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My 18.5 yr old Bengal has CRF and probably IBD and recently was diagnosed with high blood pressure. He has slowly lost weight since being diagnosed with kidney disease a couple of years ago. He gradually weight over the years but in the last 6 months as his kidneys got worse he has lost more. I search for ways to try and put some weight back on him but so far nothing is working.
My heart sank yesterday when I realized that I probably haven't been feeding Jengo enough calories. I was reading a website with information on how to put weight on a thin cat. There was a calculation box to enter current weight, body condition, age, etc. The response was to reach his ideal weight he should be eating 317 kcals per day!! Yikes!!
When he was first diagnosed with kidney disease and had lost some weight, I checked the labels of the cat canned food to determine how many kcals to feed him. The suggestions ranged from 200 to 220 kcals when he was 9#. Of course now that his is down to 8.1# that number is even lower than 200. He did maintain his weight for over a year on this plan but since he has steadily lost weight the last six months I probably should have been feeding him more but he doesn't eat much and I have to syringe feed him a couple of times a day.
Now I'm on another guilt trip. Have I been starving him??? Is 317 really the right figure? I don't think I could get that much extra food in his thin body now.
My heart sank yesterday when I realized that I probably haven't been feeding Jengo enough calories. I was reading a website with information on how to put weight on a thin cat. There was a calculation box to enter current weight, body condition, age, etc. The response was to reach his ideal weight he should be eating 317 kcals per day!! Yikes!!
When he was first diagnosed with kidney disease and had lost some weight, I checked the labels of the cat canned food to determine how many kcals to feed him. The suggestions ranged from 200 to 220 kcals when he was 9#. Of course now that his is down to 8.1# that number is even lower than 200. He did maintain his weight for over a year on this plan but since he has steadily lost weight the last six months I probably should have been feeding him more but he doesn't eat much and I have to syringe feed him a couple of times a day.
Now I'm on another guilt trip. Have I been starving him??? Is 317 really the right figure? I don't think I could get that much extra food in his thin body now.