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Maui off to TED tuday, pleeze purrs, and iffn' ennywun gots advise, we need it.
Hellow all -
The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Fangu; Johanna and Blue and Sprout and Maui! |
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Maui off to TED tuday, pleeze purrs, and iffn' ennywun gots advise, we need it.
Purrz ofcourse!
Could it be trubble swallowing? Tried skritching/petting/feeling under-chin and ruff area? More for TED to do. Report back on results of visit, please. Sylvia FurrsomeThreesome wrote: Hellow all - The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Fangu; Johanna and Blue and Sprout and Maui! |
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Furrsome threesome wrote:...
I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Purrs for Maui. Dis sowns like a sore mouf. Da Maui him cat mite has a toofake. When da stoopid Jasmin kitty duzzn't eats (hers anorexic, I finks), da Meowmie buys peeple baby food chikken for her. Da reel young baby peeple kind, wif nuffin innit wut needs ta be chewed. Iffen Jasmin wouldn't eet dat offa dish, da Meowmie rubs it on her facefurs aroun her mowf, an onna top her frunt feets. Den da Jasmin kitty likks it off. And repeat. And repeat. Hope dis helps a little. Timmie, catcerned. Katzes need ta eet. Allatime. |
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On 23 Nov 2006 11:02:13 -0800, FurrsomeThreesome's nimble, little paws
typed: We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Purrs to Maui fur a kwik recoffery! Purrrrrrrrrrrr.................................. Owr hooman sez dattid ifn dis TED duzzent cum up wif a gud answer, itz time to try anofer TED! -- Purrs, Mme. Anaïs 11/23/2006 7:58:11 PM anais_737+at+verizon+dot+net |
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Maui off to TED tuday, pleeze purrs, and iffn' ennywun gots advise, we need it.
FurrsomeThreesome wrote:
Hellow all - The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. We are so sorry to hear of this. Yes, it sounds like a sore mouth, a very sore mouth, causing the unhappiness. We're purring fur Maui-cat and Blue too. We hope da TED can find the root uv da problem an get it fixed gudgud. Diana, Ryan & Cinnamon. -- Regards, Fred Williams |
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Maui off to TED tuday, pleeze purrs, and iffn' ennywun gots advise,we need it.
My daughter's cat had similar symptoms and ended up having all but two
teeth removed. Though there are, of course, myriad possibilities, I think bad teeth or other oral woes deserve exploration -- by a new TED if necessary. That kind of weight loss should not be taken lightly. And what about ultrasound before surgery if it's not his mouth? I agree surgery is not something you do unless necessary! Let us know what you find out! Gabrielle Weze purrrrrring fur Maui furrrrry hard! Purrrrrrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrum Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrrrum Purrrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrum Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrumpurrrrrrrrrum purrrrrrrrpurrrrrrrpurrrrrrr Ralph, Fred, Clyde, Alice, & Jane FurrsomeThreesome wrote: Hellow all - The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Fangu; Johanna and Blue and Sprout and Maui! |
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as mine hooman wuz readin diz all hersef kuld thing of wuz teefz, so i wuuld
certainly luk at diz, anna da hooman alzo thinkz dat ifin da ted did ofur luk diz dat a new ted iz in order beclawz diz iz da furzt thing owr ted duz, owr ted sayed dat mozt of da furz, anna belli issuez startz inna teef area, Tiger, who hatez tedz but thinkz we haza gud one ifin der iz suchathing FurrsomeThreesome wrote in message oups.com... Hellow all - The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Fangu; Johanna and Blue and Sprout and Maui! |
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Maui off to TED tuday, pleeze purrs, and iffn' ennywun gots advise, we need it.
We're sending healing purrs for Maui and insight purrs for his TED. Please
let us know how he is doing! Stacey, Sebastian, Julian, and Moon "FurrsomeThreesome" wrote in message oups.com... Hellow all - The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Fangu; Johanna and Blue and Sprout and Maui! |
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Maui off to TED tuday, pleeze purrs, and iffn' ennywun gots advise, we need it.
We hops maui turns owt tu be okay....it dus sownd lyke sore teefs dussnt it?
Hope yur TED will du sumfing yuseful fur onst. We is awl purring frum Catstraylia fur Maui.... Jasmine, lukkin wurreed "FurrsomeThreesome" wrote in message oups.com... Hellow all - The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Fangu; Johanna and Blue and Sprout and Maui! |
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Maui off to TED tuday, pleeze purrs, and iffn' ennywun gots advise, we need it.
