01 Reasons for Cats’ Decreased Appetite

A cat’s sudden refusal to eat may be due to a variety of reasons, such as oral disease, digestive system problems, stress from environmental changes, or unpalatable food.

It is necessary to comprehensively observe its behavioral changes and physical condition to determine the specific triggers.

02

Mental status? Related to health

A cat’s lethargy and excessive lethargy may be early symptoms of diseases, such as chronic diseases, infectious diseases, or endocrine disorders, which may lead to reduced physical exertion and poor mental status.

03

Warning of abnormal excrement

When a cat has poop on its body, it may reflect difficulty in defecation, anal discomfort or lower abdominal pain Problems such as this may also be caused by a lack of cleaning leading to abnormal behavior.

04

Identification and treatment of ear diseases

Black discharge inside the cat’s ears is mostly ear mite infection or other ear canal inflammation, which manifests as scratching Ears need to be cleaned with special ear bleach and treated with ear ointment.

05

Considerations of abnormal weight and abdominal circumference

Although the cat feels chubby, if it refuses to eat for a long time, it is necessary to consider whether there is ascites, especially if the cat refuses to eat for a long time. It is the possibility of serious diseases such as infectious peritonitis. At this time, you should seek medical examination in time.

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Dietary adjustment? And inducing eating

When a cat refuses to eat, you can try to change the type of food, such as canned cat food, nutritional paste, etc., and use goat milk powder or syringe to assist feeding to ensure that it can still take in enough nutrients even if it is sick and prevent Development of hypoglycemia and fatty liver disease.

07

How to operate force feeding

If necessary, the cat can be stabilized by wrapping it in a towel, and the diluted cat can be slowly injected with a syringe from the side. food paste to ensure that they can eat without vomiting.

08

Discussion on barf feeding method

For cats who are picky eaters for a long time or have digestion and absorption problems, you can consider using a biocompatible diet (barf) feeding method. That is, the raw bone and meat feeding method provides natural ingredients such as fresh meat, offal and bones to meet the original nutritional needs of cats.