My 15 year old girl, Boogie Bear, has lost weight in the last year. Her diet hasn't changed nor has her activity level really that I've noticed. She had her annual check up at the end of January and had lost 2 pounds, down to only 9 pounds. I asked the vet do a senior blood panel. Everything came back in the normal range. The vet did say the liver numbers were slightly high, but still in the normal range. They said I could bring her back for another weigh in when I bring my 14 year old male in for his annual check up in September if she didn't 'eem to gain weight before then.
I thought maybe it was stress. I had a foster newborn girl kitten from mid October to early December that neither of them liked at all. Then a week before Christmas, I took in another young stray boy due to an injury that needed attention. That boy had come around in 2017 and disappeared for 2 years, but came back because he needed help. He's been inside with them since then. Boogie bear doesn't like him. The senior boy is still unsure of him, but not as mad as she is that he's here.
She hasn't gained any weight back and now it's actually noticeable. I'm looking for suggestions on how to fatten her up. The seniors current diet for wet food is the 2 Purina 11+ flavors, 2 flavors of Purina Pro Plan 7+. I also feed them Sheba and Nutro trays as treats some days. Their current dry food diet is a rotation of Iams ProActive Healthy Senior, Hill's Adult 7+ Youthful Vitality, and Nutro Wild Frontier Senior Open Valley. They've tried a lot of other foods over the years, but she is pretty picky about texture. Anything other than Pate formula is usually a no go for her. She did seem to like the Purina Beyond dry formula and some Solid Gold dry formulas that I bought trying to find foods the new boy would like. She also really wanted the RC Mother & Babycat food that I bought to transition the foster kitten from bottle feeding formula. I thought about getting more of that for her to eat just for a bit, but I'm really not sure what to do.
I thought maybe it was stress. I had a foster newborn girl kitten from mid October to early December that neither of them liked at all. Then a week before Christmas, I took in another young stray boy due to an injury that needed attention. That boy had come around in 2017 and disappeared for 2 years, but came back because he needed help. He's been inside with them since then. Boogie bear doesn't like him. The senior boy is still unsure of him, but not as mad as she is that he's here.
She hasn't gained any weight back and now it's actually noticeable. I'm looking for suggestions on how to fatten her up. The seniors current diet for wet food is the 2 Purina 11+ flavors, 2 flavors of Purina Pro Plan 7+. I also feed them Sheba and Nutro trays as treats some days. Their current dry food diet is a rotation of Iams ProActive Healthy Senior, Hill's Adult 7+ Youthful Vitality, and Nutro Wild Frontier Senior Open Valley. They've tried a lot of other foods over the years, but she is pretty picky about texture. Anything other than Pate formula is usually a no go for her. She did seem to like the Purina Beyond dry formula and some Solid Gold dry formulas that I bought trying to find foods the new boy would like. She also really wanted the RC Mother & Babycat food that I bought to transition the foster kitten from bottle feeding formula. I thought about getting more of that for her to eat just for a bit, but I'm really not sure what to do.