food dilemma

[MacKenzie, Kerry N.]

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Ok, I'm laughing now too Barb. One of my negs, Tiger, weighs 17lb. Eats everything I put in front of him like there was no tomorrow. I've tried weaning all 3 negs off the dry Wellness (too many carbs says the vet, altho it was the very same vet that had me change them to the dry a few years ago in tune with the thinking then, grrr) to Wellness wet food but no go. Trixie, neg 2, who doesn't need to lose weight, lost 2 lb, because she wasn't eating the wet food. Not good!

Here's a Q I've been pondering on the subject of my FeLV positives and food.

For 11 months, until we lost Caramel, they all had an ok appetite. There were 6 then, eating 3 x 14 oz cans a day between them, plus some dry food as a treat at "lights out" time. I added between 10-13 supplements to the wet food morning and night, for 11 months.

After we lost Caramel, the appetite of the remaining 5 significantly diminished. They were now eating 2 x 14 oz cans per day total. (Caramel is not a factor, as his appetite was very poor towards the end.)

I got worried, because I know from experience with Trixie that cats don't necessarily eat as much as they should. If they don't like it, they don't eat it.

So, I stopped all the supps, to see what happened. Appetite went back up to 3 cans.

After a couple of weeks, I began adding the Prozyme. Just one little supplement, nothing like the cocktail they were getting before. I hoped I could get them weaned slowly back on to all of them again.

No dice. Back to 2 cans' consumption.

I don't like the idea of them not getting their supps. But I equally don't like them not eating enough.

I'm a bit stumped for where to proceed from here.

Would welcome any ideas or input.

Thanks, Kerry

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barb Moermond
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:36 PM
To: felvtalk@vlists.net
Subject: Re: OT - Smoky's bladder

LOL he may know I'm trying to help him, but he still won't forgive me for putting him in the carrier and taking out of the house!  And Kerry said "little Smoky" I had to laugh, he's 17.5 pounds!!  Relatively speaking, mammal-wise, that's small:)

 

This morning was nuts - I found the blood, had to call work to tell them I had to do the vet thing (and miss the meeting), but I'd already had an appointment to get my stitches out and cast on (I had carpal tunnel surgery last week) and then I had to wrangle the boys and drive CAREFULLY to the vet and then rush to the hospital for my stuff and then back to the vet to go over the estimate (ouch) and I visited the boys for a few minutes and Smoky was very happy to see me, although he did NOT come out from under the chair - Bandit was just scared, still in the carrier - I have a very soft pad in there, so it's quite comfy.

 

I have a great deal of confidence in my vet, this is just scary and I feel so bad for Smoky - he hates being out of the house and he's in pain and it could still be three or four different things going on....

 

but last night he got a lovely gentle belly rub and was purring so loud my husband could hear him across the room - about 20'  that's why his working name was Diesel:)

 

I will definitely keep y'all posted!! Thanks for the support and vibes!

Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I'm so sorry about Smoky's troubles. I'm sure you're feeling overwhelmed
with anxiety right now, try and take it one step at a time. You're doing
everything you can to help him, I'm sure he knows that. I'm sending you
and Smoky love and healing energy.
Nina


Barb Moermond wrote:

> Well, I'd thought Smoky was just p.o.'d at me when he piddled on the
> bed yesterday morning. He's been weird the last couple of days and I
> found fresh blood on his peeper this morning. I'd found a very bloody
> clump in the box yesterday, but I assumed it was fecal matter because
> that's what his chronic problem has been. I took the boys in this
> morning (Bandit was along for moral support) and I spoke to the vet
> once and she said that there was so much blood in the sterile sample
> they took that it was coagulating..... oof. I'm waiting for her to
> call back with some test results on his blood and urine and I'm so
> worried about my big guy. Please send your magic vibes his way.... and
> my wallet's way, the bill is already at $350.... I can cover this, but
> not much more - If I could afford it, nothing would be an issue, I
> have no problem spending the $$ on their care..... it's just another
> worry - esp at this time of year...
> but hopefully we've caught this early, the piddle on the bed yesterday
> was not discolored at all... pray for him!!
> Thanks folks!
>
>
> Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
>
> "My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely
> living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
> - Anonymous
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Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito

"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
- Anonymous

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