Lynnet, wow, I read what you wrote and it was like I wrote it myself! Same exact story with one of my cats. So glad you did this. :) Elizabeth -----Original Message----- I started feeding him twice a day, all the (grain-free) canned food he would eat, and no dry food at all. In a couple of weeks, the excess water drinking stopped, the limping and crying on going upstairs stopped, he became more active and playful, and his coat improved. By and by I hope to start making cat food for him from meat, bones, liver, etc. Lynnet