It's been a pretty rough time for me as of late with the passing of my younger kitty, but also with the health of my senior cat, Mitaine. He is in late stage 3 CKD and has been loosing weight consistantly for the past 6 months. I saw the vet recently and his bloodwork looked stable for the most part (though there's possible signs of hyperthyroidism creeping in) from the previous visit, but he had lost 2 pounds. He's been on Semintra for 2-3 months also, and I thought his weight was starting to stabilize, but the sudden death of my 4 years old right before Christmas seems to have upset him in his eating habits. He will barely touch his therapeutic food, wet or dry, but he looks hungry and will beg for food. A few days ago I bought a few canes of Friskies knowing that he has a tooth for it as it is a treat he gets whenever I bring him with me to visit my parents (it's what they feed their cat), he will not accept any other food while in that house. Well, in just one day he ate 1 1/2 cane with voracity I had not seen in a long while, however I know Friskies is hardly appropriate for his illness, but at this point I don't know what's best/worst. That he loses weight insisting that he eats his therapeutic food which he won't have, or that he gains back some weight eating food that may cause his CKD to worsen... Any suggestions?
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