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TL;DR I found out that my cat has leukemia about a month ago. I took her to the vet a few days ago for her shots and they weighed her but it turns out she has lost some weight (I suspected as much). I feed her twice a day and this schedule works for us as I am at work for most part of the day. Anyway, looking for information on nutrition and what I could feed her + how often. Also other suggestions on improving her quality of life are welcome.
Just a bit of background - I had wanted to adopt a cat since a while and after bringing one home, it just didn't seem to work out so I had to return him. It was a pretty bad experience for me and left me bit disturbed being a first time owner (I had posted about it on here). Anyway, eventually I decided to start fostering cats in December and was given the sweetest kitty - she was everything I wanted; a cuddly sweetheart who followed me everywhere! I decided to adopt her in February and a few weeks later she got very sick. I took her to the vet and they kept her for 3 days on IV and ran various tests to find out the problem. That was when we discovered that she has Leukemia. Her history is very unclear but what I do know is that she was a house cat and was later chucked out onto the street by her owners (grr ), perhaps that's where she caught the virus? Thankfully, Zuzu recovered as she responded positively to the steroid shot and she was soon back to her normal self. That was a month ago; she started showing signs of lethargy a few days ago but I spotted it early this time so took her to the vet immediately and she had her shot again. However the vet told me that she has lost weight and that this was normal with cats who are FeLV +.
So being a new cat owner and completely clueless, my question really is - what should I be feeding my cat so as to avoid any health problems that could likely arise due to poor diet. She is approximately 4 years old but the vet isn't sure as she has lost all but 4 of her teeth and needs to be on a soft food diet.
TIA!
TL;DR I found out that my cat has leukemia about a month ago. I took her to the vet a few days ago for her shots and they weighed her but it turns out she has lost some weight (I suspected as much). I feed her twice a day and this schedule works for us as I am at work for most part of the day. Anyway, looking for information on nutrition and what I could feed her + how often. Also other suggestions on improving her quality of life are welcome.
Just a bit of background - I had wanted to adopt a cat since a while and after bringing one home, it just didn't seem to work out so I had to return him. It was a pretty bad experience for me and left me bit disturbed being a first time owner (I had posted about it on here). Anyway, eventually I decided to start fostering cats in December and was given the sweetest kitty - she was everything I wanted; a cuddly sweetheart who followed me everywhere! I decided to adopt her in February and a few weeks later she got very sick. I took her to the vet and they kept her for 3 days on IV and ran various tests to find out the problem. That was when we discovered that she has Leukemia. Her history is very unclear but what I do know is that she was a house cat and was later chucked out onto the street by her owners (grr ), perhaps that's where she caught the virus? Thankfully, Zuzu recovered as she responded positively to the steroid shot and she was soon back to her normal self. That was a month ago; she started showing signs of lethargy a few days ago but I spotted it early this time so took her to the vet immediately and she had her shot again. However the vet told me that she has lost weight and that this was normal with cats who are FeLV +.
So being a new cat owner and completely clueless, my question really is - what should I be feeding my cat so as to avoid any health problems that could likely arise due to poor diet. She is approximately 4 years old but the vet isn't sure as she has lost all but 4 of her teeth and needs to be on a soft food diet.
TIA!