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diabeticman

(3,121 posts)
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 06:15 PM Feb 2014

UPDATE Brody the Cat.

I wish I can say it is all good news. My wife and I are concerned. Brody is only eating soft food. He has tried eating hard cat food but it makes him throw up. We give him a full can of cat food 3 times a day. (3 cans of soft food daily) He is eating 90% of each can we are giving him but his looks like he is losing more weight. We have a few of the antibiotic pills left to give him and each time we give it to him he is choking on the pill.

We have been trying to reach the vet but due to her office being remodel we have not reached her. We have left messages.

Now Brody is more active than he was when he first got back from the surgery (even before). He is play with our other two cats more than before all of this began. He is running around and being active.


We didn't have the money to get the tumor biopsied. We figured if another tumor appeared we would worry about cancer but we are concerned about his lack of mass despite the increase in feeding.

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UPDATE Brody the Cat. (Original Post) diabeticman Feb 2014 OP
Canned food is better for him anyway. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #1
thanks diabeticman Feb 2014 #2
How long ago was the surgery? joeybee12 Feb 2014 #3
Feb 4th diabeticman Feb 2014 #4
How old is Brody...if he's a senior, then that joeybee12 Feb 2014 #5
10 years old diabeticman Feb 2014 #6
Sending Brody healing vibes warrior1 Feb 2014 #7
Thank you diabeticman Feb 2014 #8
A prayer for Brody to get well. 840high Feb 2014 #9
Thank you diabeticman Feb 2014 #10
positive light for Brody irisblue Feb 2014 #11
Thank you diabeticman Feb 2014 #12

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,270 posts)
1. Canned food is better for him anyway.
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 06:58 PM
Feb 2014

Dry food has a lot of fillers and less nutrition and moisture - cats need moisture in their food because they often don't drink enough water. If he's eating the canned food that's a good thing, and it's also good that he seems to have more energy, but I'd keep trying to reach the vet to follow up.

Brody

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
3. How long ago was the surgery?
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 07:33 PM
Feb 2014

If only a short while, the weight loss might not be a bad thing necessarily, although it is really good that he eats well...I had three of my kittens spayed at the same time in September, Blue's stomach was upset fora few days after and would throw up...some cats just react different from the anesthesia and take longer to get over it.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
5. How old is Brody...if he's a senior, then that
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 07:47 PM
Feb 2014

still doesn't seem like that long for him to recover...it's like with people, takes what seems like a long time...hopefully that's all it is...keep us updated when you get ahold of the vet!

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