Hi everyone. I have three domestic shorthair cats. Two of them are 3yrs old, and one is 2 and a half. I took my cats to the vet for a basic check-up this Friday and ran a urine test. The results came out, and shows all of my three cats have high cholesterol.
I don't understand why. I feed my cats homemade raw-diet using meat sources from a trusty farm. Each nutrition I'm adding to the meat is strictly measured and followed the instruction on the raw-diet recipe I found.
I've looked into this problem for a while, and found in most of the case, cat with high cholesterol is usually either old, or overweight. Then I feel it is weird, because my cats are young, and at the same weight of 10.2 lbs, which according to my vet is a pretty normal number for a three-year-old domestic shorthair.
I'm really confused and don't know what the problem could be. My vet suggested me not to feed shellfish or shrimp but I never did. Most of the time I feed them chicken or turkey, and sometimes pheasant or quail. The vet then suggested me to try Omega-3 supplement, so I placed an order on Amazon and it should be delivered by Tuesday. I hope it'll help.
And, I don't mean this has anything related, but I spend hundreds on my cats' diet every month, and this result really came up as a surprise. I don't want this problem grows big into a huge problem in the future. Therefore, I'm here sincerely asking for help. Please tell me what I should do to stop this problem. Thank you!!
I don't understand why. I feed my cats homemade raw-diet using meat sources from a trusty farm. Each nutrition I'm adding to the meat is strictly measured and followed the instruction on the raw-diet recipe I found.
I've looked into this problem for a while, and found in most of the case, cat with high cholesterol is usually either old, or overweight. Then I feel it is weird, because my cats are young, and at the same weight of 10.2 lbs, which according to my vet is a pretty normal number for a three-year-old domestic shorthair.
I'm really confused and don't know what the problem could be. My vet suggested me not to feed shellfish or shrimp but I never did. Most of the time I feed them chicken or turkey, and sometimes pheasant or quail. The vet then suggested me to try Omega-3 supplement, so I placed an order on Amazon and it should be delivered by Tuesday. I hope it'll help.
And, I don't mean this has anything related, but I spend hundreds on my cats' diet every month, and this result really came up as a surprise. I don't want this problem grows big into a huge problem in the future. Therefore, I'm here sincerely asking for help. Please tell me what I should do to stop this problem. Thank you!!
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