Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Has he had his injections? One of the things they inject for in the annual booster is running rampant in my area at the moment apparently. Can't remember which thing (they immunise for a couple of things), but it's spread generally through the environment rather than direct contact between cats, and can be active in the environment for a year.
The 90% meat stuff might be a clue that it's dietary. Maybe he's allergic to grains and cereals? It's a relatively common thing it seems. There are quite a few grain-free wet and dry foods available these days, particularly from places like zooplus.
My understanding is that an elimination diet is how you work it out. Giving them solely something without grains and with only a single source of protein for a few weeks until they're stable, and then introducing other foods one at a time to see what happens. There are specific foods you can get for this, that ensure they still have all the vits and minerals they need. You can't, for example, just give home cooked chicken for any length of time because it's missing the well-rounded stuff they need and they can become quite poorly. One particular thing to always make sure they have is taurine - it's often added as a supplement to cat foods because it occurs in bone and other bits of food animals that don't always make it into the pet foods.
The fancy meat is just because he needs less of it to get the necessary nutrients, so hopefully he's digested most of it when it comes time to start yakking. I mean, the kibble is fancy-pants stuff too but it takes longer to digest. Which is normally good (keep 'em full), but not in this case.
