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Jan. 21st, 2009 07:12 amWe took Galen in for his yearly checkup last week. The results were not good.
He's lost two pounds in the last 12 months. Since that's a 15% decline, it's a serious worry. Possibly related are recent bouts of vomiting - mostly food, sometimes bile. The food hasn't changed since he was a kitten (IAMS dry, MaxCat wet) although we did try changing brands to no effect. We took him off dry food entirely for a while, and that seemed to help. But he doesn't eat as much wet food alone.
The vet sold us some expensive "low-impact" dry food which is supposed to be the equivalent of Melba toast. Galen is willing to eat it, surprisingly (it has no corners) but he threw up three times yesterday.
The vet quizzed us about possible causes and didn't come up with anything obvious. We're going back in six weeks for a weigh-in, and if he's lost more weight we'll get blood tests and things.
Galen's only five+ years old. He's supposed to be in the prime of health, dammit.
He's lost two pounds in the last 12 months. Since that's a 15% decline, it's a serious worry. Possibly related are recent bouts of vomiting - mostly food, sometimes bile. The food hasn't changed since he was a kitten (IAMS dry, MaxCat wet) although we did try changing brands to no effect. We took him off dry food entirely for a while, and that seemed to help. But he doesn't eat as much wet food alone.
The vet sold us some expensive "low-impact" dry food which is supposed to be the equivalent of Melba toast. Galen is willing to eat it, surprisingly (it has no corners) but he threw up three times yesterday.
The vet quizzed us about possible causes and didn't come up with anything obvious. We're going back in six weeks for a weigh-in, and if he's lost more weight we'll get blood tests and things.
Galen's only five+ years old. He's supposed to be in the prime of health, dammit.
