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Compulsive Eating Cat?
I have a problem with my cat.
We feed him a sachet of food in the morning, leave some biscuits down for the day and give him another sachet of food in the evening. This is normally enough for him. When we first got him, I checked with the vet, who agreed this was adequate.
The problem is that over the last few weeks in particular, he seems to be starving all the time. He's getting into our kitchen and living room bins and dragging old empty sachets and leftover food out of them! He even took out two pieces of garlic bread during the night and ate most of them!
I'm worried there might be something wrong that is increasing his appetite. There don't appear to be any other symptoms so maybe it's just seasonal. I'm not sure.
I will take him to the vet but I thought I would ask to see whether anyone could suggest what might be wrong as there's no point putting him through going to the vet if it's likely to be normal!
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The pregnancy thing is just general information for anyone who might have the same problem with their cat (obviously female), and is reading this. Sorry for confusion. Best of luck:)
-----------------------------------------------If your cat is not pregnant, or in heat, maybe he is just bored. Personality is so unique in cats that if it is not a hormonal thing, you could just have a cat that needs new toys or is bored.
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There is no way for you to tell if there's anything wrong with his feces. A trained veterinary technician needs to look at in under a microscrope. They will know what they are looking for. Most of the time, you will not see any adult worms, the only way to tell is to try to see the eggs under a microscope.
As others have said, it could be worms. You could check for "rice grain" looking stuff, this would be tapeworms. But, the easiest way to find out is to take in a sample of his fecal matter (poop) and the technicians at the vet clinic will look at it under a microscope to see if there are any eggs.
And, it could also be a thyroid problem. Often an animal will get an increase in appetite with a decrease in weight, or with the weight staying the same. Since there are no other symptoms, you would be catching this early on so there would be a good chance of being able to fix it. But, don't simply wait to see if it gets better.
Any time you have a problem with your animal, you should at least call your vet. They can give you the best advice on whether or not the behavior is normal, and it won't cost you anything just for a phone call.
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It could be worms, he should be wormed every three months. You could check for white flecks that look like grains of rice in his poo. They would be portions of tape worm.
It may be that if he is a young active cat that likes to roam the neighbourhood, he is using more energy and subsequently getting hungrier.
There is also a possibility that his thyroid gland is overactive. If it is, tests and tablets from the vet will sort this out.
Try a worming tablet/course first, if you're still concerned take him to the vet.
Hope that helps and good luck.
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He sounds like he has worms.
My cats get them too..they can pick them up from other cats, eating mice or birds..etc.
Its pretty harmless..you can either take your cat to the vet..and get him checked out to see exactly if its worms or not..or just go to the vet and buy some worm pills..you dont need to actually take your cat..I dont think they will harm him even if he doenst have worms. I dont usually take my cat to the vet, I just ask them for pills because when the vet actually takes time to look at the cat he charges money..so I just talk to the receptionist.
And you pretty much need to force feed him the pills. Just put one pill in his mouth and rub his neck until he swallows it. Lol. it sounds pretty harsh but thats the only way to do it.
Just ask your vet any other questions that you need to know.
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