Thanks for the ideas. Since I just bought some baby food for my other cat, I will definitely try adding stuff like that for calories. He really seems to eat fine so I'm stumped why he keeps losing weight :(
Amy > > Amy, I don't know what to tell you. The only > suggestion I have is to try and increase his daily caloric > intake to see if that helps him gain wt. So may things > can affect wt. including thyroid issues. I know you > said blood work looked fine but has he has a T4 and free T4 > test recently? > > If he would tolerate it you could try adding some kitten > food to his regular food for a calorie > boost. Another thought is adding in come > Clinicare. It is a liquid recovery food and may > provide a calorie boost. I offer mine some Gerber > Chicken and Gravy meat baby food as a treat. Each jar > has 100 calories. Generally several small meal per day > are best but you are already doing that. > Hugs to him > Sharyl > > > --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Amy <awilkin...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: Amy <awilkin...@yahoo.com> > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Losing weight > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:36 PM > > > > So after losing Maverick today, I'm even more worried > about > > my boy who's been steadily losing weight for the past > 4 > > years. He has no other apparent symptoms but does > have > > leukemia. He's down to 11 pounds, from 15 lbs. > > He eats numerous times a day (no loss of appetite) and > we > > have him on a high protein, high fat diet to try to > get him > > to gain. He seems to have stopped losing for now > but > > is not gaining it back. Bloodwork looks fine. > > Any suggestions? I think I posted about this a > while > > ago but didn't get much response. > > > > Thanks > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
