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Our girl is over 21, the vet has determined that she has liver disease... Could be cancer, fatty liver etc, but at her age further investigation, including anaesthetic is too dangerous.
As a result we don't know what's 'really' wrong with her, bar nausea and loose bowel movements. These have reduced greatly since she's been receiving a 5 weekly steroid injection.. however this month it wore off a few days early...her nausea has been so bad we have been struggling to get her to eat more than a few teaspoons of wet food a day, the last few days...
Her weight also dropped from 2.7kg to 2.45kg in the last 5 weeks, even though we felt she had been eating better. We had tried her with some soft kitten meat, and when I mentioned this to the vet, they thought it was too high protein and might have contributed to weight loss.. which I though was a bit strange tbh.
She gets cat milk, roast chicken, salmon and occasional tuna, her main diet is soft meats with a few kibbles... She usually drinks well..
Is there any tips or advice that might help? We give her some nutrient paste each day too. I know she is old, and people often say 'oh but she's had a good life's etc, but it doesn't mean we don't want to try all we can [emoji]128522[/emoji]
I should add we do the standard warming of food, occasional slurry etc, also I'm UK based.
As a result we don't know what's 'really' wrong with her, bar nausea and loose bowel movements. These have reduced greatly since she's been receiving a 5 weekly steroid injection.. however this month it wore off a few days early...her nausea has been so bad we have been struggling to get her to eat more than a few teaspoons of wet food a day, the last few days...
Her weight also dropped from 2.7kg to 2.45kg in the last 5 weeks, even though we felt she had been eating better. We had tried her with some soft kitten meat, and when I mentioned this to the vet, they thought it was too high protein and might have contributed to weight loss.. which I though was a bit strange tbh.
She gets cat milk, roast chicken, salmon and occasional tuna, her main diet is soft meats with a few kibbles... She usually drinks well..
Is there any tips or advice that might help? We give her some nutrient paste each day too. I know she is old, and people often say 'oh but she's had a good life's etc, but it doesn't mean we don't want to try all we can [emoji]128522[/emoji]
I should add we do the standard warming of food, occasional slurry etc, also I'm UK based.
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