Hey there, so I have a 3 year old bengal male, and up until the last few months has always been happy and healthy. About 6 months ago, he went off his dry food. I thought nothing of it at the time, as he was still eating his wet food, which is all raw food so no yucky additives. He would still occasionally eat his dry food, but that began to be less and less. Then around 3 months ago he began to go off his food altogether, and loosing weight, and I really began to worry. I took him to the vet, and they examined him, and it bagan to get a bit strange. They thought his liver to be enlarged and slightly hardened when they felt for it, but his bloods came back normal. They scanned his liver for anything unusual, and although it still looked quite large, there were no abnormalities. So they decided the liver wasn't a problem, and put him on antibiotics, and sent me home to see how he would go. Within ours of receiving the first antibiotics, his appetite came back, and he put on almost half a kg in 2 weeks, and was looking sleek and lovely again. But unfortunately, about a week after his antibiotics ended, he began to go off his food again. So again I went to the vets, and this time they put him under and did a thorough check , looked down his throat and xrayed his chest, did his bloods again, and even took some fluid from his liver, which they still thought felt enlarged and hardened, but once again, everything came back normal. They have tried steroids, laxatives and pain killers, none of which made the slightest difference, a longer course of antibiotics, which worked while he was on them, but now he is off his food again. I don't know what to do, we have spent so much money with no result, any help would be much appreciated!
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