We have taken her to the vets twice, and she has been examined by two different vets and they say there is no obvious damage or physical problems. They have both taken her temps (normal) and on the last visit she was given painkillers and antibiotics (on Saturday).
She is eating (just about), and we have given her wet food (Felix pouch) and made sure water was available for her to drink, and put a clean litter box right near the sofa for her to use.
But she remains morose and disinterested and won't come out, in fact she has been urinating behind the sofa on the carpet and won't make any attempt to move when we go to clear up, she just gets right up against the back of the sofa.
She will let my wife brush her now and again but doesn't seem all that keen, more like tolerating it if anything. We have put one of those plugin calming diffusers in the room too, although it isn't a noisy or 'busy' house, just the missus and me.
I'm thinking she has experienced a nasty encounter with a person or dog, for instance,but obviously one can only guess- she certainly isn't going outside at all now.
We are at the point of wondering what to do next, as she doesn't have much quality of life (although when OK she mostly slept anyway- cats, eh!) and feel bad that there seems to be nothing more to do for her. She had always been a nervous cat but now she seems to be a shell and although she will tolerate me stroking her head carefully, a task in itself behind the sofa, then she will sometimes hiss and withdraw.
I would be grateful for any advice really, wondering will she eventually come round or is that where she lives for evermore?
