12/11/2022
🧐𝐖𝐡𝐲 do 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬 get 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐚?
Anorexia is a medical term that means “𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑒.” Partial anorexia means “a decrease in appetite.” Anorexia is one of the more common reasons that pets are brought to us for medical attention.
Some pet owners are too busy to notice at first that their pet has anorexia or partial anorexia. If your pet has anorexia for a long-enough period of time, it will lose weight, which is why we carefully check your pet’s weight on every visit and compare it to previous weights to look for a change.
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆:
📌A foreign body, an infected tongue, enlarged tonsils and dental disease are some of the problems in the oral cavity that can cause anorexia. Your pet might give you a clue to an oral-cavity problem by pawing at the mouth, drooling, dropping food after trying to chew it, or reluctance to being petted around the face.
📌During a routine physical exam on a pet with anorexia, we carefully examine the oral cavity and palpate the throat and esophagus to make sure there are no problems there.
📌Infections that lead to fever can cause anorexia. Pets with upper-respiratory infections, especially cats, cannot smell food well and might have oral ulcers in addition to the fever, all compounding the problem.
📌Arthritic pets, postoperative pets or those experiencing trauma such as a broken bone can experience significant pain. This pain will cause anorexia.
📌Disease of any of the internal organs can cause anorexia. Cats experience a unique syndrome called hepatic lipidosis. These cats are initially overweight, and when they experience a stressor that causes them to stop eating, the liver shuts down. The problem can be corrected if caught early enough.
📌Any disease of the stomach and intestines can cause anorexia. Cancer, inflammation ulcers, internal parasites and foreign bodies are the more common ones. Sometimes, the anorexia comes from the disease itself and all its effects; other times, the anorexia of the gastrointestinal tract is caused by pain.
📌Territorial animals like cats might not eat when intimidated by another pet in the household.
📌Stress from excess sounds like fireworks can cause anorexia.
𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒂 𝑰𝒏 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒔
Treatment will depend entirely on the diagnosis. If the cause is due to a medical condition, the condition must be treated first – then additional treatment will focus on managing symptoms (such as the loss of appetite). If the cause is stress-related or psychological, your veterinarian can make recommendations to address those issues.
There are some things you can try at home to help perk up your pet’s appetite or make mealtime more attractive. Some of these suggestions will be trial-and-error, depending on the personal preference of your pet. 𝑩𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.
‼️So, if you suspect your pet has anorexia, you should take them to the veterinarian immediately to determine the reason and the best therapy.
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