Skinny girl

Hi there, new here! My Girlfriend cat is super skinny, all bony. She has hyperthyroidism and is on meds--methinazole. She is happy and active at 14 years old. Girlfriend eats three cans of wet canned food (a good holistic kind, not corn or fillers). She is always hungry and thirsty. She pees it seems a gallon a day. I can hear her tummy making all sorts of weird noises all the time. Her levels are checked and adjusted regularly. Another thing is she is always chewing herself and pulling out her hair...no fleas. Doc said she has asthma and allergies too. Her diet has helped her some since I switched to this Wild Calling organic cat food. Any suggestions on helping her look not so much like a homeless bum cat who is neglected without breaking my bank even more?

Is wild calling the same as call of wild? Is it dry or wet?

I recall analyzing call of the wild, and although it is an okay food, it is not ideal. There are grains if I recall, and/or allergens like fish.

The one food that will help heal your girl is raw, which can be bought frozen or made from scratch for pennies

A recipe from a holistic vet can be found here: www.catinfo.org.

I buy Radcat frozen raw, and Hound and Gatos grain free chicken. After 12+ months of extensive analysis and research, I've found these to be the very best foods. Hound and Gatos is relatively inexpensive for a premium food.

# 1 thing you can do to help your girl is to discontinue all dry food.

Good luck

She never eats dried cat food...no this is called wild calling. I have been interested in giving her raw but it seems even more expensive then the 1.75 per small can that I give her 3 times a day. I would be interested in recipes for making my own raw but I don't have a grinder, processor etc.

Gosh, the way you describe her, it does NOT sound as if her hyperthyroidism is under control at all.  When was the last time her T4 was checked?

With all that water drinking and urination, it's also possible she has either diabetes or kidney disease, but it truly sounds like the thyroid to me.

That food sounds fantastic!  Since your Vet thinks maybe she's got allergies, have you tried just feeding her ONE of the protein sources they have (buffalo, rabbit, etc.) to try to figure out if she might be allergic to chicken, or beef, or one single protein.  Maybe she is allergic to chicken, for instance, which probably was in her previous food

BTW, you can feed raw without having a grinder.  Many cats actually prefer chunks over ground, OR, even if they were eating ground first, once they start on chunks (or strips), they never go back to ground again.  AND, most people say it's actually cheaper to feed raw than a good quality (like $1.75 per can!) canned food.  There are several threads on it.

I feed raw, and one of mine likes strips of meat with Call of the Wild (a supplement made by Wysong) on it.  When I use that, I don't have to worry about giving him any additional liver or any other organs, don't have to give him any bones, taurine, anything!  It's great.  So I just buy some meats that he likes (chuck roast, boneless turkey thighs, chicken hearts (not considered organs BTW), chicken breasts, pork loin, and after freezing for at least 3 days, cut it all into strips about 1/2 inch by 2 inch long  and package up into small packages and put back in the freezer.  Then I just take out one of 2 packages every day to thaw.   The only thing you need to watch for when being food at the local grocer is that they don't put additives in it....just read the package, especially with chicken and pork. 

Of you can always buy frozen commercially prepared nutritionally complete raw food.  There are probably dozens of companies who make it, one of the best I believe is right there in your state .  If you want more information, besides reading the above link, head on over to the Raw Forum

http://www.thecatsite.com/f/65/raw-feeding-for-cats