I am taking Molly to the vet this evening. She has gone from being a slightly over-weight cat to suddenly so skinny that you can feel all her bones when you stroke her. This has happened very rapidly, just over the last month, and since we noticed it we’ve been feeding her a lot more – basically whenever she asked for food – but she’s still getting skinnier. I am concerned.

The only reason we’ve waited a month to take action is that apart from the sudden skinniness she seems fine – glossy coat, bright eyes, eating and sleeping normally. But then in the last week she has started to act a lot more agitated. She never seems to relax anymore, but flops around the flat looking despondent and gloomy. And, although she’s always woken me up at the crack of dawn demanding breakfast, she has recently got into the habit of coming back five minutes after being fed, and waking me up again with yowls and nudges. But when I walk back into the kitchen with her, there’s still food in her bowl, and I can’t imagine what else she could want. She has food, she has water, she has easy access to toilet facilities via the cat-flap, and she is regularly played with and stroked. She’s a cat – what else is there? WHY ARE YOU STILL MIAOWING AT ME? It is baffling.

So, yep, vet for Molly tonight. She is going to HATE me. I really hope it is something easily fixable, like we just need to change what we feed her or something. Worry worry worry.