Need some advice. I have a 1 yr-old stray who adopted me. I believe she is a Bengal due to her markings, chatting, and other characteristics. She is 10 lbs.
Back in Oct. when I took her to the vet due to swollen tummy/aggressivness - she ate part of a gecko - the vet said that she was fat and put her on a diet. He said that she had some fat in her liver, but it was nothing to be concerned about. He said to give her 1/2 cup of diet dry food and 2 pouches (85g each) of moist food per day. She was on this diet with no problems until the last week of March, when she began to eat only 1/2 or 3/4 of her food. Due to the prior issue with fat in the liver and reading up on this (thanks to all of your posts about this!), I took her into the vet again.
The problem is that Houdini hates the vet and turned into ninjacat. She hissed, growled, yowled and swat at him (this is normal) and he gave her a light sedative and wrapped her burrito-style in a small blanket. She was so stressed out that he didn't want to aggravate the situation and he felt her ribs/body under the blanket. He said that he didn't feel her ribs and that she was ok. I told him that her neckbone and sternum were much more visible/i could feel them a lot more than I have before and I was concerned about this. He said she was growing and her body was filling out.
She is still eating 1/2 to 3/4 of the food. She plays and runs around a lot. Still eats grass and bugs in the yard.
Has anyone's cat's neckbone looked like this? Is this indeed normal or should I be concerned? Thanks!
Back in Oct. when I took her to the vet due to swollen tummy/aggressivness - she ate part of a gecko - the vet said that she was fat and put her on a diet. He said that she had some fat in her liver, but it was nothing to be concerned about. He said to give her 1/2 cup of diet dry food and 2 pouches (85g each) of moist food per day. She was on this diet with no problems until the last week of March, when she began to eat only 1/2 or 3/4 of her food. Due to the prior issue with fat in the liver and reading up on this (thanks to all of your posts about this!), I took her into the vet again.
The problem is that Houdini hates the vet and turned into ninjacat. She hissed, growled, yowled and swat at him (this is normal) and he gave her a light sedative and wrapped her burrito-style in a small blanket. She was so stressed out that he didn't want to aggravate the situation and he felt her ribs/body under the blanket. He said that he didn't feel her ribs and that she was ok. I told him that her neckbone and sternum were much more visible/i could feel them a lot more than I have before and I was concerned about this. He said she was growing and her body was filling out.
She is still eating 1/2 to 3/4 of the food. She plays and runs around a lot. Still eats grass and bugs in the yard.
Has anyone's cat's neckbone looked like this? Is this indeed normal or should I be concerned? Thanks!
