Thread: Young girl Getting Skinny

What a super bunch of furries you have {had} there....
Jemima looks very much like the long slim type of the breed & your vet is right they do come in all sizes a lot depends on their breeding lines & sadly sometimes because of "where" they come from if they haven't had the best of starts in life but then we can help make up for that in the love & care department ! I have had cats not eat for near on a week when they go into good growth spurts & others have just carried on & you suddenly realise they look a whole lot bigger,if they do go off their food if you are very lucky for a few days they seem to up the intake but it then drops back again,growth spurts can appear right up until they reach maturity at about 4yrs old.
How right Rachel-C is about stud tail,dunce sitting here,my four year old boy{nutered}at the moment has the worse case I have ever seen & never even gave that a thought in a girl,looks as if I could have that joy to come too in my babe.
Please keep us updated on your babe & more photos when you feel like getting a camera out again....!

We have had the same thing with Ella, our 11 mth old, she is skinny and has also lost all her long coat and is now semi long haired. However, vet says she is in good health and she is perfectly well in herself, eating, etc, so not unduly concerned. Its actually quite funny as her coat is just slowly starting to return, so she has longer bits in the 'known' spots [jowls, tail, behind front armpits] plus her markings are getting much more distinctive, and she is growing noticably too, which isn't helping in the skinny looks. She was spayed a few weeks ago and like yours she was prone to slightly greasy fur down her back, but that is now almost gone and longer silky fur is growing. A pic to show you what she looks like - like you, I dont think she is ever going to be a perfect example of the breed, but is heading back towards something normal


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