Cat Problem!!!!!?

Question

my cat is loose too much wait she to skinny!! and we dont know how to help her! we took her to the vet and they said they didnt find anything wrong with her they gave her a shot to eat more but shes still not doing any better! shes also starting to get very weak & she'll fall off of fernature without being able to stop herself and she cant jump very good anymore ether! *also shes only a year old*

Answer 1

First: find a different vet for one thing. ALSO, It is crucial that you get that kitty to eat something. Go to the supermarket and get Gerber or Heinz meal baby food for babies. I don't know what food you are currently feeding your kitty but if it is dry or a cheap store cat food, pull them off of it. SInce he may have alergies to food, go get some Natural Balance Venison and Pea Moist Canned Cat food. It is made for the weight of a cat and it is their alergy free food. When you get the baby food, do not get chicken meat since that is the # 1 alergy food source for cats. Get the baby veal or beef. Try your kitty on the venison and pea all by itself first and see if he will eat it. IF not, spread the baby food on the top of it and see if you can spark an appetite that way. If he still won't eay, then there is really good possibility that your cat has a blockage from either consuming a pet toy or hairball or the combination of both. A vet is the only one that can determine that.

Second: get that new vet to draw some blood for a full blood chemistry checkup. Have them check the white count for sure which can tell if the kitty has an infection and the red coundt can tell if they have something like cancers, etc. and also check the Albumin and Hemoglobin levels. If they are abnormal at all, then do another check on all three of those levels in a week or two and see if the Albumin level goes down and the Hemoglobin level rises. If they do, then there is about a 95% chance that your kitty has dry FIP which is deadly and there is no cure. My first kitty died that way and he had the same non eating habits with diarrhea and was skinny all the time with massive hair thinning.

Third: Repeating the first part a bit, if a cat is going to be alergic to food it will be chichen first most of the time. Does it have a diarrhea? If so, take it off the food you are feeding it and put it on an alergy free food. The kitty I have now had has that problem and the symptoms were very like the ones my first kitty had so at first we though he also had FIP since he came from the same cattery. After countless tries to get him healthy and only the white count being high with no other blood counts being off, we pulled him off CHICKEN which is the #1 food alergy in cats. WIthin 2 weeks he stools were forming again and his appetite was coming back. Now 3 months later, he doesn't even look like the same cat. He is currently on Natural Balance Venison and Pea formula which is their Alergy free cat food. Your new vet will also have a formula called Duck and Pea which is for alergies.

Fourth: For your information, cats are obligate carnavious and are strickly meat eaters so do not feed your kitty dry kibbles at all. Not healthy for it. They have too many fillers and not enough moisture and can cause health problems in cats. Always feed a cat moist food without grains and fillers and low in carbs the Venison and Pea fits that requirement. If he doesn't have an alergy to chichen, then Innova EVO is also a good food but stay away from the dry kibbles. Dry kibbles were made for the convenience of the pet owner and not for the need of the cat. You would never see a wild cat seek out dry kibbles for its prey. Why then would your own kitty want it, except that it is the only food you are allowing him to have and he can't go to the store himself and pick out his own choice or it would be all meat if he did.

Fifth: the coordination problem is due to weakness. It's starving to death. PLEASE go to a different vet IMMEDIATELY.
Good luck. I hope he feels better soon.

Answer 2

Are you having them share the same litter box? You should have a box just for the first kitty and one for the new 2 to share, if they are friends. Some people say you need one box per cat. Anyway that is the first thing i would try. If that is not helping, you could try separating them for awhile, if not all the time, which might not be feasible, shut them in different parts of the house for the night. Make sure first cat is in his own "territory" or favorite place to hang out/sleep and his box is in his usual place and that the others don't go there, and shut them in another room with their own box at night. As the interlopers, they should be given whatever space you can give them that doesn't interfere too much with the first cat's space. These boundaries can change as they get used to each other, but the first cat needs to feel respected, so do what you can to let him know he's not going to have to give up the whole house to the new ones.

Answer 3

Call the vet and tell them they need to help your cat! Obviously there is a problem with her health. She might have severe food allergies or a medical condition not picked up by the initial testing. I'd bring her in right away if she is so weak she can't jump, walk or stand. They will probably have to keep her to get food into her poor body. If this vet doesn't want to help you try another vet. But it sounds like she is really sick.

Answer 4

what kind of food is she on?

at a year old if she is thin she can get fed KITTEN FOOD..
she sounds sickly - I would talk to another VET..

BUT bewarned vets dont know much about nutrition and food brands - many do not get any education about ingredients so often will reccomend any brand of food that PAYS them to sell it - so often they sell really crappy food like SCIENCE DIET...

I suggest you go to a pet supply store and look for a good quality KITTEN FOOD (chicken and rice or lamb and rice or turkey and rice)... NO by-products (filler - beaks feet and feathers) read the ingredients - ALL foods from grocery store and Wal Mart are also crap..
the better foods cost more but your cat wont need to eat as much and poop less

it does sound like there is something really wrong with her.. cats should not fall off the furniture - was she checked for hearing problems ?(Balance)

she should have dry food ALL the time..
try giving her small amount of canned 2-3 times a day (teaspoon per time)
no milk - no milk treat - no semimoist foods - all are crap.

Answer 5

if she is not able to stop herself from falling off furniture something is very wrong with her. I would take her back to the vet...or perhaps a different vet.

Answer 6

do you give her quality wet and dry food?
cats need a variety of a balanced diet
but i would take her to a vet for a second opinion
shes so young!

Answer 7

Don't let the cat outside anymore temporary....until the issue is resolved the cat must remain indoors (suggest buying capnip during this time)...just pet it, feed it and spend time with him/her...

Answer 8

Try feeding her food that had higher fat/protein levels in it. Im not sure what food does but i know there is some. Be careful though dont give her too much fatty foods

Answer 9

i reckon take the cat to another vet. dont know whats wrong with Belly... seems Mr Dictionary has eluded him today. :-)

Answer 10

find another vet asap!