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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2004Can anyone advise ?
My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be drinking more water than before. Can anyone please give me some clue as to what might be the problem ? Thanks for any advice. >My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, >although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be >drinking more water than before. Can anyone please give me some clue >as to what might be the problem ? Thanks for any advice. There are several reasons, some of them quite serious. You need to take him to the vet ASAP but I'd personally be suspecting a kidney problem if he's suddenly drinking a lot of water.  Signature79.84% of all statistics are made up on the spot. The other 42% are made up later on. In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle. > >My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, > >although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > thats true, my cat Henri died of this disease but he ate less and less until I was trying to feed him off my finger, he'd been visiting the Vet of course but I finally had to make that dreaded descision, he was thirteen and a half, hope its not that all the Luck and purrs for his well-being Jean P. > 79.84% of all statistics are made up on the spot. > The other 42% are made up later on. > In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle. Please do the right thing and take the cat to the vet. > > >My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, > > >although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > The other 42% are made up later on. > > In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle. Loss of weight and drinking lots of water is also a sign of diabetes. Vetrinary help is needed here. Cheers, Vixen. > My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, > although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be > drinking more water than before. Can anyone please give me some clue > as to what might be the problem ? Thanks for any advice. > Loss of weight and drinking lots of water is also a sign of diabetes. > Vetrinary help is needed here. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > drinking more water than before. Can anyone please give me some clue > > as to what might be the problem ? Thanks for any advice. Kidney problems, diabetes, both possibilities and only a vet can diagnose this stuff. I would take him in ASAP. Good luck! Rolf. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/petvetcafe/ Try this group. Full of vets. Janet -- > My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, > although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be > drinking more water than before. Can anyone please give me some clue > as to what might be the problem ? Thanks for any advice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eyes Wide Open Registry & Forum http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3686 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EWO West Virginia Search Resources http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/3686/West_Virginia.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Owner, West_Virginia_Searching http://groups.yahoo.com/group/West_Virginia_Searching/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Janet Sousa ISO Miss Mary J Doss ISO Sibling DOB 1/12/1957 Huntington, Cabell, WV. janet.sousa@verizon.net sousa40@yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before you begin your search register with the ISRR http://www.isrr.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register with The Adoption Database Registry http://www.angelfire.com/hi4/adoptiondatabase/index.html Search The Adoption Database Registry https://www.quickbase.com/db/7c2gsmqv ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ::::CODE AMBER:::: http://www.codeamber.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hartz Products can be deadly to your pets > My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, > although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be > drinking more water than before. Can anyone please give me some clue > as to what might be the problem ? Thanks for any advice. >My twelve year old cat is suddenly looking much thinner than usual, >although he is eating his normal amount of Iams, also he seems to be >drinking more water than before. Can anyone please give me some clue >as to what might be the problem ? Thanks for any advice. Jasper has now seen Vet and been found to have diabetes. Thanks to everyone who helped. Londoner. |
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