Thank you Jane, MC, Marylyn, Caroline, Tonya, Belinda and Wendy for
your thoughts and advice. I wanted to wait for a week or so in order
to report back what I hoped would be a uptick in Ember's weight.
Unfortunately, she's still hanging around the general "9 1/12 pounds"
area. Probably opti
FreeT4 is the test you want to do if there is any possibility of the T4
being incorrect. Fred's T4 was normal but his FreeT4 showed he was in
the early stages of hyperthyroid, so we caught it early and he only
needed a very low dose of iodine when he had the treatment and I got to
bring him ho
ndeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~
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Subject: Ember and weight loss
Ember went to the vet today for a CBC. We go roughly every three
months. For
htful committed citizens can change the
world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~
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Subject: Ember and weight loss
Ember w
there are a couple of websites you can find with just normal searches that
explain what all the test values should be, so you can help evaluate your
vet's evaluation. i think i found them through a, "feline blood test
results" search. (i'm still not back on my main computer, so can't find half
my s
What were his creatinine, BUN, phosphorus, potassium and HCT, those
are the big numbers concerning CRF? What lab were they sent to?
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I don't know. I was floored recently to get two totally different reads on
Bob's cbc's when I took him to a new vet.
You might try going for a second opinion.
My 'old' vet said cbc looked fine. My 'new' vet said the values showed the
beginnings of crf and wants to start fluids and m
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 "n
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Subject: Re: Ember and weight loss
Hi Lance,
Nina suggested I try feeding dry 'kitten' food (any decent brand)
because the caloric value is much higher. I did, and MeMe has been
eating it and steadily gaining weight.
If E
i 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 d
Hi Lance,
Nina suggested I try feeding dry 'kitten' food (any decent brand)
because the caloric value is much higher. I did, and MeMe has been
eating it and steadily gaining weight.
If Ember likes Sheba, I would bump it up. If she needs to gain weight
I'd offer her anything (again, decent quality
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 losing
weight. This particular problem started around last Christmas, when
Ember developed diarrhea, and I had no idea of how to get rid of it.
Pumpkin helped a little,
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