A stricken cat will require emergency care for this potentially deadly condition.

By Tom Ewing

If your healthy cat refuses to eat, you need to pursue veterinary attention.

The feline pancreas is a slender, pink, v-shaped strip of tissue tucked snugly within the right-hand side of your cat’s abdomen, at a junction between her stomach and her duodenum — the beginning portion of her intestine. It’s a relatively small organ, typically weighing a half-pound or so.

Despite the organ’s modest size, its multifaceted task is mighty. Indeed, your cat’s good health depends on a properly functioning pancreas. Serious pancreatic injury or disease can imperil the animal’s life, and total loss of pancreatic function would kill her. Either can occur as the result of pancreatitis, a traumatic inflammation of this vital organ. …

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