Everyone please read & tell me what you think?

Question

I have two cats, sisters, and they are about 8 years old. About a week and a half ago, one of them started having diarrhea (which only every once in a while was tinged with blood) but I couldn't figure out which one it was b/c they never will use the litter box with me around. Neither of them ever acted sick either. Then the diarrhea started getting a bit better, not as watery and hasn't had blood in it in a few days. But I thought I figured out which cat it was (caught her in the litter box & there was a little bit of soft p**p where she was) Friday night and vowed to take her to the vet on Monday. Then suddenly, my other cat wouldn't eat on Saturday and then didn't eat anything on Sunday either. But she's extremely thirsty and even lays next to the water bowl. She still hasn't eaten this morning yet my cat whom I thought was sick is still acting fine. So I'm going to take them both to the vet to get checked out. But what could this possibly be? Has anyone had this happen to their pet? Could it be diabetes because the cat that's been thirsty and not eating is overweight. Please let me know so I know what to expect at the vet's.

Answer 1

It does sound like diabetes is a strong possibility for the thirsty cat.  I'm not sure about the diarrhea cat.  So far whenever mine have been like that it's mercifully been nothing.  As little dietary change can spark that.  It could be that the kitty got into something she wasn't supposed to eat.  Bring a stool sample with you to the vet.  If they don't see anything wrong after a checkup and testing the sample then they'll probably have you take her off food for at least 24 hours and gradually get her eating again with really bland food (chicken and rice or plain meat baby food).  That tends to be enough to make mine all better.  When it isn't enough that's the sign to do further testing.

Just get them to the vet.

Hopefully it's nothing major and the first one feeling bad stressed the other one instead of it being diabetes.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Could be any number of things, but next time your cats have a problem, don't wait so long to bring them to the vet. Best of luck.  

Answer 3

About your cat that's not eating : Something similar happened to my first cat , he seemed thirsty and hungry and he tried to eat and when we took him to the vet , he had a tumor in his throat or mouth . I can 't exactly remember now, it was awhile ago , but it was terrible . We ended up just putting him down because he was about 12 or 13 then .

Answer 4

It's really not possible to tell without examining the cats. The trouble with getting info online for health problems like this is that you often get the "worst case scenario", leaving out the many other more mundane and less exciting reasons why a cat may act this way. Just wait and see what the vet says or you'll probably end up worrying about the wrong thing altogether.