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My parents have had three cats since I was born. [[15 years ago]] Recently two of them died because of old age. My parents got them at the same time and a couple years later they got the third one.
The third one got real close to the other two over the past years and their death has been real hard for her. She's not the same cat she was before. She won't eat right, you have to hold her food in your hand for her to take it. The same with water, she'll go without it unless you hold the bowl. All she does is sleep on the back of the couch and she looks so pitiful. Sometimes she even acts like she's not all there, like she's been drugged or something.
We have a puppy that used to bother her but the puppy kinda grew out of it, so that's not an issue with her being upset.
Does anyone have ANY advice on what to do? How can I make her feel better? I wanna help her so bad but I don't know how.
And yes, she's been to the vet, she says there is nothing wrong with her, health wise.
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The cynic in me feels there isn't anything you can do. The cat is old and probably set in its ways.
Of course that isn't true, but there is no guarantee that anything you try will garner the results you are looking for.
You can try to get another cat/kitten for company, but again there is no guarantee that your cat will take to it and get along, much less that this will fix the problem. But, I've done this with both cats and dogs and sometimes it works.
You cannot truly replace the cats, anymore than you can replace people. But getting another cat might be another option to try; be prepared for the two of them not getting along and be prepared to keep the new cat in any event.
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We took her to he vet again today because she wasn't eating and they needed to put her to sleep. Thanks though.
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