adaliabooks: Thanks. Like I say, he generally seems fine, and a lot better then he was on Monday. But it's just waiting and seeing what happens (he couldn't just have some normal easy to diagnose problem, oh no)
MaxFulvus: Is he sterilized ? He could gain some weight after that !
Yeah, he was sterilized years ago. He's never been a big cat, and it was stomach cancer he had. But the steroids he was taking did increase his appetite and he was at least a normal healthy weight until recently when he just started losing loads of weight.
adaliabooks: Lol. Yeah, that sounds about right. On top of anything else, he doesn't like me much and bites me pretty much any time I go near him, so my girlfriend has to do all the medicating extra...
FearfulSymmetry: Oh yes! Medicating animals. Fun. My mother's cat needed pills twice a day for years (he's now down to one). Well ... let's just say it was quite an adventure each time. He's reasonably well-behaved when my mother does it, but he won't let my sister or stepfather do it - he'll fight them tooth and nail. :P I can usually manage to get him to swallow it when I'm at home, but I've been scratched on occasion as well.
Yeah, it's kind of lucky it was him and not our other cat. He at least takes the tablets quite easily (now, after three years) for my girlfriend. Our other cat barely lets you hold her without squirming and biting. I can't imagine medicating her twice a day...
