My 9-year-old overweight cat is sick and won't eat. Vet visit needed?

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Hi, My cat hasn't been acting herself lately, She's usually energetic and likes to roll around and loves to be pet, now she seems to be depressed and not moving at all. She's always happy when I feed her and now I haven't seen her eat in like 2 days. My cat is 9 years old and is overweight, she's been like this for quite some years, I'm just wondering what should I do, is something not serious or should I take her to the vet. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | 8 years and 1 month old

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

The type of symptoms you are reporting combined with Keaca's age is definitely a cause for concern. While lethargy and anorexia are very non-specific symptoms, there are definitely a couple of conditions that come to mind (particularly in an overweight cat). Some of the things I would think of include liver or kidney issues, pancreatitis, diabetes, and certain types of cancer involving the gastrointestinal tract. I think a good start to find out what may or may not be wrong would be to take Keaca in for a physical exam and to have some baseline blood work obtained. This will provide you with some information to rule out several of the conditions I mentioned above. If they are not able to make any determination from that information, some diagnostic imaging may be indicated (x-rays or ultrasound). Hope this helps and that Keaca is feeling better soon!

My 9-year-old overweight cat is sick and won't eat. Vet visit needed?

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