You can never have enough...

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She has IBS which adds to her woes - and mine. I suspect too that there may be something else going on because she has lost a lot of weight lately. But, other than the inconvenience of it, she seems to be in no pain, is very active, and has a far bigger appetite than I care to satisfy, so I am putting it down to old age and trying not to let it get in the way of our very companionable relationship. After all, we almost have each other fully trained...

And yes, she lives a good brushing. Being a rex cross she has an awful lot of soft fluff to block  the pipes!

Have you noticed blood in the poo?

Sad story. My daughter's cat (only 7 years old at the time) was vomiting quite a lot, which she put down to hairballs and eating his food too quickly. She then went off to spend a 3 week Christmas in UK with her brother and I had to look after her 2 cats. I noticed one was losing weight around his haunches and straining to poo, so took him to the vet. Vet said probably bladder infection and gave antibiotics. But then I noticed blood and poo on the floor of her flat so begged her to take him back to the vet when she got home. She did, XRays were taken and the vet said it was bowel cancer and she had taken him in just before the large tumour broke through the intestine, which would have been very painful for him. So surgery was done and chemo given (as he was such a young and beautiful cat). He did so well through all that and was eating throughout. He lasted 3 more happy years until the cancer returned.