How sweet of you to give all this love and care to a lil kitty. My Talia just weighed 6 pounds at the vet on Friday. I am hoping that she gains more weight also. And I know that you would do it all over again if you had to......much love and prayers and joy!!!!

Maggie is giving me high blood pressure!!!

On Thursday, she weighed 5lbs 2.2oz. Since then she has been playing like a maniac and now weighs 5lbs 0.2oz. HUH? She eats, but not like a piglet. For example, she only ate 1.5 syringes for breakfast. And to top it all off, last night, she threw up.

So, what is going on? I've run threw my list of possible causes and settled on two.


So, until I talk to my vet, I'm going to hedge my bets. I've started adding pumpkin to her food to increase the fiber and she likes it! (She actually was eating it straight. ) She'll be getting slightly more digestive enzymes, VitC, and limited to 3 syringes per meal to lessen the load on the pancreas. Since her energy level is so high, I'm not in panic mode (well, maybe just one foot over the line!). There's also the real possibility that 5lbs is close to her ideal weight, so her body sees no reason to pig out any more.

I just wish she would eat on her own. I think she's in the psychologically dependent stage of hand-feeding, because she can eat from a plate (especially if it's not hers ), but having mommy squirt it in is easier. The problem is she will eat to please me, which is probably why she ate too much last night. When her tummy says no more, her heart say keep eating for mommy.

Okay, I had to stop for her lunch and she greedily ate 2.5 syringes. Maggie sure likes to keep me wondering!



Yah, some of us are stupid like that.

Oh dear, I wish this would all just disappear for Maggie and you.

Hey, who's beautiful face is in your siggy?

I feed both my boys 75% Medi-Cal Fibre/25% Preventive from Royal Canin that my vet has recommended for Bogart's colitis. Humphrey has no symptoms of colitis, but they eat from each other's dishes. Occasionally, Humphrey will vomit or have softer stools, seem out of sorts. I took him in for a check up and the vet had him x-rayed after the vomiting was repeated a few times. As the palpation indicated, the x-ray showed digested food was kind of backed up in his intestines, although he was not constipated. The pancreas was fine. The backed up poop is likely what caused him to vomit, according to the vet. I sometimes wonder if the mix is a bit strong for Humphrey's gut. He, too, is a bit of a piglet, but he usually eliminates once daily. They get the equivalent of a tuna can-sized serving of wet catfood every evening and 1/4 C Medi-Cal Fibre kibble available for grazing whenever. They don't usually consume it all and that is less than the manufacturer's recommendation for 10 lb kitties, according to the girl at the desk I had asked.

It may not be as bad as you think. She may just need the dietary curb and the pumpkin you are giving her.

Thanks for sharing your experience. It's nice to know my theories might actually be valid.

As for Maggie this morning, we had poop overnight and it was softer and more voluminous. So, the pumpkin seems to be doing what I want it to do. But (there always seems to be a 'but' with Maggie ) she ate one syringe greedily and wouldn't touch a second. I don't know if I hadn't mixed in the supplements fully so that's what she smelled or what, but she refused to try it. We have a 2 syringe minimum with her so I took her into the bathroom, sat her in my lap, touched the side of her mouth with the syringe, and so naturally she proceded to gobble the entire syringeful of food down almost without breathing. Other than wanting a more private place to eat, I have no clue as to what this was about. I watched her afterwards and she ran around, played a bit, and then curled up in the sun, so I can't see that her tummy was upset or too full.

Paula, the kitty in my present signature photo is Isabel. You should have asked Michelangelo.