We iz bak. TED agrees dat Maui has lots of tartar and inflammations,
particlerly on the RITE side whut is whare he's rubbin off his furs now. SO - he is goin' fur a gud gud teef cleening and a RILLY RILLY gud luk at his mouf on Fursday. TED is awlso goin' tu du a teeny liddle skin biopsy, as bof Maui and Blue haf nekkid licky-spot problems purractically sinse we got dem, an' we'ze had no results frum speshul foods. We has thot ov de ultrasound, as we did dat wif Mr. Lenny 'way back, but we'ze will see if we'ze get results frum bedder teef furst. Maui is ackshewly eetin' now - he wanted diffurent kibble and "junk food" treets, but he effen eeted in frunt of TED which he duzn't do. He still duzn't eet lots - he eets a bit, den wanders off. He now offishly weighs less than Blue! Which is sayin sumpin cuz Blue is TEENY. Blue is 7.2 pounds. Maui is now 6.9, but we's hopin now dat we fouwnd he wanted Lamb and Rice insted of Venison and Green Pea, dat he will eet more. Fangu fur da purrs, and keep dem comin! Blue fur de Furrsome. FurrsomeThreesome wrote: Hellow all - The humin is posting here for a bit, cuz you kitties are sumtimes nicer than all the other cat groups (and I type meowchat automatically, they getz mad). We've had a heck of a worry lately with Maui-cat and more than a little frustration getting to our TED, who has always been very good with us all but has been too busy to call. Maui has dramatically lost weight since oh, about mid-summer. Over 10 lbs down to 7 and a quarter. His bone are stuck out every which way. Several weeks back now, we had him "incarcerated" for a night and a day at TED's, where they sampled everything there was to sample, X-rayed him, stole blood and all - with no unusual results. TED had nothing to tell me, her tech just read me some numbers and said they were all normal except for tiny, tiny elevations in potassium and sodium, which could be explained by his love of nanners. The only thing I've heard since was a recommendation for exploratory surgery. Not something I wish to pursue lightly. In the intervening weeks I think we've held and maybe increased his weight some. I started trying just about everything to get him to eat, as he really did not seem to be eating - I never saw him near the dishes, though he must have eaten some or he's not have survived. We have switched from Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea, which we had been feeding exclusively to try to handle some alleged "skin allergies" which cause Maui and Blue to over-groom, back to a more economical and apparently palatable Performatrin Lamb and Rice. He will eat this, if not enthusiastically, at least in preference to the Venison. We've also started feeding "junk food" treats again - Pounces and Whisker Lickin's and the like - as he IS quite keen on those, and we had stopped everything except the venison for 10 weeks working on the allergy theory (it didn't really help, btw). He will not touch wet food. We also added a daily small does of hairball remedy and one of Velcote based on the fact that ALL my cats are barfy, and Maui and Blue both have this itchy-scabby-licky problem. Maui is still, however, skinny, withdrawn, and apparently uncomfortable. When he eats, even a treat he is keen on, he seems to munch and munch and munch without making any progress on chewing the crunchy bit, just moving it around in his mouth. Even with his banana bits, he seems to get something in his mouth then it "sticks" and he seems to be trying to dislodge it. He sometimes begins to eat then backs away, and his latest "skin problem" has involved rubbing a spot raw at the hinge of his jaw, and breaking off most of his whiskers, on the left side. I called my vet yesterday and said "you can book me in for another look at this cat, or send my records so I can go elsewhere" because I've been SOOOO frustrated with not being called back after repeated calls that we need more help but I'm not just dropping him off for surgery. So, we're booked for 4:30 today. I want to talk to her about his TEETH - based on his latest behaviour, coupled with the weight loss and reluctance to eat, it seems perfectly sensible to me that we may have completely overlooked that poor Maui has a sore mouth. His teeth don't look bad - Sprouts have been worse, for sure, appearance-wise - but they are showing some tartar and browning on the molars, for the few milliseconds I can look before he tries to chew off my finger and run. I know this has gotten long. Does any kitty's person think this sounds familiar? Any suggestions for getting a finicky, skinny cat to fatten up again? Has anyone had dental experiences that caused this? And, for you kitties, we would rilly appurreciate sum purrs for Maui him-cat. Meowmie's certainly not ready to have another kitty leave for the Brij any time soon. Fangu; Johanna and Blue and Sprout and Maui! |
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