My cat is skinny... any cat food recipies to fatten her up???!?!?!?

Question

She's 15 weeks old and she's a siamese ..... she doesn't have worms or anything because i went to the extreme and I disected her poop twice.... I'm scared to deworm her because I don't want her to lose anymore weight... my friend says she's going through a growth spurt but I don't believe that... if she was she would eat more.. I tried giving her chicken ( her fav.) but she wouldn't eat it. We just gave her litter mate to a friend, and she's not skinny. Could she be depressed? My kitty used to be fat and plump but now she's skin and bones. Also we don't inbreed!!! Sorry just getting that out there... I'm worried about her!!!

Answer 1

hi katie! try feeding her scrambled egg.once a day. thats how i got aslan fatter. just give her plenty of love and attention, itll make up for the loss of her syblings.

Answer 2

I am assuming that the cat is under-nurished. You could try giving it some kitten food sice it usually has more calories in it. If you don't think your cat is under-nurished and you are just concerned because it just looks thin, don't worry so much. I have a cat that always looks like that, that is just it's body type. If you are sure that the cat is consuming enough food but still does not weigh enough, let a vet check it for worms. If everything looks normal and the kitten food does not have the desired effect, you could give the cat a little bit of boiled chichen fat mixed up in its food once in a while.

Answer 3

Katie...by not deworming your kitten you are ensure that she will die. Deworming her will not make her lose more weight, it's NOT deworming her that will cause drastic weight loss. Some worms cannot be detected in the feces/poop. There are microscopic ones only a trained medical professional can find. All cas are born with various types of internal parasites even if the mother has been vaccinated. Not every kitten in the same litter will have the same worms, but all of them need to be treated as a healthy prevention. A Veterinarian answered above me more about this. At 15 weeks if you do not take your kitten in soon, they could die as a result of the parasites.

Here's a website that talks about the different types of worms all cats carry: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/parasite.html

If your kitten is carrying roundworms you can also catch these. Any vet can atest to this fact. http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/roundworms.html

By not taking your kitten into the vet you are only guaranteeing her possibility fate of death. No amount of food is going to fatten up a kitten IF they have worms or have not been tested for Feline Leukemia, http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/ by the way which is contagious to other cats. Besides your cat needs to go in and be vaccinated immediately against many other feline diseases.

But don't take our word for it here on Yahoo Answers. Call more than one vet and you'll learn the truth.

You have no business keeping a cat if you cannot medically vaccinate or deworm against feline diseases.

If you are really worried you'd scrape together some money and take your cat to see the doctor quickly.

Answer 4

Please worm her straight away.
This will make sure the food is feeding her and not the worms. You can't actually see worms in the poop, as a former answerer said. Worms can also cause her to be anaemic and very ill. Make sure she has been flea'd.

Feed her three times a day with proper kitten food, and have dry food and water always available.
Do not give her cream/milk or anything like that. Cats are lactose intolerant and will give her diarrhoea, which will make her even thinner.

Answer 5

Your cat may have food allergies, like mine did when she was 5 weeks old. Here are some suggestions:
1. Canned Mackerel (bones removed & high in protein, especially for kittens & cats) mashed.
2. No cat ever turned this down Fancy Feast "Sardines, Crab & Shrimp".
3. You can also combine the 2 of them, which is what I have been doing.
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Healthy Weight Gain Mix

This recipe is used to jump start dogs or cats that are thin or off their food. It works really well with moms in labor as well.

1 pint whole fat cottage cheese
1 lb turkey (or any other ground meat) burger (raw)
2 -3 eggs - boiled in the shell for 30 seconds*
2 tbls Flax Seed or Olive oil
1 can sardines or tuna fish or mackerel (bones removed)

Dogs and most cats love it. It is full of protein, essential fatty acids and digestive enzymes. Great to add vitamin/mineral supplements to, as well as any medications you may need to give. For a toy dog or cat I would feed just a teaspoon or two and for a giant just a few tablespoons. Puppies can have it as early as their first solid food.
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If these don't do the trick - Call & make an appointment with your VET!

Answer 6

Just in case you need to see it twice...you cannot diagnose worms by looking at the feces. It is done by a vet with a microscope. Over the counter wormers only work on round worms, and, believe me, most cats have more than round worms when they are born.

A 15 week old kitten is at a stage in their development where they are growing rapidly. The tend to be lean at that age. If you are feeding a high quality kitten food, then she is getting plenty of nutrition from her food....that is, unless her intestines are full of parasites that are draining her life.

Instead of cutting up her poop, you need to bag a sample, refrigerate it, and take it to the vet for analysis.

Answer 7

You can't rule out worms by dissecting her feces. Most of the ones that cause weight loss are microscopic. She needs to be tested for hookworms, roundworms, coccidia, giardia, etc. by taking a FRESH fecal sample to your DVM for analysis. Do NOT use OTC dewormers, as many of them will make her very ill (which is the reason we veterinarians quit using them 20 years ago.) She also needs to be tested for FeLV/FIV. If she's already been tested negative once, that needs to be repeated 3-6 months later (no test is 100% .) If she turned up her nose at chicken, she likely has a medical issue that needs to be addressed.

Do not try to 'fatten her up' with food. You'll regret it later when she's overweight and you can't get her to LOSE weight at that time. Obesity is the single biggest nutritional problem we have in cats. Also....there are two 'types' of Siamese. The newer, sleek Oriental versions of the breed (not my fave) are called the 'supermodels of the cat world'....unlike the older, more sturdy apple-head variety (MY personal fave.)

Answer 8

If your cat is eating and playing and doing all the cat things then don't worry about her being skinny. Cats should not be fat and those that are are very unhealthy so don't try to make your cat fat.

Answer 9

Please take her to the vet, just to make sure its nothing serious OK. Also, make a chart of what your cat likes and what the cat does not like,and the percent of food eaten, I found this helpful to keep track.

Answer 10

bring her to the vet and have the vet give her a shot to deworm her and get her checked out. There are many kinds of worms, not all of them you'll see in her feces.