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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:36 pm 
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Hello all,

I am really hoping that someone can help or point us in the right direction. Or even tell us that we're being overly cautious and fussy ourselves :biggrin: Those who are squemish may not wish to read the entire post! Also this post is quite long, many apologies, but I wanted to put in as much salient information as I could.

Mum bought, from a local breeder in the UK, two bengals (sisters), Rosie and Poppy. One of them appeared to be the runt of the litter, she was very small and didn't appear to socialise with the other kittens much, we named her Rosie. When we visited them for the first time at the breeders, they were kept with mum in a very small shed in the garden as the lady was worried about having cats in the house :evil: To be honest when I saw the little one, I wondered whether she would make it.

Both kittens were on the thin side (or so it seemed to us, but we are used to burmese cats) but were assured by the breeder they were fine. A few months later, mum and the vet were tearing their hair out trying to cure their diarrhea which both had right from the start. I read online about TF (probably on this forum) and suggested that this might be the cause for their very loose stools. They were tested and they had TF. They were treated and the stools firmed up a bit, but are still quite the loose.

They are now just under two years old and still very thin (2.5 kgs roughly) to me they look almost emaciated! Rosie (the runt!) has always had a problem keeping her food down. All types of prescription food, both wet and dry have been tried and not really helped. She vomits most, but not all, days. The vet is at a loss to what is going on, Rosie's has been x-rayed and there is no obstruction. She's had blood tests done and doesn't have a temp or any kind of lump/bump/infection. The only thing wrong with her medically, is high cholesterol.

One thing that is odd about Rosie's vomitting is that before the food comes up, a lot of saliva/ transparent fluid is brought up. This fluid is not wattery, but quite stringy, almost rubbery! It's a very odd consistency and not one I've every come across.

If you're read this far, thank you :smile: Any advice/suggestions gratefully received. The whole family love Rosie and Poppy, but we cannot help but feel they are not thriving as well as they should/could be. The vet is not unhappy, but at 2.5 kgs, it does seem rather thin and Rosie's persistent vomitting is causing us concern. BTW she's not bringing up any grass/hair/foreign objects.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:01 am 
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My (possibly EG) cat has trouble with food, too.

If I give her food that is and seems like "real meat" (Soulistic, Weruva, BFF, etc.) then she's fine. Most anything else, even high-quality foods, if it's a pate style, she pukes. It's a near guarantee that if I give her a pate or chunk style food, she'll puke. It's GOT to be "actual meat". Like you open the can and it looks like it belongs in your own dinner - actual pieces of actual meat.

Further complicating things, she is ALWAYS hungry. However, if I give her an entire can of food at once, she eats too fast and - you guessed it - she pukes. She eats two whole cans of food per day, but it's split into four meals. First and second breakfast, and first and second dinner. Even just ten minutes between first and second dinner is enough; there's just got to be enough time for her to be forced to slow down and take a break between scarfing.

She has also had the prepared raw food produced by Nature's Variety Instinct (the chicken one), but she genuinely prefers the Soulistic cans, and I'm a little nervous/hesitant about considering an all raw diet, so Soulistic it is. I give her primarily the chicken, and one or two days a week she'll have fish.

For treats, she won't recognize ANYTHING that I've bought for her, not even the dried chicken or dried fish pieces. So instead, I boil chicken (picky little girl prefers breast meat) and chicken livers. She'll do just about anything for chicken liver.

Perhaps for your girl, just try reducing the amount of food, and increasing the frequency of feeding (split one meal into two, for example), and failing that, try an "actual meat" canned food. Just a hopeful thought.


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 12:50 pm 
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Thank you Beastlet :smile:

I'll suggest to mum that she tries feeding 4 times per day and I will order some Soulistic cat food for them to try out.

Fingers crossed that this will help her.

I'll see if I can order some Nature's Variety Instinct food too and give that a go.

Thank you so much for your recommendations, it would be great to fatten her up a bit and for her to not vomit anymore, it must be horrendous for her.

Glad you managed to get the diet ok for your little one and she's doing well :biggrin:


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:45 pm 
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Best of luck to you! I'll keep my fingers crossed that the smaller, more frequent meals will do the trick! If she's hungry, she eats too much too quickly and then vomits - thus not gaining weight and staying hungry, then eat too fast at the next meal. Vicious cycle! Small meals more often really might fix this; it sure did for my girl :)


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:19 pm 
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Hey, I was just wondering how your kittygirls were doing? Any improvement?


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:42 pm 
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Hello Beastlet :biggrin:

Thank you for thinking of little Rosie and Poppy. They are both doing much better now, and haven't been sick for a over a week! Early days, I know, but possibly the longest period Rosie's gone without being ill. Mum's also stopped giving either of them treats (ie the odd dab of butter or a few drops of cream) and sticking to good quality cat food mixed with cooked chicken/beef/fish.

Thank you for taking the time to reply to a newbie :smile:


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:29 pm 
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Oh, wonderful! So glad to hear this!


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