Sophie is my most special, weirdest cat (in the avatar). She is one year and three months old. She is spayed and she did not have major heath issues. She just really doesn't like food very much. She is 3.7 kg (8.15 lbs) and could use a pound or two more.
However, for about a month I have been trying to get her on scheduled feeding and also trying to give her as much wet food as possible. When I first got her I only fed her wet two times a week, she developed mild constipation and now I am going crazy trying to transition her to a wet food diet. She is as stubborn as can be in not eating wet, but then again, she really doesn't like anything else - if I give her fish or parmesan she thinks I am trying to poison her, if I sprinkle anything on food she will not touch it.
So while I was trying to get her on a scheduled feeding (at first two meals, now three) I noticed she only eats about 160 kcals/day. Not worrying to death, but still not good enough for a skinny active cat.
Took her to the vet and he gave her some Dermal pills for shedding (she sheds a lot but she NEVER vomits - no hairballs, no anything) and Peritol pills for her appetite. During the 10 days of Peritol she ate about 200 kcal/day. 3 days after the Peritol, she is back on 160 kcal/day.
In the last week she also had tiny drops of blood in her stool twice (perfect stool, otherwise). We went for bloodwork. I made up my mind that if the blood work is fine and she is not anemic I will just address the blood in stool issue but l will let her eat as much (or as less) as she desires for now.
The blood work:
RBC 10.15 (normal 5.00- 10.00)
MCH 11.9 (normal 16.00 - 24.00)
MPV 10.1 (normal 4.00 - 7.00)
T-prot 8.1 (normal 5.4 - 7.9)
Amy 103 (normal 370-1200)
All other stuff in normal parameters.
Vet says "leave the cat alone". He would only worry if the amylase was higher than normal, not lower. He only gave me some ranitidine for her. And although I trust him, I don't know if I should embrace this life philosophy of his and "leave the cat alone".
However, for about a month I have been trying to get her on scheduled feeding and also trying to give her as much wet food as possible. When I first got her I only fed her wet two times a week, she developed mild constipation and now I am going crazy trying to transition her to a wet food diet. She is as stubborn as can be in not eating wet, but then again, she really doesn't like anything else - if I give her fish or parmesan she thinks I am trying to poison her, if I sprinkle anything on food she will not touch it.
So while I was trying to get her on a scheduled feeding (at first two meals, now three) I noticed she only eats about 160 kcals/day. Not worrying to death, but still not good enough for a skinny active cat.
Took her to the vet and he gave her some Dermal pills for shedding (she sheds a lot but she NEVER vomits - no hairballs, no anything) and Peritol pills for her appetite. During the 10 days of Peritol she ate about 200 kcal/day. 3 days after the Peritol, she is back on 160 kcal/day.
In the last week she also had tiny drops of blood in her stool twice (perfect stool, otherwise). We went for bloodwork. I made up my mind that if the blood work is fine and she is not anemic I will just address the blood in stool issue but l will let her eat as much (or as less) as she desires for now.
The blood work:
RBC 10.15 (normal 5.00- 10.00)
MCH 11.9 (normal 16.00 - 24.00)
MPV 10.1 (normal 4.00 - 7.00)
T-prot 8.1 (normal 5.4 - 7.9)
Amy 103 (normal 370-1200)
All other stuff in normal parameters.
Vet says "leave the cat alone". He would only worry if the amylase was higher than normal, not lower. He only gave me some ranitidine for her. And although I trust him, I don't know if I should embrace this life philosophy of his and "leave the cat alone".