state of the cat

[rm]

Okay so now after going to two different vets (the second of which I actually like) and spending about $800 the situation with Little is as follows:

- infected/impacted anal gland thing being dealt with with Clavamox.
- apparent kidney disease from first visit non-existent.
- slow-growing carcinoma on her face that's not really worth worrying about but can be removed as a secondary issue should she need anesthesia for different reasons.
- some sort of mystery pancreatic problem that isn't urgent and may be related to her weight.
- oddly healthy teeth for her age.
- diet plan! (she's 18.4 lbs!!!!)
- return check in 2 months.

Comments

[gement.livejournal.com]

Thanks for mentioning this. While Science Diet is better than grocery store kibble, there's a lot of evidence out there for "Stop feeding pure carnivores grain-based food!" Diet foods in particular tend to swap out fat for more carbs, which can actually make it worse; they you're just feeding smaller and smaller amounts of the wrong building blocks.

In short, yay wet food.

[wyrdwriter.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY! The Eukanuba and CORE have much fewer "fillers" thus the lower carbs. I always mention them because I have some cats that will NOT eat canned. We tried the felidae during the wheat gluton affair, but none of the cats would eat it. NONE!