Anorexic cat?

[RolliePollie]

I think my cat has an eating disorder. She is extremely finicky and very skinny. She hates meat, despises fish, and runs away from canned cat food. The ironic thing is that my other cat will eat anything (even broccoli and orange juice) and she's super fat. Anyway, back to the skinny cat...unfortunately she also suffers with hairballs, but I bought a tube of Laxatone and she loved it! I think it actually helped her appetite because she gained half a pound. Now here is the weird thing...we went through one tube and I bought another. Now she won't touch it. Does anyone else have a cat this finicky?

So now I have to smear the Laxatone on her paw and then she looks at me like this:

[lph]

Nice cat Have you checked her for worms? Cats are usually pretty sensible creatures that eat whatever or whenever they need to.

[alpinerabbit]

Hyperthyroid? I saw a methusalemic cat at a friend's who is soooo skinny, she says he is hyperthyroid.

[CATWOMAN]

My cats always seem to eat too much, and since they are indoor cats the weight just keeps adding up, at least on my orange male.

I feed mine Iams Indoor Weight and Hairball Control. If your cat would eat it it might help with the hairball problem. A weight control food would be better than nothing. Sophie rarely gets a hairball, even though she is obsessed with grooming herself AND Eddie too

[RolliePollie]

Iams hairball formula is a great idea...currently I'm mixing Iams kitten food in with their regular CostCo food to try and get her weight up a bit. And she's eating it so I guess she doesn't hate the taste of Iams. Of course, the kitten food is heaven for my other cat...she's just getting fatter!

It's just really funny to have one cat who is basically a living garbage disposal and another cat who won't eat anything. She does like popcorn of all things. Maybe I'll have to start making that for her every day!

[Tuckervill]

Maybe it's a territory thing? My cats won't eat out of the same bowl. They won't share the same sunny spot, and get in nasty fights over territory (then sometimes they're all lovey-dovey curled up around each other on the bed). Maybe you can separate the fat cat and let the skinny one eat first.

And I'd definitely have it dewormed.

Karen

[ilima]

If this is recent, please don't wait to get your cat checked out by a vet. Cats can deteriorate very quickly if they stop eating. Or the lack of eating could indicate an underlying problem, such as a failing liver.