This made me wonder if he has IBD. This causes weight loss and diarrhea. My 15 year old cat has has this. He was diagnosed with this 3 years ago and is on prednisolone and B-12 shots. Lorrie
On 02-24, Pam Doore wrote: > Hi Bob, My friend's cat I mentioned was a shelter cat who was treated by > both of our vets repeatedly and nothing worked. She was fostering and > finally gave up and took him to her own vet who saw everything that had > been tried and had not worked and went and did very expensive blood work > and then came up with the diagnosis the B12 prednisone and hydrolyzed > protein food. We were both disappointed that neither of the vet practices > that the cat had been to repeatedly and previously had never even > considered this condition as a possibility. If she had not adopted him he > would have been euthanized even though it's a no-kill shelter Praise the > Lord different leadership is at the shelter now and that is not a > possibility anymore. > > My Ally also got picky about food near the end and I definitely don't want > to mess around with the kitty not eating and doing anything to make them > even less inclined to eat. > > It would be more expensive but if you could get the script compounded into > a transdermal to be absorbed through the skin in the ear that would make it > so the meds were not in the food. I am very grateful for transdermal > meds:-D. > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
