HOW TO FATTEN A CAT UP(AS OPPOSED TO REDUCING ONE'S WEIGHT)

I have one cat that has just got over a nasty case of ringworm after
her owner neglected to tell me it came as an added extra free
bonus..!!You have no idea how ungrateful I am towards her..believe
me?!This is irrelevant really, the point is,I have tried all sorts of
diets and potions to try & get her to gain a bit more weight-including
science plan,kitten food,wet food,dry food fresh meat for extra
protien...conditioning tablets,protien supplements and even minced
beef mixed with oily fish,but none of them seem to have made any
difference at all.Since bringing her home, she has gained the sum total
of 250grams in a space of 4months.Other than the lack of weight
gain,she has had good blood results,& no lurgy's found-seems perfectly
happy,but looks like a bag of bones, poor thing.We have a multi cat
household with several varieties of cats including hienz 57's,birmans &
a couple of ragdolls.Compared to even the stray we took in a day or so
ago,she looks neglected at a quick glance.Being a Birman,her natural
build should be quite solid & stocky.But this is not the case with her,
she looks half starved!Has anyone else ever encountered a problem like
this before,& if so, how did you deal with it,& make it work for you?
S.

sheelagh wrote:
I have one cat that has just got over a nasty case of ringworm after
...else ever encountered a problem like
this before,& if so, how did you deal with it,& make it work for you?
S.

have you allowed him as much time to gain the weight as it took him to
lose it?

sheelagh wrote:
I have one cat that has just got over a nasty case of ringworm after
her owner neglected to tell me it came as an added extra free
bonus..!!You have no idea how ungrateful I am towards her..believe
me?!This is irrelevant really, the point is,I have tried all sorts of
diets and potions to try & get her to gain a bit more weight-including
science plan,kitten food,wet food,dry food fresh meat for extra
protien...conditioning tablets,protien supplements and even minced
beef mixed with oily fish,but none of them seem to have made any
difference at all.Since bringing her home, she has gained the sum total
of 250grams in a space of 4months.Other than the lack of weight
gain,she has had good blood results,& no lurgy's found-seems perfectly
happy,but looks like a bag of bones, poor thing.We have a multi cat
household with several varieties of cats including hienz 57's,birmans &
a couple of ragdolls.Compared to even the stray we took in a day or so
ago,she looks neglected at a quick glance.Being a Birman,her natural
build should be quite solid & stocky.But this is not the case with her,
she looks half starved!Has anyone else ever encountered a problem like
this before,& if so, how did you deal with it,& make it work for you?
S.

jsut an idea and it may not be a good one but...you coudl try giving
her food for very active young cats or maybe kitten food? active cat
type food may have more calories and energy in it and be what she
sneeds to gain weight, i don't know if that is a good idea. Also kitten
food may be more easily digestible than ordinary adult food and may
have more protein etc as it is designed for fast growing little furry
bodies and again this may be just what she needs.

i don't really know but that is what i would probably try. ask at tyour
local cats protection branch for help and advice too, they are alway
having to rehabilitate and feed up emaciated cats then have rescued so
they may know a few tricks. what is your area? you should have a branch
near you.

it is christmas night and there is f*ck all on tv, not even a bond
film, ********

bookie wrote:

it is christmas night and there is f*ck all on tv, not even a bond
film, ********

you kiss your cat with that mouth? HAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHA

IM GLAD THERE'S NOTHING ON YOUR TV
I GOT 300 CHANNELS OF HD BLOCKBUSTERS
IN FACT I HAPPEN TO BE HAVING A BONDATHON, I do it every christmas

right now, we're watching octapussy

addicted wrote:
bookie wrote:

it is christmas night and there is f*ck all on tv, not even a bond
film, ********

you kiss your cat with that mouth? HAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHA

IM GLAD THERE'S NOTHING ON YOUR TV
I GOT 300 CHANNELS OF HD BLOCKBUSTERS
IN FACT I HAPPEN TO BE HAVING A BONDATHON, I do it every christmas

right now, we're watching octapussy
******** to you then, i have 5 channels, crap on all 5 of them, i could
plug in my freeview box thingy and get some more channels but can't be
bothered with it and it would mean having to unplug some of my
christmas lights to power it up. might have to stick on the jackass
movie dvd my brother gave me today, wonder if it any different from the
jackass movie dvd I already have, soon see.

bah humbug

bookie wrote:
addicted wrote:

jackass movie dvd I already have, soon see.

bah humbug

well, better than nothing, it is funny
i've seen one or all of them I guess.

I seen the one where dude goes into a hardware store and takes a crap
in the display toilet

HE REALLY DID IT TOO, sitting back reading an upside down paper

funny thing was.. he messed up the first time.. he crapped his pants on
the way into the store.. so he had to wait, and go eat, and wait.. lol

IM GLAD THERE'S NOTHING ON YOUR TV
I GOT 300 CHANNELS OF HD BLOCKBUSTERS
IN FACT I HAPPEN TO BE HAVING A BONDATHON, I do it every christmas

right now, we're watching octapussy
Barry!You shock me...I thought we wern't going to play this game
anymore?(
Be nice *please*?
S.

addicted wrote:
bookie wrote:
addicted wrote:

jackass movie dvd I already have, soon see.

bah humbug

well, better than nothing, it is funny
i've seen one or all of them I guess.

