Hi. When first diagnosed Frankie did not have other symptoms and the diagnosis was a surprise to all of us. In fact, he was ravenously hungry. He had an occasional fudgy stool. That was it. Later, when it acted up (pancreatitis comes and goes) he was anorexic and lost 2 lbs. Pls keep us posted! L
-----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Amy Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:11 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Losing weight Thanks Sharyl, Thanks for the info. My vet said they have never seen a case where a cat had pancreatitis and showed no signs of discomfort or being sick but that they are more than willing to test if that's what I want to do. Amy > > Here is the link for the new Yahoo Pancreatitis group. > http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feline_pancreatitis_support/ > > They have some really good info on dxing and treating > pancreatitis. I think it is IDEXX that can do the new > blood test so the sample doesn't have to be set to TAMU > anymore. > > Usually a kitty will show signs of pain, nausea and > inappetance when having a pancreatitis attack. Granted > many vets don't really have experience treating pancreatitis > but it is manageable. > > Amy, I don't think this is your problem since your kitty is > eating. > Sharyl > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> > wrote: > > > From: Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Losing weight > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:35 PM > > Pancreatitis is a blood test (and/or > > ultrasound). They send the blood to > > Texas now. There is a yahoo group for feline > pancreatitis. > > It is important > > to do the right test. There is an outdated one that > some > > vets still use. > > It isn't really something they treat. My vet had me > put > > Frankie on a low fat > > diet (that is what they do for dogs and it hasn't > been > > proven to work for > > cats but did work for Frankie). > > L > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] > > On Behalf Of Amy > > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:52 PM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Losing weight > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
