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Originally Posted by Reba
Sometimes older cats lose their sense of smell. If they can't smell their food, they don't want to eat it. Sometimes switching to a real stinky canned cat food helps to "tempt" the interest of the kitty for food.
Also, if kitty's teeth hurt, then kitty won't want to eat. It sometimes helps to switch to a real soft food.
There can be many reasons why an elderly cat doesn't eat.
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I agree. My cat is not elderly, he is only 8 years old but I suspect that one of his teeth hurts, cause he has been refusing to eat dry food...I noticed he was losing weight and started making wet food for him and now he is gaining his weight back. I will continue to do this until I have enough money to take him to the vet to have his tooth taken care of. So far my plan is working and he is eating often. What I do is I take dry food, mix it with water, put it in the microwave for about a minute, and then mash the food for about 10 or 15 minutes and then make sure it is not too hot to eat, and then I give it to him, he will eat it. I've been doing this for the last few days.
I would buy wet food but I am so terrified to, what with all the recalls lately...so many recalls that I don't even know what wet food is safe for my cat to eat! If my cat dies from the wet food that was on the recall list it would break my heart into a million pieces! So I just make do with the dry food and water and make my own wet food for him, it's working so far.