Re: [Felvtalk] Sense of smell and food

2013-08-29 Thread dlgegg
Your cats sound like mine, spilled food all over, but they sit and wait for me 
to put more out.  I pick it up and put it back in the bowl.  It costs too much 
to waste.

 Lee Evans moonsiste...@yahoo.com wrote: 
 To answer your first question, sometimes as a cat ages they readjust their 
 food intake. She was a kitten, now a year so she is almost at the tail end 
 (pardon the pun) of her growth spurt to adulthood. She is more sure of having 
 a steady supply of food so no need to gulp. However, if she begins to lose 
 weight, you need to take her for an exam. 

Second question. I have left food out for a feral colony and watched their 
behavior, thinking they would beam in on the food in a nanosecond. Nope. They 
hunted around like three blind mice with noses to the ground and finally found 
the bowl filled to the brim with food. OK. With my house cats, they nose around 
like little vacuum cleaners and miss the spilled kibbles but slurp up a nice 
dust bunny and then gasp and cough and spit. None of them have FeLv.. Maybe a 
brain cell or two got it's wires crossed. Anyway, just keep up with the weight 
observation. Hugs and purrs.






 From: Maryam Ulomi ava...@gmail.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:29 AM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Sense of smell and food
 

Hi everyone,
I have two questions regarding Kitty, our one year old FeLV+.
Since she turned one year old, she has become less responsive to food or is 
less food oriented. Up to two months ago, she would drop everything to eat and 
get very excited about food, she would gulp her food down but now she eats a 
little and then walks away and then returns. Sometimes she eats more and 
sometimes she eats less and she has off days for eating. Is that normal? I 
know her weight is stable as I have a baby scale and I weight her monthly.
My second question is regarding her sense of smell, which seems to be slightly 
off.  A few times I have left her food or a few treats and she seems to not to 
see it or find it. Do cats with FeLV have that?

Thanks,

Mally and Kitty 

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Re: [Felvtalk] Sense of smell and food

2013-08-26 Thread Maryam Ulomi
Thank you so much, she ate much better again last night!

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On Aug 25, 2013, at 12:47, Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote:

 When they are kittens at less than a year old they eat like 
 little pigs. They slow down in growth then and eat less, however
 some FelV cats just start eating less and less and waste away.
 You are wise to weigh her and pay attention to how much she eats.
 
 I have not noticed any of my FelV cat losing their sense of smell,
 unless they have a URI.  Are her nose runny or eyes runny?  If not 
 just keep a close watch on her,and if any symptoms appear take her
 to your vet.
 
 Lorrie
 
 
 On 08-25, Maryam Ulomi wrote:
 
 Hi everyone,
 
 I have two questions regarding Kitty, our one year old FeLV+. Since she
 turned one year old, she has become less responsive to food or is less
 food oriented. Up to two months ago, she would drop everything to eat and
 get very excited about food, she would gulp her food down but now she eats
 a little and then walks away and then returns. Sometimes she eats more and
 sometimes she eats less and she has off days for eating. Is that normal? I
 know her weight is stable as I have a baby scale and I weight her monthly.
 My second question is regarding her sense of smell, which seems to be
 slightly off.  A few times I have left her food or a few treats and she
 seems to not to see it or find it. Do cats with FeLV have that?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Mally and Kitty
 
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Re: [Felvtalk] Sense of smell and food

2013-08-25 Thread Lorrie
When they are kittens at less than a year old they eat like 
little pigs. They slow down in growth then and eat less, however
some FelV cats just start eating less and less and waste away.
You are wise to weigh her and pay attention to how much she eats.

I have not noticed any of my FelV cat losing their sense of smell,
unless they have a URI.  Are her nose runny or eyes runny?  If not 
just keep a close watch on her,and if any symptoms appear take her
to your vet.

Lorrie


On 08-25, Maryam Ulomi wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I have two questions regarding Kitty, our one year old FeLV+. Since she
 turned one year old, she has become less responsive to food or is less
 food oriented. Up to two months ago, she would drop everything to eat and
 get very excited about food, she would gulp her food down but now she eats
 a little and then walks away and then returns. Sometimes she eats more and
 sometimes she eats less and she has off days for eating. Is that normal? I
 know her weight is stable as I have a baby scale and I weight her monthly.
 My second question is regarding her sense of smell, which seems to be
 slightly off.  A few times I have left her food or a few treats and she
 seems to not to see it or find it. Do cats with FeLV have that?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Mally and Kitty 
 

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Re: [Felvtalk] Sense of smell and food

2013-08-25 Thread Lee Evans
To answer your first question, sometimes as a cat ages they readjust their food 
intake. She was a kitten, now a year so she is almost at the tail end (pardon 
the pun) of her growth spurt to adulthood. She is more sure of having a steady 
supply of food so no need to gulp. However, if she begins to lose weight, you 
need to take her for an exam. 

Second question. I have left food out for a feral colony and watched their 
behavior, thinking they would beam in on the food in a nanosecond. Nope. They 
hunted around like three blind mice with noses to the ground and finally found 
the bowl filled to the brim with food. OK. With my house cats, they nose around 
like little vacuum cleaners and miss the spilled kibbles but slurp up a nice 
dust bunny and then gasp and cough and spit. None of them have FeLv.. Maybe a 
brain cell or two got it's wires crossed. Anyway, just keep up with the weight 
observation. Hugs and purrs.






 From: Maryam Ulomi ava...@gmail.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 8:29 AM
Subject: [Felvtalk] Sense of smell and food
 

Hi everyone,
I have two questions regarding Kitty, our one year old FeLV+.
Since she turned one year old, she has become less responsive to food or is 
less food oriented. Up to two months ago, she would drop everything to eat and 
get very excited about food, she would gulp her food down but now she eats a 
little and then walks away and then returns. Sometimes she eats more and 
sometimes she eats less and she has off days for eating. Is that normal? I 
know her weight is stable as I have a baby scale and I weight her monthly.
My second question is regarding her sense of smell, which seems to be slightly 
off.  A few times I have left her food or a few treats and she seems to not to 
see it or find it. Do cats with FeLV have that?

Thanks,

Mally and Kitty 

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