We had a 19 year old cat that ate nothing but wet Whiskas (microwaved!) her entire life!!! My mom and I laugh and laugh about that now that we are spending so much money on Wellness and supplements! Who knows?????! I try to tell her that now with the proper food and supplements, maybe our "normal"- non-Felv cats- will live to be 30! -Caroline
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:32:59 -0400From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Ember and weight lossi think that many of us have found, no matter what WE might have thought, that sometimes the best diet for a cat--especially one with an underlying problem--is whatever the heck they'll eat.... we all know 20-year-old cats who've never seen anything but meowmix, after all. sigh. wondering if you did any probiotics stuff when she had the diarrhea--i know that i've heard that sometimes the EVO can cause it, but so MANY things can cause diarrhea that it's often hard to track down. for my kids, i do a slurry of pumpkin and yogurt--they love it (well, jess doesn't even wait for the yogurt to be added--or for the pumpkin to be out of the can, for that matter), it's good for them, it adds in good gut flora.... (it's cheap....) if the sheba is making her happy, well, i'd go for it. i'm also with nina on dry kitten food in terms of calories, but it's so rich that for SOME adults, it can cause the runs as well.... ember's being happy and playful is really the most important thing, tho... unfortunately, i have no answers, but sometimes the numbers aren't the most important things... MC On 9/27/07, Lance < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ember went to the vet today for a CBC. We go roughly every three months. For the last eight or nine months, Ember has been losingweight. This particular problem started around last Christmas, whenEmber developed diarrhea, and I had no idea of how to get rid of it.Pumpkin helped a little, but I was reluctant to try anything else, especially since it really didn't seem to be an infection. I decidedto take Ember off of Innova EVO dry, and the diarrhea almost promptlywent away.Since then, Ember has been dropping weight. She's lost about 1.8pounds since that time until today, when she weighed 9.5 pounds. Now,this might be my fault. I hope it is, as that would be the easiestthing to fix. I've only been giving her a can of EVO a day for most of the time, and that might not be enough. In the last few weeks,I've also given her two cans of Sheba a week as treats.Ember's CBC was normal, which, in her case, means good red blood cellcount, and just below normal white blood cell count. The vet doesn't think that this is thyroid-related, but I might have her run thattest on Ember in a few weeks.Ember eats well (especially the Sheba). She is playful and loving asalways. Should I try a brand new bag of EVO dry to see what adding that back might do? I would add that *very slowly*. Would it be okayfor me to bump up Sheba, and has anyone fed much Sheba? The vetwanted Ember to come back in to be weighed in a few weeks, but I'drather do that at home. Is there a postal or baby scale with which anyone here has had good results?Thank you,Lance-- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors!Maybe That'll Make The Difference....MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCatsMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 289856892 _________________________________________________________________ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE
