Unsettling news about Onyx...

I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard, should
things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I truly do NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. He has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. Onyx IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee Purrday
tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with his
struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight, but
his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight that Onyx
has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a night (I duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! Whut'z rong wif dat???!!) from
the sleeping humans. Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. AAMOF, that's
part of the problem. He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight. He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. *I* am beginning to
suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone undetected, and
since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect and/or
diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm guessing that the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE feel
free. I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note in
r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO know their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. I don't think we have any cause
to be "worried" just yet. Besides, my entire family, including myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness, that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and help
them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject them to this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life for
3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to our
kitties. It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between resolving a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was getting to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. Like I said, I just
wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes some sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

Happee Purrday Onyx and healthy Purrs for yew tew keep feeling better.
Thank you Uncle Cory for sharing this with us.
Onyx is in our purrayers
Luvs
Mosey and Tabitha and Mosey's Meowmie Kyla

"Cory"
I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard, should
things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I truly do NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. He has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. Onyx IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee Purrday
tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with his
struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight, but
his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight that Onyx
has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a night (I duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! Whut'z rong wif dat???!!) from
the sleeping humans. Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. AAMOF, that's
part of the problem. He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight. He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. *I* am beginning to
suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone undetected, and
since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect and/or
diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm guessing that the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE feel
free. I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note in
r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO know their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. I don't think we have any cause
to be "worried" just yet. Besides, my entire family, including myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness, that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and help
them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject them to this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life for
3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to our
kitties. It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between resolving a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was getting to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. Like I said, I just
wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes some sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

Fangu fur tellin us bout dis, Unka Vory. Onyx, we'z all gonna be purrin
dat youz nice an healthy and happy fur a long time to come.

Sammy

Cory wrote:
I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard, should
things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I truly do NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. He has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. Onyx IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee Purrday
tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with his
struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight, but
his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight that Onyx
has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a night (I duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! Whut'z rong wif dat???!!) from
the sleeping humans. Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. AAMOF, that's
part of the problem. He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight. He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. *I* am beginning to
suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone undetected, and
since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect and/or
diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm guessing that the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE feel
free. I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note in
r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO know their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. I don't think we have any cause
to be "worried" just yet. Besides, my entire family, including myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness, that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and help
them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject them to this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life for
3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to our
kitties. It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between resolving a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was getting to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. Like I said, I just
wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes some sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

Has he had a thyroid test?MLB

Very sorry to hear this. However, all our hyperthyroid cats started out
like this. Two were well stabilized by medication, one by radioiodine.
The medication can be compounded as a gel and rubbed into the ear once a
day. Our angel-bunny princess, Pandora, looked forward to her ear
massage each night. Worth a thyroid test.

Meowmie Eileen

Onyx purrs that all goes well with you.
"Cory" wrote in message
g...
I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard, should
things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I truly do NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. He has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. Onyx IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee Purrday
tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with his
struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight, but
his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight that Onyx
has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a night (I duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! Whut'z rong wif dat???!!) from
the sleeping humans. Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. AAMOF, that's
part of the problem. He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight. He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. *I* am beginning to
suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone undetected, and
since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect and/or
diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm guessing that the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE feel
free. I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note in
r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO know their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. I don't think we have any cause
to be "worried" just yet. Besides, my entire family, including myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness, that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and help
them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject them to this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life for
3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to our
kitties. It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between resolving a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was getting to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. Like I said, I just
wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes some sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

On Oct 19, 5:00*pm, Cory wrote:
I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard, should
things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I truly do NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. *He has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. *Onyx IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee Purrday
tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! *He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with his
struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight, but
his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight that Onyx
has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a night (I duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! *Whut'z rong wif dat???!!) from
the sleeping humans. *Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. *AAMOF, that's
part of the problem. *He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight. *He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. **I* am beginning to
suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone undetected, and
since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. *MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect and/or
diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm guessing that the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE feel
free. *I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note in
r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO know their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. *I don't think we have any cause
to be "worried" just yet. *Besides, my entire family, including myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness, that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and help
them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject them to this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life for
3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to our
kitties. *It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between resolving a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was getting to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. *Like I said, I just
wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes some sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. *I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

Furst, Happee Purrrrday!
Haf sum pouncies Onyx
/ / \/ / / \/
/ \/ / \
/ \ \

Sekund, weze gonna purr dat yew haf gudgud helf fur meny yeerz.

Thurd, weze gonna sey Meow tu Unka Cory. Meow, Unca Cory!

Ralph, Fred, Alice, Jane, Ricky, Mary, and Judith

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:00:44 -0500, Cory's nimble, little paws typed:

I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard, should
things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I truly do NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. He has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. Onyx IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee Purrday
tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with his
struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight, but
his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight that Onyx
has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a night (I duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! Whut'z rong wif dat???!!) from
the sleeping humans. Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. AAMOF, that's
part of the problem. He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight. He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. *I* am beginning to
suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone undetected, and
since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect and/or
diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm guessing that the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE feel
free. I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note in
r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO know their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. I don't think we have any cause
to be "worried" just yet. Besides, my entire family, including myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness, that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and help
them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject them to this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life for
3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to our
kitties. It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between resolving a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was getting to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. Like I said, I just
wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes some sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

Purrs to Onyx....
--
Purrs,

Mme. Anaïs

“I love cats because I take pleasure in my home; and little by
little, the cats become its visible soul.�
Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963

10/19/2008 11:03:34 PM

Purrs ofcourse!
and naively, could it be a tapeworm?
....take a fecal sample with you, next visit?

