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zennman
at Thu Jul 3 03:06:41 2008 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by zennman ]
I adopted a older stray tom cat probably 10 yrs a few years back. He used to be the dominate one over my other female senior cat. Canned food he would be all over it. These days not so much.
In March 2007, with increasing bad breath I realized that he had pretty severe dential problems. Up until this point 2-3 yrs ago "Chairman Meow" had been a 15-16 Lb hunk of a cat. Now he's like 12-13 lbs.
The March 07 dental surgery removing all four back teeth fixed the tooth problems. Full blood work came back A-OK. All tests showing no problems.
Six months after the dental surgery, he seemed to have lost weight. Not severe, but a noticeable boney back. Worried, I took him back for a 2nd full blood work in Dec 2007. Again no problems found. His weight came back some, but not like it used to be. I gauge it by how boney his back is.
Now July 2008, his weight is slightly less than I would like it to be. He doesn't go after the canned food like I feel he should. I see him eating kibble some, but he just nibbles at the canned food.
One thing this cat will eat ANYTIME ANYWHERE are feline Greenies. No lack of appetite here!!!! But now I'm reading bad reviews about these containing grains, etc... Any thoughts about the Greenies? (Keep in mind I do limit the quantity. I'm not only feeding him Greenies). I have only been giving them Greenies for the last couple of months.
In the last month or so, I've caught him vomiting twice. Once after eating what seemed to be a good bit of kibble with some Greenies (reading the vomit tea leaves). The other was more liquid vomit. Should I be taking him back to the vet for one or two vomits (these were separated by a couple of weeks apart btw) He hasn't vomited in about two weeks.
Any thoughts about my situation? To be safe I should take him back in. But wanted some other opinions....
Food I'm feeding my cats: (I haven't been changing brands often)
Kibble - Felidae Platinum
Canned - Eagle Pack Holistic Select
Treats - Feline Greenies (only in the last couple of months)
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