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What can I do to make my cat gain weight? She is losing hair on her stomach and back legs. Her hair is growing back on her back legs. but she has lost weight. Thanks
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Cat losing weight
- Thread starter bennieben60
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She needs to go to the vet. Weight loss usually indicates an underlying problem that needs treatment. The hair loss is troubling as well. She might be over grooming or suffering from an allergy.
Is she losing weight even though she is still eating or has she lost her appetite?
Is she losing weight even though she is still eating or has she lost her appetite?
I agree with @Margd your cat needs a vet visit. Weight loss is usually a symptom of something else so the better question is WHY is she loosing weight, and the answer to that question will show you how to help her gain. You can't fix this by yourself and the sooner you see a vet, the cheaper it will likely be to get her fixed up.
Yep, agree with going to the vet as well. That's one of what I refer to as "red flag symptoms" that I don't mess around with.
I agree your kitty probably needs vet help.
my own personal red flags (other than an obvious bloody wound) that a cat really needs to go to the vet are: unexplained weight loss and/or decreased appetite, trouble peeing and/or pooping, and a sudden change in the cat's activity level (a playful kitten suddenly starts just laying around & sleeping all day, or a normally lazy cat becomes very hyper/over-active)
In most cases, the sooner you get the cat into the vet and catch the problem in its early stages, the less costly the treatment will be - so it helps all parties involved to get a diagnosis early on. Good luck to you & your kitty - I hope she gets better soon!
my own personal red flags (other than an obvious bloody wound) that a cat really needs to go to the vet are: unexplained weight loss and/or decreased appetite, trouble peeing and/or pooping, and a sudden change in the cat's activity level (a playful kitten suddenly starts just laying around & sleeping all day, or a normally lazy cat becomes very hyper/over-active)
In most cases, the sooner you get the cat into the vet and catch the problem in its early stages, the less costly the treatment will be - so it helps all parties involved to get a diagnosis early on. Good luck to you & your kitty - I hope she gets better soon!
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Personality changes too. Lucky never ever EVER growled at me in his entire life, but he did that Saturday before his renal failure diagnosis. He was feeling like all kinds of crud of course and I didn't know it at the time. And things I had always done he suddenly got upset when I did them. I couldn't take him in until Monday unfortunately but yeah, definitely another red flag.
