Some background, for those who didn't see my other recent threads.
My Radar had middle ear surgery, must be nearly 8 weeks ago now - he stopped eating afterwards and was on a feeding tube (e-tube in the US, or o-tube in the UK) for a few weeks.
During the initial ill health surrounding surgery and post-surgical anorexia and other complications, he lost around 800g (about 1.7 lbs), a significant amount of weight.
We were tube-feeding him for a while, he never developed hepatic lipidosis or other organ problems. He started eating again once he'd healed up, and when he'd been eating a decent amount without top ups via the tube for around 10 days, we had the feeding tube removed.
Now my question is - if cats can have health issues from losing weight rapidly, can they get bad problems from gaining weight too rapidly?
He still needs to gain quite a bit of weight. He currently weighs 3kg (6.7lbs) - he's quite a small cat, his target weight is about 3.6kg (just under 8lbs), and his food intake the last few days has been very high. I want him to gain weight, and have been putting food down multiple times a day - but never thought to ask before now whether there was any danger in regaining that lost weight too fast!
My Radar had middle ear surgery, must be nearly 8 weeks ago now - he stopped eating afterwards and was on a feeding tube (e-tube in the US, or o-tube in the UK) for a few weeks.
During the initial ill health surrounding surgery and post-surgical anorexia and other complications, he lost around 800g (about 1.7 lbs), a significant amount of weight.
We were tube-feeding him for a while, he never developed hepatic lipidosis or other organ problems. He started eating again once he'd healed up, and when he'd been eating a decent amount without top ups via the tube for around 10 days, we had the feeding tube removed.
Now my question is - if cats can have health issues from losing weight rapidly, can they get bad problems from gaining weight too rapidly?
He still needs to gain quite a bit of weight. He currently weighs 3kg (6.7lbs) - he's quite a small cat, his target weight is about 3.6kg (just under 8lbs), and his food intake the last few days has been very high. I want him to gain weight, and have been putting food down multiple times a day - but never thought to ask before now whether there was any danger in regaining that lost weight too fast!