In greater than 90% of cats, an underlying disease has caused the inappetence. These may include inflammatory bowel disease, other types of liver disease, cance

In greater than 90% of cats, an underlying disease has caused the inappetence. These may include inflammatory bowel disease, other types of liver disease, cancer, pancreatitis, anxiety, respiratory disease and diabetes mellitus. So in 90% of these cases, cats were very ill with some other dosease, causing them to forgo food, and this additional symptom sets in. It should be noted: * the other 10% could be due to unidentified other issues * this has nothing to do with withholding food, but with cats purposefully not eating food