I seen the one where dude goes into a hardware store and takes a crap
in the display toilet

HE REALLY DID IT TOO, sitting back reading an upside down paper

funny thing was.. he messed up the first time.. he crapped his pants on
the way into the store.. so he had to wait, and go eat, and wait.. lol

that is a particularly good scene, not sure which is my favourite, that
one or the one where one of the guys puts toy car up my back passage
then goes to see a doctor pretending he doesnt' know what is wrong with
him

addicted wrote:
bookie wrote:
addicted wrote:

jackass movie dvd I already have, soon see.

bah humbug

well, better than nothing, it is funny
i've seen one or all of them I guess.

I seen the one where dude goes into a hardware store and takes a crap
in the display toilet

HE REALLY DID IT TOO, sitting back reading an upside down paper

funny thing was.. he messed up the first time.. he crapped his pants on
the way into the store.. so he had to wait, and go eat, and wait.. lol
did I say my back passage, i meant HIS back passage

jsut an idea and it may not be a good one but...you coudl try giving
her food for very active young cats or maybe kitten food? active cat
type food may have more calories and energy in it and be what she
sneeds to gain weight, i don't know if that is a good idea. Also kitten
food may be more easily digestible than ordinary adult food and may
have more protein etc as it is designed for fast growing little furry
bodies and again this may be just what she needs.

i don't really know but that is what i would probably try. ask at tyour
local cats protection branch for help and advice too, they are alway
having to rehabilitate and feed up emaciated cats then have rescued so
they may know a few tricks. what is your area? you should have a branch
near you.

it is christmas night and there is f*ck all on tv, not even a bond
film, ********
Having ripped thier way through every spare penny I had this year in
10minutes flat ,they are now either otherwise occupied,or have other
thoughts on their minds-My thoughts exactly T.v-it was either do
that, or engage in intelligent conversation with my teenagelads who
would all rather be somewhere else right now(@ their girlfriends in
other words)..14,15 &17 year old.Being a teacher,need I say more?
Ok,best start@ the begining& work my way forwards.I got her in begining
of september,& she lost 500grams from the day I got her home,until mid
October.At that point I went back to the vet & she put her on science
plan.She was on that for just over a month & gained 100grams!When we
got to bag number 2,I questioned whether she thought it was worth it,&
she agreed that we didn't seem to be getting anywhere,so we went for
plan two(below)
,the point is,I have tried all sorts of
diets and potions to try & get her to gain a bit more weight-including
science plan,kitten food,wet food,dry food fresh meat for extra
protien...conditioning tablets,protien supplements and even minced
beef mixed with oily fish,but none of them seem to have made any
difference at all
Plan two was to try kitten food, so we swapped her onto Royal Canin
kitten food as well as a wet 4times a day -diet of one can of
whiskers,alternated daily with one meal being ground beef& oily fish
too.Since mid October until now, she has actually gained a further
150grams, but I would have hoped that she would have gained a bit more
than that given the amount of food that she is actually eating.In point
of fact, she gets more to eat a day than my big males are & they are
packing wieght on,where as she isn't?!!

i don't really know but that is what i would probably try. ask at your
local cats protection branch for help and advice too, they are alway
having to rehabilitate and feed up emaciated cats then have rescued so
they may know a few tricks. what is your area? you should have a branch
near you.
I have had a word with them too,& the only other other suggestion that
they had was for me to try her on Cimmi-cat as well to see if that
makes any difference to her.(I live in the cambs area by the
way).Cimmi-Cat is a powder formula milk that they give to lactating
queens and thier kittens to help them maintain their weight whilst
lactating for kittens-so that it takes the pressure off mummy feeding a
large litter.I happened to have about a quarter of a can here from the
last litter we had ,so I have started her on it& she is gulping it down
like it's going out of production?!Only problem is that it is also
giving her the side effect of *the dreaded squitz*!!!So now I don't
know whether to keep giving it to her, or knock it on the head...
I think you are right.I will have to get back to them and ask for
further advice on this one.
It isn't that she won't eat;far from it, she never stops when it is
placed in front of her.It is not worms, because I wormed her just over
3weeks ago on drontal.(unless there are worms that it does not cover
that I'm not aware of?)
I will try & add a link to a photo of her for you to see what you
think.
She is ecver so hairy,so maybe you wouldn't notice@ first glance, but
under all that big fluffy winter coat, she weighs so little that it
worry's me
I do realise that she is still recovering,but the point is that she is
eating such a lot, that you would have thought she would be gaining far
more than she is.
I keep thinking that there is something that I am missing here-the
question is,what?
On a foot note,lol,your right about the digi box-I did it earlier,&
guess what...little britain,sky news or some poxy documentory on binge
eating britain.Brillaint-Bring back Michael Grade,all is forgiven-we
need you to give us a few decent movies again.Thanks for your thoughts
on this one-if anything does come to mind, shout again if you would
please? Thanks)
S.
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