Okay, I just came back from the vets and she is not diabetic. It’s either hypothyroid or kidney disease. I’ll get the blood results tomorrow by 1pm.
The one thing that shocked me.....she’s only 3.9 pounds! She was always a chunkie small built cat. My old vet was always at me to put her on a diet and told me to stop free feeding her.
Thank goodness I didn’t listen. Well, I did once and somehow she knew what was breakable, i.e. anything glass and proceeded to knock them all off of every surface and break them.
I heeded and gave her back her crunchies. I will now start to give all 3 more mushy food and not keep them on an exclusive crunchie diet.
I found some natural grain free can food, so I started giving her the kitten formula. Hopefully I can put some weight on her.
I just want to thank all of you for your prayers and well wishes and also your sad stories of your beloved furry ones.
It’s always a great comfort to know you’re not alone. Thank you.
I’ll be yapping again tomorrow when I find out the blood results.
God Bless you guys (((hug))).
On these, my cats' coats have gotten softer and shinier. One of them will gobble up any soft food I put down, the other two not so much. I also get cans of salmon from the 99 Cents Store (other discount stores may have them too), and feed them that every week or so. The salmon oil is great for them.
At some point I hope to switch mine over to a raw diet... I won't have time until maybe in 2011. They still puke up stuff here and there, and that's also worse on a dry diet.
Thanks for the update, and please keep us posted. I've got my fingers crossed for you!
Best wishes for you and your cat and thanks for sharing your difficulties on this thread. My two cats are 14 and have had a high quality of life so far so I don’t have any specific advice on what to do, but my general advice is to focus on the good times and get over the bad ones as quickly as possible (I like your quick cleanup ideas).