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    Willa might gain weight more slowly than she lost it. I am glad her blood work was good and that she is eating.

    There is a recovery type of cat food that has more of everything in it - you could ask your vet about it. Maybe kitten food also.

    It's all good news so far. Willa, you need to get a tad chubbier yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
    Willa might gain weight more slowly than she lost it. I am glad her blood work was good and that she is eating.

    There is a recovery type of cat food that has more of everything in it - you could ask your vet about it. Maybe kitten food also.

    It's all good news so far. Willa, you need to get a tad chubbier yet.
    Thank you, Candace. I think I know what food you are talking about: We have the Hill's Science Diet version, a/d, the "a" standing for anorexic. I might try it, also because as of yesterday, her appetite has gone down again. Funny that you mention kitten food, I got her some today.
    Her appetite is such a rollercoaster, and right now my quality of life is worse than hers because it is just so stressful to make sure she gets all her meds and is eating enough.
    I would gladly give her some of my weight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cats4ever View Post
    Thank you, Candace. I think I know what food you are talking about: We have the Hill's Science Diet version, a/d, the "a" standing for anorexic. I might try it, also because as of yesterday, her appetite has gone down again. Funny that you mention kitten food, I got her some today.
    Her appetite is such a rollercoaster, and right now my quality of life is worse than hers because it is just so stressful to make sure she gets all her meds and is eating enough.
    I would gladly give her some of my weight.
    I really empathize with you. Cole gets chemo (Palladia) every other day, generics of pepcid and benadryl morning and evening, and two insulin shots a day. And I add Transfer Factor Plus to his evening meal.

    When I was first getting used to the additional medications I did get overwhelmed at times. Cole is doing really well, so that helps. It must be so discouraging when Willa takes a step back.

    What a vet receptionist told me after Cole's initial diagnosis: "Just love him."

    Still thinking Willa could make a turnaround. Is she getting any Prednisone? As you know that can help shrink any tumours and increase her appetite.

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    I just remembered... there's a Royal Canin dry food "Sensitive" that Fister loved. Perhaps you could entice her to eat some of that. I searched online to find it again, but there seem to be different bags of it. The one Fister liked came in a bag with yellow on it.

    See if you can get some samples of different foods from the vet.

    Sending more good wishes, love and comfort to your little girl - and to you.
    Last edited by Randi; 07-09-2017 at 02:10 PM. Reason: Wrong name of food - corrected now. ;)



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    Thank you, Randi and Candace.
    At this point I have this eclectic collection of all kinds of foods, even Friskies, which I normally would not feed to my kitties, but hey, at this point, Willa can have anything she wants as long as she wants it.
    Yes, she is on Prednisone as well. She has been on it for years, mainly because of her digestive problems, but also for previous asthma episodes.
    She ate really well last night (it was the kittenfood with all her meds in it, including appetite stimulant), so she's been asking for food all day (hooray!).
    How will you be able to tell that Transfer Factor Plus is working?
    Willa is sending purrs to to everybody, and headbumpies to Cole.

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    YAY WILLA!
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    I hope Willa is still doing well.
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    Yes, she is doing fairly well. She is getting her appetite stimulant every day now, instead of every other day, to make sure she eats ok. The other day, she even chased the laser pointer.
    Thanks, Candace, for checking on the old lady.

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