Hi everyone!
It's been 2 months since Sab's surprising diagnosis. He continues to maintain normal BS with just diet modification. I am concerned about his weight, however. Mind you, my two cats have always been on the overweight side, despite feeding them 1/4 cup of food twice a day. I have bad eyesight and, even though I wear glasses that fix the problem, I have always relied on other senses to help me out. For instance, I can tell which cat is on my bed during the night just by petting the head. Their fur has different textures.
Sab lost nearly a pound between last year's physical and his diagnosis 9 months later. One of the clues to his not feeling well was my being able to feel his spine.
Yesterday I had to take my other cat in for lab work, and I brought Sebastian along so he could be weighed. He just felt smaller to me. Sure enough: he's lost 7 ounces in 8 weeks. He now weighs 10.5 pounds. I don't think he's weighed that little since he was a growing kitten! The techs assure me that, as long as he's eating, his behavior is the same, and his scans are normal, that I shouldn't worry. They tell me that the change in food from dry to wet has helped put him at an idea weight. My other cat is hypothyroid; her medicine makes her a plump 14 lbs. They surmise that I'm just so used to seeing Kenzie be overweight that Sab looks smaller.
Still, I can't shake the concerned feeling. He's a larger cat anyway. Should I be worried?
I haven't posted a pic of him recently, but here he is a month ago, "helping" me at my desk. http://twitpic.com/8r7rqo
It's been 2 months since Sab's surprising diagnosis. He continues to maintain normal BS with just diet modification. I am concerned about his weight, however. Mind you, my two cats have always been on the overweight side, despite feeding them 1/4 cup of food twice a day. I have bad eyesight and, even though I wear glasses that fix the problem, I have always relied on other senses to help me out. For instance, I can tell which cat is on my bed during the night just by petting the head. Their fur has different textures.
Sab lost nearly a pound between last year's physical and his diagnosis 9 months later. One of the clues to his not feeling well was my being able to feel his spine.
Yesterday I had to take my other cat in for lab work, and I brought Sebastian along so he could be weighed. He just felt smaller to me. Sure enough: he's lost 7 ounces in 8 weeks. He now weighs 10.5 pounds. I don't think he's weighed that little since he was a growing kitten! The techs assure me that, as long as he's eating, his behavior is the same, and his scans are normal, that I shouldn't worry. They tell me that the change in food from dry to wet has helped put him at an idea weight. My other cat is hypothyroid; her medicine makes her a plump 14 lbs. They surmise that I'm just so used to seeing Kenzie be overweight that Sab looks smaller.
Still, I can't shake the concerned feeling. He's a larger cat anyway. Should I be worried?
I haven't posted a pic of him recently, but here he is a month ago, "helping" me at my desk. http://twitpic.com/8r7rqo
