Weight loss concerns from vet?
Hi friends, I just want some thoughts on this…
We have had our FIV baby for over a year now. He was a street cat for over 7 years. When the shelter got him, he weighed only 5 pounds and when we got him, he was about 7.5 pounds ☹️ After getting him home, he would scarf down ALL of his food and he had GI issues. It was just a lot. Coupling that, we had trouble finding a vet that was familiar with FIV cats in our area. We finally found them and he began to gain some weight. At our last vet visit a year ago, he weighed about 10 pounds. Over the past year, we have switched his diet and he now eats N&D Cod, Shrimp, and Pumpkin and Blue Buffalo Alligator (our other cat has FLUTD and this has no poultry in it). He has been doing super well on this diet and GI issues have subsided. Today at the vet, he weighed 9 lbs and she is concerned… I wasn’t too concerned with it because he now grazes his dry food throughout the day, doesn’t scarf down his food, and we give them their wet food around supper time. He seems to know he is safe and doesn’t have to worry about there not being any food in his bowl.
She wants a weight recheck in 2 months to see if he gains weight and wants us to increase his wet food diet. I am a little surprised by her concern. Am I delusional? Should I be concerned with this? He has really transformed this past year since we brought him home. I just chopped up the possible weight loss to him finally feeling safe and not feeling like he has to eat everything in sight. Has anyone else had a similar experience with their FIV baby?