If anyone has recommendations for my concerns for my cat I would appreciate it.
Jasmine, my cat, has always been a lean cat. Lately, she's been looking exceptionally skinny. I'm hoping that maybe I can feed her something to help plump her up a bit. She only eats dry cat feed, she is currently on an indoor hairball formula food but it will soon be mixed with a senior cat food then the senior cat food. When she was young she would eat canned cat food, but after a couple years she stopped. I wondered about giving her some tuna canned cat food, I know she likes tuna because when I open a can of tuna for me I'll set the lid and can down and she'll lick it dry, so my hope is if it's tuna she'd eat it. My mom wondered about giving her 3 or 4 cat treats a day to help plump her. If I can't get her to fill out some I will most likely take her to the vet to make sure she's healthy.
Second concern I have is that I've noticed her fur not being as soft as I remember, but what really worries me is that she's pulling on her fur a lot. While grooming she'll pull out large tuffs of fur from her back, and she or I will try to pull the large tuff off her tongue, but I still know that some of that fur ball is going in and can't be good for her. I try to brush her as much as possible, but she still pulls. How can I help her stop pulling, prevent shedding so bad, just help her in general?
Possibly useful info about Jazz and I for either problem:
Jasmine is 11 years old, long hair. Indoor cat, never goes outside. No other indoor pets, and no small children. On an indoor hairball formula food, will soon start mixing senior cat food in then will go onto the senior cat food completely. Her shampoo is to help prevent hairballs, this is a new shampoo used once thus far, and concerns started before using this shampoo.
I have been away at college last few years and home only at major breaks (Winter, Spring, Summer, etc) so we haven't seen much of each other. In the same home she's grown up in, no other pets, only kids is my niece and nephew (9 &11) over on occasion.
If anyone has any questions, or suggestions to help, I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise I will probably take her to the vet for a advise.
Jasmine, my cat, has always been a lean cat. Lately, she's been looking exceptionally skinny. I'm hoping that maybe I can feed her something to help plump her up a bit. She only eats dry cat feed, she is currently on an indoor hairball formula food but it will soon be mixed with a senior cat food then the senior cat food. When she was young she would eat canned cat food, but after a couple years she stopped. I wondered about giving her some tuna canned cat food, I know she likes tuna because when I open a can of tuna for me I'll set the lid and can down and she'll lick it dry, so my hope is if it's tuna she'd eat it. My mom wondered about giving her 3 or 4 cat treats a day to help plump her. If I can't get her to fill out some I will most likely take her to the vet to make sure she's healthy.
Second concern I have is that I've noticed her fur not being as soft as I remember, but what really worries me is that she's pulling on her fur a lot. While grooming she'll pull out large tuffs of fur from her back, and she or I will try to pull the large tuff off her tongue, but I still know that some of that fur ball is going in and can't be good for her. I try to brush her as much as possible, but she still pulls. How can I help her stop pulling, prevent shedding so bad, just help her in general?
Possibly useful info about Jazz and I for either problem:
Jasmine is 11 years old, long hair. Indoor cat, never goes outside. No other indoor pets, and no small children. On an indoor hairball formula food, will soon start mixing senior cat food in then will go onto the senior cat food completely. Her shampoo is to help prevent hairballs, this is a new shampoo used once thus far, and concerns started before using this shampoo.
I have been away at college last few years and home only at major breaks (Winter, Spring, Summer, etc) so we haven't seen much of each other. In the same home she's grown up in, no other pets, only kids is my niece and nephew (9 &11) over on occasion.
If anyone has any questions, or suggestions to help, I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise I will probably take her to the vet for a advise.