Thread: Maine Coon not putting on weight

I really hope that Martha gets better soon xx

Hi All,

Martha had her final dose of Panacur today.

She's been eating lots, but not so much of her own diet! She seems to not want to eat the Royal Cannin Maine Coon food and instead keeps making a b-line for our adults cat food. We compared the contents and the difference seems to be that the adults has 10% fat vs 18% for the kittens food. The ingredients and other content is very very close. Perhaps it is because it is not so high in fat or as rich that and she has an upset tummy that she wants it?

We are wanting her to eat, so we've mixed some adult biscuits into her biscuits.

She was 1.3 kilos Saturday, we weighed her yesterday and she was 1.5 kilos, this evening she is 1.7! Her stools though since sunday have been loose yellowey foul smelling poops. I haven't seen any sign of them getting back to normal yet. I'm not sure if the weight gain is food inside her as she has been eating lots or if she is actually maintaining some of it and putting on weight. I'm not sure if it's my imagination, but her fur seems to be 'fluffier' today and you can see her colours more? She has also been more active today than past days and has been playing a bit and wandering around a lot, she normally just sleeps on our bed.

We are really, really hoping that by the weekend the weight has increased, I'm sure that if it continues to go up it can't just be food in her waiting to pass through, although the stools she is producing is still a concern, and I have seen no trace of worms or anything strange in them in the past couple of days.

Fingers crossed that with the final dose today it will clear whatever was in her system out and she will start to get back to normal and the weight will keep going up.


Thanks,

Oh bless she looks a little darling & has a lot of growing to do to catch up with those ears her little eyes have got a bit of that washed out look about them so you can tell whatever she has gone through has wiped her out so the fact she is putting on weight is a good sign,bet she has loved having company & will not be a happy girl when you go back to work,perhaps if she is not infectious you should get her a furry playmate to keep her company.....!
Hey,what,who said that......xxx

I've told work I'm staying home tomorrow again as I'd hate to go back and leave her. I 'think' she is on the mend so want to make sure it continues. We nearly got two, but we decided against it in the end. We were hoping she would get on well with Tiberius as he was only a little over a year old when we got her, but she seems to be very laid back and just watches him prance around like a clown bless him :D

She also seems to be cleaning herself a lot more. I really think she is looking better in just a few days, I hope I am not fooling myself and that her improvement continues. Patches of her fur look darker to me and the colour seems to be coming out more, I am not sure how and if that is even possible in four days? I'l be chasing up the vet for those results again today.

I really wish there was something more we could have done earlier, if it was just a parasite I feel bad that it got this far :(, but it will be a relief to know that it isn't a serious illness that we will have to live with.

We have been administering Advocate which the vet told us to do each month since we got her though, and have had her checked up.

She still doesn't seem to like her food, she seems to prefer the adult food. I'm not going to worry too much right now as long as she is eating well and getting something down her, although I will be getting some small packets of various food to see if there is one which she takes to better than the maine coon kitten mix.


Thanks,