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Need Advice: My 11 year old needs to gain weight
My 11 year old Muted-Tortie Point Siamese, Clawdia (female, spayed)
has lost a lot of weight in the last 6 months. She has been to the vet and they agree that they would like her to gain some weight. She used to weigh around 9 lbs, Which the vet thought was ideal. She currently weighs just under 8lbs. They have not been able to provide any really good advice on this - annoying really - and she is very healthy otherwise - no underlying concerns - her kidneys, heart, etc. are all fine. I was wondering if Kitten food - wet - would be a good option, and or jarred human baby food as an extra treat once a day. Her kidneys were borderline for kidney failure about 1.5 years ago, so we had switched all of the cats to Purina NF dry - but they have since told us to go back to normal food. I have heard good things about Science Diet dry - they currently get Friskies but I am willing to buy more expensive food if it will help get her to gain some weight and be healthier!! So...sorry for the long winded post - but any ideas of food options - must be able to purchase as I don't, unfortunately have the time to "make it from scratch" - especially since we have 4 cats! brands, types - kitten, senior, adult, etc. Would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thanks!! Chandra, and Her Royal Highness, The Empress Clawdia |
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Need Advice: My 11 year old needs to gain weight
Was she tested for hyperactive thyroid? My tonkinese has lost some wt
(everything tested out fine in his blood work) and I am giving him meated baby food (no onion) each morning. Gail "Nany4Baby" wrote in message oups.com... My 11 year old Muted-Tortie Point Siamese, Clawdia (female, spayed) has lost a lot of weight in the last 6 months. She has been to the vet and they agree that they would like her to gain some weight. She used to weigh around 9 lbs, Which the vet thought was ideal. She currently weighs just under 8lbs. They have not been able to provide any really good advice on this - annoying really - and she is very healthy otherwise - no underlying concerns - her kidneys, heart, etc. are all fine. I was wondering if Kitten food - wet - would be a good option, and or jarred human baby food as an extra treat once a day. Her kidneys were borderline for kidney failure about 1.5 years ago, so we had switched all of the cats to Purina NF dry - but they have since told us to go back to normal food. I have heard good things about Science Diet dry - they currently get Friskies but I am willing to buy more expensive food if it will help get her to gain some weight and be healthier!! So...sorry for the long winded post - but any ideas of food options - must be able to purchase as I don't, unfortunately have the time to "make it from scratch" - especially since we have 4 cats! brands, types - kitten, senior, adult, etc. Would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thanks!! Chandra, and Her Royal Highness, The Empress Clawdia |
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Need Advice: My 11 year old needs to gain weight
Hi Gail,
Yeah, unfortunately it's not anything like that - because she is a "senior" cat she has a full "geri" panel done every 6 months and everything has been coming back nice and clean. Not that I'd want her to have any probloems, but it'd at least give us a reason for the weight loss. we often give her (or try giving her) turkey or chicken gerbers 2nd stage baby food (no onion) - she likes it and accepts it for awhile, then turns her nose up at it - or buries it and we go back to straight wet friskies. Thanks for the insight!! Chandra, and Her Royal Highness, The Empress Clawdia |
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Need Advice: My 11 year old needs to gain weight
I'm trying to get one of my cats to gain weight too. It's hard, I know how
frustrating it can be. My guy is just over 5lbs, he has CRF. I don't have any suggestions on what kind of food to feed your cat, but I can share a couple of things that I have done that have worked to increase my cats food intake. I feed him more times, with smaller portions of wet food. Also, a few minutes after he is done eating, if I pet him a lot and get him really content, I can bring him back to his food and he'll eat some more. I can usually do this 2 or 3 times with one of his meals and it probably doubles what he'll eat normally. "Nany4Baby" wrote in message oups.com... My 11 year old Muted-Tortie Point Siamese, Clawdia (female, spayed) has lost a lot of weight in the last 6 months. She has been to the vet and they agree that they would like her to gain some weight. She used to weigh around 9 lbs, Which the vet thought was ideal. She currently weighs just under 8lbs. They have not been able to provide any really good advice on this - annoying really - and she is very healthy