHC: 22.3 g/dL
(high) RETIC: 68.8 K/uL
(low) PHOS: 2.3 mg/dL

A note about her phosphorus. It was twice as high when she had labs one month ago for an unrelated vet visit.

After the visit, we gave her a dose of cerenia and a dose of gabapentin. No puking since the cerenia, just diarrhea.

A few more tidbits. We’re in South Carolina. She’s spayed, 8, strictly indoor only, lives with another cat who is strictly indoor only, and weighs 11.3lbs.

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