Recent Content by labyrinth

I'm actually having a very similar problem with my cat (Ninja, recently turned 3 years old), however there have been household changes.  In my situation his eating area is upstairs, and all 3 litter boxes are downstairs in our very large laundry room.  Two of the boxes are next to each other...

I hadn't thought of baby food, I'll give that a try. He hasn't been back to the vet this week, because he is eating the watered down canned food I've been giving him. For the time being his weight loss has stopped, and he has even gained a little. If he stops gaining I will be taking him back...

He only gave me 10 pills (10 day supply) and it says to use "as needed", so since it doesn't seem to help when I do give it to him I'm not using it very consistently.

I think my vet checked his mouth last time, but I'm not positive. This had actually occurred to me earlier so I took a look but didn't see any obvious problems, but that doesn't mean there isn't something I didn't see. The stimulant is a pill called Cyproheptadine 4mg, the instructions are...

Turns out I was mistaken about his thyroid levels. It was borderline problematic 2 years ago, but it was perfectly fine when tested recently. What else could be wrong? Even with the appetite stimulant he's barely eating, and he keeps losing weight. I weighed him last night and he's down to...

Thank you, I'll bring that up with him. Right now the poop has very little form to it, and the last two days one of my cats (everything is much more difficult to determine since he's not an only cat) has peed in the ferret playroom downstairs. I've never seen Max go in there at all otherwise I...

I can't find my last thread, but a while ago I posted about my 16 year old cat Max. He had been losing weight, and he pooped in my daughters closet and vomiting now and then. I took him in and they did some bloodwork. They checked his kidney and his thyroid and both were borderline...

I picked up the prescription food and will start him on that today. As for the number of treats, I always gave them to him just as a treat not with an actual purpose (unless he was hacking then I gave him extra). We give all the pets a bedtime treat, and that's his. I'll try upping the amount...

Those are actually the only treats he gets. He gets 3 every night. He turns his nose up at anything else I try to offer him I remember giving him about 20 one day to help him hack up a hairball, I didn't realize they were good for constipation too.

Thank you both. I feel better now about switching his food. It's going to be hard since both cats are used to having their kibble available 24/7 and I won't be able to do that anymore since they will be on different diets, but I'll figure it out somehow. Any idea how long it should take the...

I did tell my vet that I was adding the canned pumpkin to the wet food, and she said that was good. She said a laxative would work as well. I could have sworn I had a bunch of people telling me last time the vet wanted to put him on this particular diet that I should keep him on the high...

This was my initial thread: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=228982 I had some bloodwork done on Max yesterday (we only checked kidney and thyroid) and the vet said both were borderline problematic, but still in normal range. She wants me to put him on a protein restricted diet...

Okay, thanks. I'll call the vet in the morning to get him in. Hopefully it's not, but after googling I suspect it may be CRF. I guess I will find out soon.

I just typed this all out then accidentally hit back on my browser, so here goes again! I have two cats. Max is 15 or 16 years old, and Ninja is 2 1/2 years old. I've been finding random vomit that looks like digested kibble around the house (they are fed Taste of the Wild). If I give them...

hehe... I guess I'm not the only one that hasn't had time to play for a while now :p