Hello -
San Diego, CA.
I have a Marbled Bengal that I actually got through craigslist. I wasn't looking for anything in particular - just browsing through the Pet posts when I saw someone giving away a Bengal because they were moving. It was a short post - straight to the point - about them just giving it away. So I met them at Mission Valley - and sure enough... 10 minutes later "Cairo" as I call him - was on his way to his new home. He's really healthy, chipped, super vocal and unfortunately his front claws have been removed...
Anyway - the main reason I came here is because I have a question about his health. I've given him his checkups and ran him through all sorts of tests - and he passed them all. He's a healthy Bengal through and through. The problem is - in the last 2 years he's lost 10 pounds for no apparent reason. No one can figure out why because he has seemingly ZERO health problems. He's always been skinny though and never really gains any weight. I feed him Blue Rhino dry foods as well as any table scraps he'll eat (which is just about anything. He has a voracious appetite). I do know he's chewed on some of my Philodendren leaves from time to time but - he actually hasn't done that in a long time so maybe he's learned his lesson finally.
I've never fed him raw foods - I actually read somewhere switching him over from his normal diet of dry foods to raw foods is a bad thing if he's never actually eaten that type of food. I have bought the raw pellets that come in the bag that you let thaw out and then feed - but he never really an interest in that...
Any ideas as to why he has such a hard time putting on weight even though nothing seems to be wrong with him at all? Maybe something I can try?
Thanks!