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OK, I know I'm being paranoid. Damita has lost more weight. She weighed 8 lbs even last vet visit about 3 weeks ago...on Fri she weighed 7 lbs 8 oz. I've been feeding her all she wants to eat, 3 or 4 meals a day. I am not feeding her 100% raw as she won't eat it yet.
I asked sharky & added some oatmeal at her suggestion. The "recipe" I mixed in the blender for supper last night & all day today was:
(2-3) spoonfuls Pro Pac Beef canned food
(1) 3 oz raw medallion-NVP Venison medallions(3 oz raw a day if feeding reccomendation)
some water
(3) TBSP Oatmeal(cooked)
a glob of hairball meds
some Evanger's Duck canned food(I just glopped in some, not very scientific)
I made several batches of that. Enough to get me through tonight. Well, she ate as much, if not more, than she had been. We're talking like 10-12 oz...possibly more. I'd just like some other opinions here. I mean, if she's loosing weight & eating so much, that's not a good thing, is it? I worry too much about Damita.
Just can't help it.
Vet says she should be about 9 lbs. So, if anything, we want her to gain weight. How long on feeding the oatmeal in with her mixture before I notice a difference in the amount she eats? Could it just be she's eating to be eating? It is possible this is a stress reaction(like her incessant bathing). I never had any problems with her over eating when she was on dry food, but once I switched her to canned, she slowly started eating more & more....
I asked sharky & added some oatmeal at her suggestion. The "recipe" I mixed in the blender for supper last night & all day today was:
(2-3) spoonfuls Pro Pac Beef canned food
(1) 3 oz raw medallion-NVP Venison medallions(3 oz raw a day if feeding reccomendation)
some water
(3) TBSP Oatmeal(cooked)
a glob of hairball meds
some Evanger's Duck canned food(I just glopped in some, not very scientific)
I made several batches of that. Enough to get me through tonight. Well, she ate as much, if not more, than she had been. We're talking like 10-12 oz...possibly more. I'd just like some other opinions here. I mean, if she's loosing weight & eating so much, that's not a good thing, is it? I worry too much about Damita.
Vet says she should be about 9 lbs. So, if anything, we want her to gain weight. How long on feeding the oatmeal in with her mixture before I notice a difference in the amount she eats? Could it just be she's eating to be eating? It is possible this is a stress reaction(like her incessant bathing). I never had any problems with her over eating when she was on dry food, but once I switched her to canned, she slowly started eating more & more....