My older cat is almost 12 years old and lately has been suffering from what I refer to as "digestive troubles" as evidenced by the little presents she leaves scattered around my apartment. After several expensive vet visits and several even more expensive (and inconclusive) tests, the doctor admitted he didn't know what was wrong, but it was most likely IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) or lymphoma, a type of cancer common in older cats. Not having the money for chemotherapy, or even for the test to determine if it is cancer for sure, I'm opting to treat her as if she has IBD, which means medication twice daily for the time being.
For those of you who have cats, you know that there are two types - the ever-so-common cat who is EXTREMELY picky, and turns her nose up at just about everything, and sometimes will eat something for a day or two but then decides it's just not good enough, and the extremely rare cat who will eat anything and everything. Akaya, my sick kitty, is the first type, and Max, my other kitty, the second type. So I'm not only having difficulty finding something to mix with Akaya's medicine that she will eat, I'm having a hard time keeping Max from eating everything I try give Akaya. I'd separate them, but my apartment is relatively small and doesn't really have useful doors. I think I've finally hit on a solution - Kaya gets high-priced, quality fish catfood, pureed to a mush (the better to hide the meds), while Max gets whatever I can find to keep him occupied while Kaya eats. I'm not sure I'll ever get another cat after all of this.