otherwise - no underlying concerns - her kidneys, heart, etc. are all fine. I was wondering if Kitten food - wet - would be a good option, and or jarred human baby food as an extra treat once a day. Her kidneys were borderline for kidney failure about 1.5 years ago, so we had switched all of the cats to Purina NF dry - but they have since told us to go back to normal food. I have heard good things about Science Diet dry - they currently get Friskies but I am willing to buy more expensive food if it will help get her to gain some weight and be healthier!! So...sorry for the long winded post - but any ideas of food options - must be able to purchase as I don't, unfortunately have the time to "make it from scratch" - especially since we have 4 cats! brands, types - kitten, senior, adult, etc. Would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thanks!! Chandra, and Her Royal Highness, The Empress Clawdia |
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Need Advice: My 11 year old needs to gain weight
on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:29:20 GMT, "Nany4Baby" wrote:
I was wondering if Kitten food - wet - would be a good option, and or jarred human baby food as an extra treat once a day. I would go with the kitten food over the human baby food. Cat and kitten food have added taurine and other essential ingredients that are not in human food. An occasional treat of human baby food is okay, but making it a constant part of any cat's diet just isn't a good idea. If you can get her to eat the kitten food, she will probably gain or at least stop losing weight. My older cat thinks that Nutro kitten food is yummy, and he got very fat on that, even though it wasn't put out for him. (He is currently losing weight on Innova Evo.) -- Lynne |
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Need Advice: My 11 year old needs to gain weight
On Feb 9, 5:29 pm, "Nany4Baby" wrote:
My 11 year old Muted-Tortie Point Siamese, Clawdia (female, spayed) has lost a lot of weight in the last 6 months. She has been to the vet and they agree that they would like her to gain some weight. She used to weigh around 9 lbs, Which the vet thought was ideal. She currently weighs just under 8lbs. They have not been able to provide any really good advice on this - annoying really - and she is very healthy otherwise - no underlying concerns - her kidneys, heart, etc. are all fine. I was wondering if Kitten food - wet - would be a good option, and or jarred human baby food as an extra treat once a day. Her kidneys were borderline for kidney failure about 1.5 years ago, so we had switched all of the cats to Purina NF dry - but they have since told us to go back to normal food. I have heard good things about Science Diet dry - they currently get Friskies but I am willing to buy more expensive food if it will help get her to gain some weight and be healthier!! So...sorry for the long winded post - but any ideas of food options - must be able to purchase as I don't, unfortunately have the time to "make it from scratch" - especially since we have 4 cats! brands, types - kitten, senior, adult, etc. Would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Thanks!! Chandra, and Her Royal Highness, The Empress Clawdia Has your cat been tested for diabetes. Its also another sign of weight lost. I just put my cat down becuase he got too skinny because he had a thyroid problem. its been barely a week. I gave him dry kitten food to help him. it seemed to work for a little bit until the disease got worse. Best of luck Jenna |
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Need Advice: My 11 year old needs to gain weight
Thanks for all of the advice. I will double check with her vet before
I change anything, but I will try all techniques offered - I knew I had posted iin the right place!!! You guys all rock!!! Moongal - Clawdia is a bit of an attention monger, so sitting and petting her is EASY! I don't know if I can get her to go back for more, but i'll certainly try it, just in case! Thanks! Lynne - It's funny you say that, I always thought the same thing, but our vet (who only cares for cats) recommended the baby food first, but I would still think kitten food is better in the long run - LOL about your older cat liking the kitten food and gaiining weight on it - gives me hope for my skin & bones little Clawdia!! Thanks! Jenna - Thanks, yes. Claw has been tested for everything. Since she is over 11 they give her a full Geriatric panel (all blood tests and general exam, etc.) every 6 months. As of her last panel in December (wel after she had started losing the weight) she had no kidney failure, they were back in normal range, not borderline; no diabetes, no thyroid problems, just the weight loss problem. Thanks again everyone, I will try to update you in a month or two if we make some progress! Chandra, and Her Royal Highness, The Empress Clawdia |
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