My poor, old, Rugrat.....
Sym's really not himself lately... *sigh* Over the weekend he started whining mournfully when presented with his bowl of IAMs and, when he deigned to eat some in my presence, continued to grumble as he ate. So I thought maybe he's gone off it, or it's hurting his jaws or something. I did try adding some water to it once or twice, as the packet says you can do that, but he still only ate about a third of the bowl, if that.
Picked up some tins of really soft food in gravy, gently working it into meals since he'd been on IAMs; while he initially attacks it with gusto, after a few minutes he stops and just sits by the bowl like he wants to guard it. He's also kinda vocal if I come near him while he's eating - not in a threatening sense, but worried. He's not really eating this food either, mostly just licking up the gravy, which was why I put him on IAMs in the first place and he's been fine up till now.
Watching him sit down on the floor is kinda worrying too, 'cause it takes him a couple of minutes to settle all his limbs comfortably :-(
His vocalisations have been different as well; he sounds somewhat unhappy, even when getting attention. His purrs have become overlayed with a grumble, even when we're having a cwtch.
And to top all that off? I invited him to come join me on the sofa a little while ago, and when he tried to haul himself up his backlegs didn't have any power in them. First time I've seen that happen to him - he's been getting himself up on the window ledge and my desk chair in stages for some time, but my sofa's quite low.
I'm keeping an eye on him at the moment. I have a week off work coming up soon, right after payday, and I can arrange to take him down the PDSA for a checkup. It's kinda heartbreaking watching him, as he's definitely feeling his age now; I don't recall Tammie getting like this, but then again he died when Rowan was thirteen months old so perhaps my attention was somewhat diverted back then.
Picked up some tins of really soft food in gravy, gently working it into meals since he'd been on IAMs; while he initially attacks it with gusto, after a few minutes he stops and just sits by the bowl like he wants to guard it. He's also kinda vocal if I come near him while he's eating - not in a threatening sense, but worried. He's not really eating this food either, mostly just licking up the gravy, which was why I put him on IAMs in the first place and he's been fine up till now.
Watching him sit down on the floor is kinda worrying too, 'cause it takes him a couple of minutes to settle all his limbs comfortably :-(
His vocalisations have been different as well; he sounds somewhat unhappy, even when getting attention. His purrs have become overlayed with a grumble, even when we're having a cwtch.
And to top all that off? I invited him to come join me on the sofa a little while ago, and when he tried to haul himself up his backlegs didn't have any power in them. First time I've seen that happen to him - he's been getting himself up on the window ledge and my desk chair in stages for some time, but my sofa's quite low.
I'm keeping an eye on him at the moment. I have a week off work coming up soon, right after payday, and I can arrange to take him down the PDSA for a checkup. It's kinda heartbreaking watching him, as he's definitely feeling his age now; I don't recall Tammie getting like this, but then again he died when Rowan was thirteen months old so perhaps my attention was somewhat diverted back then.