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 There is an outdated one that some vets still use.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
> > 
> > 
> >       
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