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This October, my grandmother passed away. Wanting to support my grandfather, we temporarily 'moved in' with him. He lives less than 20 minutes away from our apartment, but we haven't been staying there overnight at all.
We go every day to feed our three cats. Whisper and Snickers, age 10 and Noodle, 9mo.
Snickers, who is our usual finicky eater, has been doing fantastic ever since we switched them over to Wellness Indoor Core. He has lost a bit of weight, but not too much and seems to be in very good health. He loves Wellness and has no problem eating it.
Noodle, our kitten, is much the same. She is on the same formula and seems to love it. We mix wet and dry together. Once again, they have never had an issue with it and are very excited to get it.
However, our cat Whisper has been taking the stress of us not being there VERY hard!
We are also in the process of moving, so his envoriment has changed too.
Due to a very long seizure he had when he was around 5-6, he has some minor brain damage and total hearing loss. He has always been a very bony cat (before I took over their care, he was getting old formula Iams which seemed to give him muscle wasting) but never without a healthy appetite.
I know that his loss of appetite recently is due to his stress. We have been trying to visit more frequently and for longer periods of time, where he will meow at us and just want to be held. We do so as often as we can, but with work and distance, it's tough. I have been giving him one-two 'Relax' treats and they have seemed to help a bit, since he was having some occasional diarrhea before.
Before this whole ordeal, he weighed about 11-12 pounds. In the last month or so, he has dropped to a low 9lb. His hips are hollow and his spine is distinct, however, he still has a slight tummy roll (although that may just be loose skin from his weight loss when we switched to Wellness).
I am very scared of 'Fatty Liver' and am planning on taking him to the vet soon. However, in the meantime, I'd like some suggestions on what I can do to help stimulate his appetite!
He doesn't seem to have trouble keeping down his food, and will lick at his wet food or have a few bites of his dry but then seems too distracted by our visit to eat further. He will take treats if we give them, although only a few at a time. He begs for treats even if he has food in his bowl. He's not drinking anymore than usual and ever since I've been giving him the Relax treats, his stool has been it's normal quality.
We have been trying to leave out more dry food for him to see if he will eat while we are away, but we can't tell if it's him or the other cats eating it.
Should I start syringe feeding him? I have already tried tempting him with wet food but he seems fairly disinterested. What should I give him to get his weight up? Please help! Thank you!
(( Oh, I forgot to mention. We switched to Wellness well before my grandmother passed this October. He's been on the Wellness Core Indoor formula for several months now. I have been trying different core flavors and they seem to enjoy the Whitefish the most, but even he won't eat more than 3/4 of a can. ))
We go every day to feed our three cats. Whisper and Snickers, age 10 and Noodle, 9mo.
Snickers, who is our usual finicky eater, has been doing fantastic ever since we switched them over to Wellness Indoor Core. He has lost a bit of weight, but not too much and seems to be in very good health. He loves Wellness and has no problem eating it.
Noodle, our kitten, is much the same. She is on the same formula and seems to love it. We mix wet and dry together. Once again, they have never had an issue with it and are very excited to get it.
However, our cat Whisper has been taking the stress of us not being there VERY hard!
We are also in the process of moving, so his envoriment has changed too.
Due to a very long seizure he had when he was around 5-6, he has some minor brain damage and total hearing loss. He has always been a very bony cat (before I took over their care, he was getting old formula Iams which seemed to give him muscle wasting) but never without a healthy appetite.
I know that his loss of appetite recently is due to his stress. We have been trying to visit more frequently and for longer periods of time, where he will meow at us and just want to be held. We do so as often as we can, but with work and distance, it's tough. I have been giving him one-two 'Relax' treats and they have seemed to help a bit, since he was having some occasional diarrhea before.
Before this whole ordeal, he weighed about 11-12 pounds. In the last month or so, he has dropped to a low 9lb. His hips are hollow and his spine is distinct, however, he still has a slight tummy roll (although that may just be loose skin from his weight loss when we switched to Wellness).
I am very scared of 'Fatty Liver' and am planning on taking him to the vet soon. However, in the meantime, I'd like some suggestions on what I can do to help stimulate his appetite!
He doesn't seem to have trouble keeping down his food, and will lick at his wet food or have a few bites of his dry but then seems too distracted by our visit to eat further. He will take treats if we give them, although only a few at a time. He begs for treats even if he has food in his bowl. He's not drinking anymore than usual and ever since I've been giving him the Relax treats, his stool has been it's normal quality.
We have been trying to leave out more dry food for him to see if he will eat while we are away, but we can't tell if it's him or the other cats eating it.
Should I start syringe feeding him? I have already tried tempting him with wet food but he seems fairly disinterested. What should I give him to get his weight up? Please help! Thank you!
(( Oh, I forgot to mention. We switched to Wellness well before my grandmother passed this October. He's been on the Wellness Core Indoor formula for several months now. I have been trying different core flavors and they seem to enjoy the Whitefish the most, but even he won't eat more than 3/4 of a can. ))
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