He sounds ill..

Was blood work done when he went to the vet????
SOmething is not right and I would take him back

Perhaps a urinary blockage???
HE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE VET...
If you have a 24 hour emergency number CALLL ITT!!!!

TAKE THE CAT TO ANOTHER VET.  

TAKE THE CAT TO ANOTHER VET.

AND, TAKE THE CAT TO ANOTHER VET.

TAKE HIM TO ANOTHER VET something IS WRONG and it;s obviously not the worms.

Could be anything:

Cancer
Blockage
Mouth infection
Toothache
overactive thyroid,
diabetes,
chronic renal failure
FELV

Does he go wee/poo? What does the poo look like? Does he drink/eat
more/less?

I know if this was my cat I would get him to the vet NOW. Probably a
different one. In the meantime, force some drink in him, he is possibly
dehydrated and it doesn;t seem your vet did anything about it. Get him
cat-milk if he wants it. Give him anything he wants, beef, pork, duck,
kipper, tuna brine, scottish salmon, russian caviar, whateva,  just make him
eat!.

I wish you both all the best, and I do hope the vet finds out fast what is
really wrong with your fella and fix it! Please let us know what happens.

Gee

Did the vet run any blood work? Did you take a stool specimine? If so what
were the results? Is the cat still eating and using the box normally?

Hi,

Thanks for the replies to my message on 1st Feb (subject: Cat growing
thinner).  I'm now getting quite worried about Henry - he is just not
himself, and I don't know *what* a worming pill can do (that's what the vet
gave him today).  Behaviourly he seems to have changed - he is unhappy,
unsettled, unenthusiastic and lacks energy.  He is slow to respond to us,
when usually he'll immediately look up and *straight* at you (I've never
known any other cat to do this, either).  Just seems "hacked off with life,"
depressed, tired...  He's usually the most energetic, playful cat just like
his brother (who incidentally hasn't changed a bit).  What the hell could it
be?  Are these worrying symptoms?  We've decided tomorrow to keep him inside
all day in case terratorially he has been "compromised" - I don't know
whether this is even possible in pet-cats, but it's a chance.  If anyone has
*any* advice, please do let me know.

Will (UK)

I would visit a different vet.  Something else is going on and the
vet seems to be missing it.  Did the first vet run blood tests?  
Did the first vet check the stool?  
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Hi all, again.  Thanks for all the replies and excellent advice.  I woke up
this morning to go to work, but Henry looked even worse - he was even
struggling to move, and I thought I'd lost him actually.  The Vet decided to
keep him in and run some tests - she's been really good, and poor old Henry
is now on a drip.  His blood tests came back negative for cat-aids and
lucemia, which is brilliant news - but he definately has an infection,
because his white-cell-count was way up.  So he's on a drip, as he's very
dehydrated, and is on anti-biotics.  He had a very high-temp too - no WONDER
he wasn't himself.  It's so worrying how quickly it can happen though.

Not out of the woods yet - don't know where the infection is, or if the
anti-b's will work - but I'm pretty positive about it.  He's only 6.5 years
old...got another 10+years left  in him I'm sure.

Thanks again for all the response

Will