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    4 year old domestic shorthair sitting with shoulders back a lot.

    My 4 year old black domestic shorthair, Meemo, just had a really bad upper respiratory infection two weeks ago. He has recovered but now he is sitting seemingly uncomfortably at times with his paws up at his chest and shoulders up and back and breathing seems to be quick and shallow. I'm...
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    It may be 20 cal per pound for indoor cat, but still 10-20 cal for some treats until I can eat him off them. I watched my cameras all day while working..he has not touched the Nutro dry food
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    Also to an earlier post, I have to disagree respectfully that one Temptations treat is equivalent to a frosting covered sugar cookie for a human. Temptation treats are 2 cal per treat. The average cat should eat 30 cal per pound per day, so for an 8 pound cat that’s 240 cal. The wet food is 65...
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    Yeah he’s hiding his mischievous thoughts
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    I think you guys can find pictures of my babies in my profile or it may be one of the first posts of mine back in 2012
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    Im doing that with midnight trying to switch him from Fancy Feast chicken liver pate to Dr Elseys Clean Protein pate.
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    I havent had any luck with him and pate :(:( broth either ...still trying
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    I have 5 cameras I the house that is monitor on my phone...Tiggers been sleeping since I left for work at 10:20. It’s 3:40
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    Just ran in to a few other local little pet shops looking for good food...loaded up with cans and pouches... BUT ...I should not be throwing all this new food at my babies should I?? It will upset their stomachs :(. Although midnight eats severel variations with no problem and meemo eats darn...
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    I’m terrified of low blood sugar with Tigger while I’m gone...he’s on the lowest dose although I guess half a unit is actually a lower dose but I’m not changing anything without vet knowledge!!
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    I have tried the tiki with sardines and one with mackerel...lead balloons...I just don’t think my babies will ever go for their ancestral food from the wild...they are suburban Americanized junk food eaters, although I tried to find good dry food not like meow mix garbage :(. Once they’ve...
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    Just posted a loooong intro post to FDMB...... this is so hard...I pray everyone will take me in as I'm on my own, Vegas is a solitary, unfriendly place...I have NO ONE to help me I live alone have limited money and 6 cats who 5 of them are old or getting old .....and of course Tigger with...
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    I have tried the freeze dried treats before and went over like a lead balloon. I did buy Purebites chicken and also Shrimp, suprisingly two of my cats ate the shrimp but Tigger did not want any of it, not the Tiki Tuna flakes either. He is wondering why I'm putting all this new stuff under his...
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    How To Get My Cat To Eat Enough For Insulin?? Food/treat Issues

    Have to go to work now :( Will keep updated on my phone...thank you all SO much! This is my first real health crisis ever.... I will posit in diabetes forum tonight.
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