Hello everyone!
I am a new member to this site, and am thrilled to find a community where I can obtain advise from fellow cat lovers. I am the owner of a three year old Tabby and a 6 month old kitten who resembles an Absynnian. We adopted our kitten approximately three months ago, and are thrilled that he is a new member of our family. We are however concerned with the fact that he is a little on the thin side, and seems to have a constant flatulence problem. He has been given all of his booster shots, etc.... and eats well, but for some reason he is not gaining weight. Our vet expressed a little concern about his weight, and took a stool sample so he could check for parasites. The test results luckily came back negative (this was about two weeks ago).
As I mentioned earlier, our kitty also seems to have an ongoing flatulence problem. Has anyone ever encountered this before? We are feeding him Science Diet Growth dry cat food (Our other cat grew up on this stuff--we still feed her Science Diet for adults) which is in my opinion a great cat food. My concern is that perhaps there is a link with the above and the fact that he is terribly skinny. We tried to give him a little bit of the wet food, but it did not agree with his tummy. He is extremely active, alert, playful and affectionate therefore, there are no overt symptoms that point to any underlying problems.
Any insight from fellow members would be greatly appreciated.
I am a new member to this site, and am thrilled to find a community where I can obtain advise from fellow cat lovers. I am the owner of a three year old Tabby and a 6 month old kitten who resembles an Absynnian. We adopted our kitten approximately three months ago, and are thrilled that he is a new member of our family. We are however concerned with the fact that he is a little on the thin side, and seems to have a constant flatulence problem. He has been given all of his booster shots, etc.... and eats well, but for some reason he is not gaining weight. Our vet expressed a little concern about his weight, and took a stool sample so he could check for parasites. The test results luckily came back negative (this was about two weeks ago).
As I mentioned earlier, our kitty also seems to have an ongoing flatulence problem. Has anyone ever encountered this before? We are feeding him Science Diet Growth dry cat food (Our other cat grew up on this stuff--we still feed her Science Diet for adults) which is in my opinion a great cat food. My concern is that perhaps there is a link with the above and the fact that he is terribly skinny. We tried to give him a little bit of the wet food, but it did not agree with his tummy. He is extremely active, alert, playful and affectionate therefore, there are no overt symptoms that point to any underlying problems.
Any insight from fellow members would be greatly appreciated.