Sylvia

"Cory" wrote in message
g...
I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard, should
things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I truly do
NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. He has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. Onyx
IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee Purrday
tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with his
struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight, but
his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight that Onyx
has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a night (I
duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig
deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! Whut'z rong wif dat???!!) from
the sleeping humans. Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx
SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. AAMOF,
that's
part of the problem. He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight. He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. *I* am beginning to
suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone undetected, and
since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect and/or
diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm guessing that
the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE feel
free. I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note in
r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO know
their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. I don't think we have any cause
to be "worried" just yet. Besides, my entire family, including
myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness,
that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and help
them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject them to
this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life for
3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to our
kitties. It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between resolving
a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing
when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically
did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I
don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was getting
to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for
Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. Like I said, I just
wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes some
sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory

Yeah, purrz frum usses tuu. We'z concerned byt not worried. Mostly
beclaws Onyx is such a well known and well loved kitty in da group.
Sew ennyfing dat might affect hisownself is a concern, but like you
we gnoes dat it mite just bee a stage he's goin throo.
Anti-Silvia iz smart. Da tapewerm fingy might be worth checkin out,
but we duzn't gnoe fur sure.

Cinnamon, Ryan & Diana.

Sylvia M wrote:

Purrs ofcourse!
and naively, could it be a tapeworm?
...take a fecal sample with you, next visit?

Sylvia

"Cory" wrote in message
g...
I will state up front that the ONLY reason I am writing this post is
so
that Onyx's kittyfriends are not caught COMPLETELY off-guard,
should things worsen in the coming months, but having said that, I
truly do NOT
anticipate them to...

Onyx has had trouble in the last year maintaining his weight. He
has
seen TED about this, and TED has not seemed overly concerned. Onyx
IS,
after all, FOURTEEN... TODAY, as a matter of fact (UB ~ Happee
Purrday tu mineownself, Happee Purrday tu mineownself, Happee
Purrday tu
MEEEE... [Onyx, that's enough, bub])!!! He's just not a young cat
anymore, and TED seems to think that his age has a LOT to do with
his struggles to maintain his weight.

I want to stress that Onyx is NOT... I repeat NOT *losing* weight,
but his Grandpaw mentioned to me on the "fonetawkfingy" tonight
that Onyx has started demanding Fancy Feetz FOUR OR FIVE times a
night (I duzzint
unnerstand wy Grandpaw'z maykin' dis owt tu be such a bigbigbig
deel...
I'z HUNGREE inna middul uf da nite!!! Whut'z rong wif dat???!!)
from
the sleeping humans. Thus, IMNSHO, theoretically, at least, Onyx
SHOULD
be gaining weight.

He's not, and that's the bottom line.

He's active... maybe a LITTLE more tired than he usually is, but
given
that he IS 14, that doesn't concern me, and he IS eating. AAMOF,
that's
part of the problem. He seems to be ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS
eating,
but if you saw him, you wouldn't know it by his current weight.
He's
NOT showing any outward signs of illness, either. *I* am beginning
to suspect a metabolic problem that has, as of now, gone
undetected, and since I'm not TED, I don't know, if indeed he DOES
have a metabolic
problem, if it will ever be detected. MY understanding about human
metabolic disorders is that they are sometimes hard to detect
and/or diagnose, and if my thinking is right WRT humans, I'm
guessing that the
same could also be true for kitties.

If you have any words of wisdom you would like to share, PLEASE
feel
free. I am also strongly considering at this point posting a note
in r.p.c.h+b, because those wonderful folks over there REALLY DO
know their
stuff when it comes all of our cats' health and well-being.

The family isn't "worried" right now. I don't think we have any
cause
to be "worried" just yet. Besides, my entire family, including
myself,
is of the opinion that if one of our kitties has a serious illness,
that
it would be better for them if we let nature take its course and
help them to the RB when the time is right, rather than subject
them to this,
that and the other thing, especially if it would only prolong life
for 3-6 months with very little hope of resolution OR comfort to
our
kitties. It's a balancing act, is what I'm saying, between
resolving a
problem that CAN be resolved with intervention from TED and knowing
when
to let nature just take its course (this is what my folks basically
did
with Holly, FTR... she was on prednisone for a while for reasons I
don't
completely understand, and for a while it worked, but at a certain
point, Holly began to tell her Meowmie and Daddy that it was
getting to
be time to just let go and let Bast decide the right course for
Holly).

So... that's where we are at right now with Onyx. Like I said, I
just wanted to give you a heads-up, just in case he suddenly takes
some sort
of a nosedive and would need to be helped to the RB unexpectedly.

Fangu for listening, furkids. I now return you to your regularly
scheduled meowchat. :-)

--- Unca Cory


--
Peace,
Fred
(Remove FFFf from my email address to reply by email).