My cat started losing his fur around 8/6. We've gone to two vets, had him put on prednisolone, but he continues to lose fur. His back paws are bare as is his belly. And his skin is coming off like peeling skin of a sunburn. He can't eat dry food because it hurts but will eat soft food. He seems to have troubles eating though. He is having troubles walking (paw pads are just bare) so climbing into the cat box is difficult. He is wetting on himself and defecating outside the box and just laying in it.

My 15 year old cat has had two serious bouts of pancreatitus. We have changed diets and for about a year she has not had symptoms. I have been cat sitting for 9 days and the other cat is not on a special diet. Although we try to keep our cat out of the food she has had some of the science diet the other eats. Yesterday I had to rush her to the vet and she has severe pancreatitus and internal abcesses. Can this be caused by 9 days of eating the other cats food?

My cat was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which has not metastasized. He had surgery for mass removal and is recovering nicely. He is eating, urinating and stooling. His stools are VERY abundant. It is soft and formed, light orange in color. He used to stool once a day, now its about twice a day and large enough that if you didnt know better, you would think it was a dog! Is this representative of his pancreatic cancer and is this interfering with his weight gain as he has been very slow to gain weight? What can we do?

So our 8 year old cat was losing weight around February of this year. He used to weigh 16pds and when we took him In for a normal checkup was down to 14. We got blood work done and everything came back fine except his liver count was a bit high. Long story short the vet recommended we get an ultrasound done in a couple weeks if we notice anymore weight loss. So we did, and it came back saying he has a small mass in his pancreas. We had hope because they said there was very little blood flow going to it so surgery to remove it would be an option. So we went ahead and did the surgery just this past Monday. They could not remove it because they said it would of been to detrimental for him and he might not of survived. They did manage to get a biopsy of the mass along with the lymph nodes that attached itself to the liver. Today Thursday we got the results back and his liver is fine but the mass is pancreatic acarsonoma. She said kemo is an option but will not stop it just slow it down and if no treatment he will Live maybe 2 months. My question is why couldn’t we remove the pancreas and just give him whatever he needs? Such as insulin or whatever is needed for that kind of surgery. Or should I get a second opinion? He is only 9, was eating well and playing and everything before this surgery. Obviously anybody that has there stomach cut open is going to need to recover, but it’s terrible to think that nothing else can be done when all of his other vital signs and organs r fine. Please help Steffanie

My 9 yr old male Siamese Cat stopped eating 1 month ago except the one cat treat that I cit into tiny little pieces and wake up at all hrs of the night to feed him. If you have a Siamese you know what I mean, they are quit vocal. I took him to the vet 2 weeks ago and she said he didnt look dehydrated, that he hadn’t lost any weight since his well check 1 month prior so she set up his teeth to be cleaned and sent us on our way. My “Ben” has continued to decline. Yesterday at the vet she did a full blood panel, thyroid, leukemia again, gave him fluids sub Q, nausea meds via shot and xrays. The report said he has no food in his small intestines. She now recommends a ultra sound Tuesday to rile out pancreatic cancer. Its 2:06 an and he just had 1 tsp of dry food . The weird thing is he sleeps next to my head but when his bestie came into the room our other cat “Theo” Ben made weird growling noises. What is that about. Ive never heard this before. Is it he’s in pain and doesnt want another cat around him? What is it. He is my therapy cat. He wakes me during PTSD nightmares. Hes beautiful white with baby blue eyes. I just know I cant go through another loss. Please provide any help you can. I have tried 8 types of wet food, cooked real chicken, tuna and mashed it in case he had a abad too the. He ate the chicken for a couple meals, 1 tbspn but hes not eating anymore. What would you do? Do I go ahead with the Ultra sound. I’ can’t stand the possibility of him being in pain or nausea. Thank you