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Hello, our vet office is closed today so I wanted to ask here in hopes I can get some reassurance or some understanding.
My sweet cat is 11 months old and just had his neuter surgery about 2 weeks ago. In his pre-surgery checkup, he was 8.8lbs. On the 10-day followup appointment, he was only 8.08 pounds.
The vet mistook it as still saying 8.8. I pointed it out to the vet, but he didn't care or didn't understand, because he wrote down 8.8 in his chart after laughing and saying "yep, 8.8!"
I weighed him at home after, and he was 8 lbs, so I dont think I misread the number.
This loss of nearly a pound worries me- that's over 10% of his body weight and he was a slender boy to begin with!
I've heard rapid weight loss in cats is very dangerous to their liver, so I wanted to be sure he is ok.
He has also thrown up 3 times last week after breakfast, but I think it's because I fed him breakfast too early after his 3am witching hour snack. I started taking the bowl up at 5am with a 2-3 hr break between meals and he hasn't thrown up since, but wanted to mention as he is a slow eater and isn't very food motivated.
Overall I feel dismissed by our vet, and I want to know if I need to take him to get a second opinion, or if the matter is urgent and requires immediate care.
When I look online, all I ever see are articles about weight gain, not loss!
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