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We have have been blessed to be owned by our 8 year old orange Persian. His name is Garfield, and I rescued him while he was on the way to the local shelter. He was one year old when we got him, and was in very poor shape. He only weighed around 5 1/2 pounds when he came home with me, was horribly matted & dirty, had infections in both eyes, and was totally emaciated - but had the sweetest nature of any cat I have ever been around. I loved him from that moment on. After about a year, his weight went to about 11 lbs, and has been happy and healthy until about six months ago.
His January check up revealed that his weight had fallen to 10 lbs., but his blood work indicated that he was very healthy. Since the beginning, he did not eat on his own, and still eats very little by himself. The majority of his food intake is by feeding him single pieces of dry food by hand, until he is satisfied. The vet claims that he is just spoiled, and that may be the case, but we don't mind.
We took him to the vet yesterday, and his weight has fallen to 9 lbs. The vet took blood, to check on hyperthyroidism, and will let us know the results tomorrow. He seems to be hungry all the time, and wants to eat, but when we try to feed him he eats very little. We have tried various wet foods, but he just licks the gravy, and leaves the food. He will take maybe 30 - 40 pieces of RC Persian 30 or Iams regular from me when I arrive home from work. I switched from Iams regular to RC Persian 30 about three weeks ago, and he seemed to like it at first, but now does not eat much of it.
I tried Purina kitten food, and he liked it, even ate some of it himself, but read that it could cause kidney and other health problems, so I quit feeding it to him.
While combing him, I saw what looked to be a very small grain of rice on his rear end about three weeks ago, and yesterday, the vet gave him medicine for tapeworms, but she does not think that this is the entire cause for the weight loss & non eating.
We do not have any children, but we love Garf as though he were our child. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
His January check up revealed that his weight had fallen to 10 lbs., but his blood work indicated that he was very healthy. Since the beginning, he did not eat on his own, and still eats very little by himself. The majority of his food intake is by feeding him single pieces of dry food by hand, until he is satisfied. The vet claims that he is just spoiled, and that may be the case, but we don't mind.
We took him to the vet yesterday, and his weight has fallen to 9 lbs. The vet took blood, to check on hyperthyroidism, and will let us know the results tomorrow. He seems to be hungry all the time, and wants to eat, but when we try to feed him he eats very little. We have tried various wet foods, but he just licks the gravy, and leaves the food. He will take maybe 30 - 40 pieces of RC Persian 30 or Iams regular from me when I arrive home from work. I switched from Iams regular to RC Persian 30 about three weeks ago, and he seemed to like it at first, but now does not eat much of it.
I tried Purina kitten food, and he liked it, even ate some of it himself, but read that it could cause kidney and other health problems, so I quit feeding it to him.
While combing him, I saw what looked to be a very small grain of rice on his rear end about three weeks ago, and yesterday, the vet gave him medicine for tapeworms, but she does not think that this is the entire cause for the weight loss & non eating.
We do not have any children, but we love Garf as though he were our child. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!