Hello!
Our "patient", Grizzly, is a 17 month old, mixed breed, male neutered cat.. We recently had a severe aggression incident and for the past few weeks I've been getting help, advice and input from respectable members on this thread:
http://www.thecatsite.com/t/302485/my-cat-literally-slashed-my-mother-please-help#post_3794946
The thing is that Grizzly has lost weight. His losing weight was kind of a combination of 2 factors:
Grizzly's weight varies from 7,2 kilos to 8 kilos, normally.. His highest weight has been during winter, when he feeds more often.. He reached 10 kilos when he was 10 months old.. Until he reached the age of 12 months, he was stable between 7,2-8 kilos.. But he never seemed overweight, even at 10 kilos..
By the time that the vet examined him, he was at 5 kilos..
His body structure is quite slim. He is quite tall and "long".. He is usually heavier than he seems.
I play with him several times a day, especially during winter.. Now, during the summer he plays very early in the morning and after the sun sets.. It's too hot inbetween.. But generally he is very active. He burns anything he eats..
So when the vet told me that he needs to put on some weight, it wasn't an easy task to accomplish. He feeds less during summer and almost exclusively after the sun sets..
I forgot to note that the vet did a blood test on Grizzly and his glucose index was quite high, triggering many of the other indexes to be raised as well.. When I talked about it with the behaviourist (we're having a session on Monday) he and the vet agreed that high glucose was probably due to overstress.. Grizzly hates going to the vet and at the time they drew his blood he was already stressed out, due to the whole situation..
He is going to have a re-run on the blood test in 2-3 weeks..
I don't want to exhaust you with reading endlessly, so I'll just attach in links the posts where I explain what I've been feeding him:
This is the post where I explain what I had been generally been feeding him (food + treats), prior to the incident and his examination:
http://www.thecatsite.com/t/302485/my-cat-literally-slashed-my-mother-please-help/60#post_3800487
This is the post where I explain what I've been feeding him after his examination, my objective being for him to gain weight in a healthy way:
From the Simpson's Premium I've been feeding him, I've given him the kitten kind also
And the Nature's Menu
And just yesterday I purchased to run a crashtest on Miamor
The Canagan dry food is suitable for all ages so, my question is more about the canned food. Should I continue giving him the kitten kind along with his regular foor, to give him a "boost"?
Our "patient", Grizzly, is a 17 month old, mixed breed, male neutered cat.. We recently had a severe aggression incident and for the past few weeks I've been getting help, advice and input from respectable members on this thread:
http://www.thecatsite.com/t/302485/my-cat-literally-slashed-my-mother-please-help#post_3794946
The thing is that Grizzly has lost weight. His losing weight was kind of a combination of 2 factors:
- Since summer started bringing us heatwaves, Grizzly has been mainly sleeping during daytime and feeds mainly in night time.. Not as equally as he would if it was winter time.
- Since the incident (24th-25th of July) he went through a major stress period and he fed even less.. Now, that his stress has reduced significanly, he feeds more often than during the period right after the incident..
Grizzly's weight varies from 7,2 kilos to 8 kilos, normally.. His highest weight has been during winter, when he feeds more often.. He reached 10 kilos when he was 10 months old.. Until he reached the age of 12 months, he was stable between 7,2-8 kilos.. But he never seemed overweight, even at 10 kilos..
By the time that the vet examined him, he was at 5 kilos..
His body structure is quite slim. He is quite tall and "long".. He is usually heavier than he seems.
I play with him several times a day, especially during winter.. Now, during the summer he plays very early in the morning and after the sun sets.. It's too hot inbetween.. But generally he is very active. He burns anything he eats..
So when the vet told me that he needs to put on some weight, it wasn't an easy task to accomplish. He feeds less during summer and almost exclusively after the sun sets..
I forgot to note that the vet did a blood test on Grizzly and his glucose index was quite high, triggering many of the other indexes to be raised as well.. When I talked about it with the behaviourist (we're having a session on Monday) he and the vet agreed that high glucose was probably due to overstress.. Grizzly hates going to the vet and at the time they drew his blood he was already stressed out, due to the whole situation..
He is going to have a re-run on the blood test in 2-3 weeks..
I don't want to exhaust you with reading endlessly, so I'll just attach in links the posts where I explain what I've been feeding him:
This is the post where I explain what I had been generally been feeding him (food + treats), prior to the incident and his examination:
http://www.thecatsite.com/t/302485/my-cat-literally-slashed-my-mother-please-help/60#post_3800487
This is the post where I explain what I've been feeding him after his examination, my objective being for him to gain weight in a healthy way:
I try to maintain a philosophy of "biological suitability" if I might say, regarding his feeding. I am not on the "raw food" side (at least not yet). But I always tried to give him more proteins.Today I gave him Canagan again along with Simpson's Premium, specifically this one:
(Sorry for the large thumbnails, but I wanted you guys to be able to see the products and read clearly the details)
Also, I do need a high callory food for Grizzly these days, since (as I have mentioned) he has lost weight. So the dryfood I've selected to help him gain weight healthily, is Canagan Free Run Chicken, which is this one:
From the Simpson's Premium I've been feeding him, I've given him the kitten kind also
And the Nature's Menu
And just yesterday I purchased to run a crashtest on Miamor
The Canagan dry food is suitable for all ages so, my question is more about the canned food. Should I continue giving him the kitten kind along with his regular foor, to give him a "boost"?
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