Possible gastrointestinal parasites?

If you get a good sturdy cat carrier, it won't matter how much he struggles. I do think he needs to see a vet. Weight loss could be caused by many things, it's not good to assume it's worms. And if it is worms, you'll need a de-wormer from the vet anyway. Plus I'm sure he needs his shots updated by now as well.

If you really can't get him in to see a vet, maybe your vet will allow you to bring a stool sample in for testing and will give you the appropriate de-wormer that way. But most vets will want to actually see the cat.

It sounds like he's not neutered, either. Really, an unneutered unvaccinated cat has a very short life expectancy. He may already have Feline Leukemia or FIV (spread by fighting and mating). And internal parasites can eventually kill a cat if they get bad enough.

Sometimes we have to take our kitties in to see the vet for their own good, even if it stresses them. They might be mad for a while but they get over it. He would be far healthier and happier if you had all his vet needs (neutering, vaccines, de-worming, de-flea-ing, etc.) taken care of. I have had many fully feral cats in for vetting, and they always are much happier once they've had everything done, and get over being mad quickly.

3 years isn't very old--my first kitties lived to be 21! But it's very rare for an unvetted cat to live past age 5. Yes, weight loss is a sign of parasites, or a million other health problems. It's not possible for anyone who isn't a vet to know what's wrong with him . Only you can decide if his weight loss is serious enough for you to take him to the vet or not, but it's always best to take care of these things early, if you wait too long it may not be curable.

Please try to get this kitty to the vet if you can. If you think he cannot be trapped in a carrier, try putting a piece of tuna or chicken in the carrier and shut the door. I'm not sure where you live but in the US you can even buy cardboard cat carriers.

Ok, look.... no matter what, cats do need to go to the vet every year.... Sorry, but this is what you do when you have a pet... Sounds to me this kitty hasn't been to the vet yet?
None of my cats like the vet - none of them. I don't like to go to the Dr.s office either - that doesn't stop me going to my Dr., or taking my cats to the vet. If I have a child, I guarantee you that baby is not going to appreciate the many shots and consults much the same way.
There are many many diseases you are subjecting your cat to by letting him roaming around not neutered and not vaccinated. Not only you are subjecting him to these diseases, but you are also subjecting the neighborhood cats to those diseases as well, and that is not fair.
By not neutering and not vaccinating you are exponentially increasing the risks of FeLV, FIV, Rabies, all deadly diseases, not to mention, you are contributing to the overpopulation problem, when already millions of cats are killed every year in the US alone.

So please, get your cat and take it to the vet. Your cat is not going to be traumatized - none of our cats are traumatized from vet trips here.... Sure, they don't like it.... Nobody does.... They might act weird for a day.... But they are fine after that, and most of all, they are healthy and so are the other cats around them.
Your cat is only three years old.... very very young.... Please take care of him properly so it can leave a happy and healthy life

Please listen to Carolina! This is what responsible pet owners - those who care for the well-being of their pets - do. Simply throwing food out to an animal and ignoring every other aspect of it's health is NOT responsible.

Even feral cat colony caretakers do more... and those cats can hardly be handled and have to be trapped for their vet visits!

Do the right thing by your buddy, BTC - take him in for a thorough vet exam, appropriate vaccinations and a neuter.

AC

What radical procedure? Giving proper vet care is now "radical"? Oh for God's sakes!
What is radical IMHO is to read that you see no problem in a cat giving birth to 120 kittens, fathered by various strays. Do you have any idea how many kittens those 120 can multiply into? How many million kittens are killed every year in the US alone because of people who think just like you? Try over 6 million!!! Do you think that is ok?
Also, I don't believe for a split second all these kittens are healthy and not spreading diseases. IMHO this is absolutely irresponsible of your part. You are putting trouble in someone else's hands - like people who are probably spending their time and money around your town trying to TNR, adopt them out and correct your wrong doing.

Go and spend some time volunteering at a cat shelter, then I think you will realize how ignorant your statement is about the 120 kittens. You need to go and see the suffering, the disease, the stress and confinement that these cats endure day to day. And witness a healthy, loving cat being euthanized to make room for more cats that need to come in due to uncaring, unresponsible cat owners who let their unaltered cats roam and breed. BS that this "person" knows every home those 120 kittens went too. And, even if ONE of those kittens was tossed outide and the owner didn't get that kitten sterilized then that ONE kitten started breeding too. I guarantee those 120 kittens did not get into a "responsible" and "loving" home.

The issue here to me is....GET YOUR CAT NEUTERED or DON'T LET IT ROAM....

That is the kind of thing I see everyday here in PR, that is how most cat owners think here and that is what makes me suffer every day. People just have cats, don't take them to the vet, won't neuter them and they think everything is ok.

The "wrongs" you are talking about are not meant to cancel eachother out. Not sure what you mean. Point being, is that if you would spend some time in a cat shelter and witness the suffering, sickness, and in a kill shelter, euthanasia's, then you would understand the importance of not letting your cat roam, unaltered, adding to the over-population problem and take responsibility for the lives of kittens born to your unaltered cat.


I am not talking about just one cat. I am addressing the 120 kittens this cat unnecessarily had and should not have had. You have pictures of all of those 120 kittens on your phone ...


Not sure exactly what you are saying here. Either way, getting your cat spayed/neutered regardless of how they came into this life (inside or out), it is the right thing to do, especially if you let that unaltered cat roam outside adding to the serious over-population problem and languish these feral born kittens are bound to face.

There are many of us on this site who practice TNR and are the ones who end up paying for the TNRs, caring for these cats, sheltering these cats born from an irresponsible cat owner who lets their unaltered housecat roam. Maybe you could donate some time and money to your local TNR organization?? I am sure they could use all the help anyone has to offer. I am and always will be on the side of the feral cat because most of them are there because someone did not sterilize their housecat.

Hardship and suffering is what you are exposing a cat who is not neutered, how ignorant can you be? My 4 cats are neutered and the are perfectly happy kittens, they don't get traumatized by surgery, what planet do you com from?