hi - I am wondering whether to be worried about Bubz as she hasn't showed any inclination to eat much for the last 36 hrs. I wasn't worried for the first 24 hrs as she has done that to me before, but it has been going on for a while longer now.
After I got back from a break away when she was booked in to a cattery she developed the habit of snatching food for next door's cat Mask, and there was this 24hr period where she didn't want anything but to slob on the desk or the settee. I had begun leaving a little bit of dry stuff down at the same time as her breakfast to try to get her into the mindset that she didn't have to guzzle.
It seemed to be working but from Sunday night/Monday morning she's hardly been out at all (btw how long can cats 'hold on'?) and then this morning she and Mask had a scrap with a little dog and Bubz came in with her back legs covered with dog mess and a soaking coat, and that as far as I know has been the extent of her 'outside time' since yesterday. She has spent the entire day curled up on a little chair (thankfully after she'd got rid of the dog mess) and has only got down about 45 mins ago, after a gentle coaxing from, me and ate the remainder of the dry food from breakfast.
I've decided just to put some dry down tonight for supper rather than the pouch of Felix that is more usual. Do cats get less hungry if they are feeling the warmth, not that *I* would call it particularly warm. There's no cuts or scratches on her anywhere I can spot. Am I just being a neurotic human?
Helen