09-02-2010, 06:44 PM
(09-01-2010 04:10 PM)sunnybubble Wrote: [ -> ]My kitten, Bobo, just turned 4 month old today. I took him to the vet to get his last 3 in 1 shot and their weighed him at 1 pound and 11 ounces. Now... I've been doing a lot of reading of this forum and this number just doesn't seem right...
Soleste was a delicate small boned Ragdolly (but long, does that makes sense) and very sick with bloody diarrhea that just would clear up, and wouldn't show parasites or anything test after test after test etc. Very thin at 2-3 pounds at 3 months. We knew that if we could keep her eating as much as possible, putting on weight and growing, that would give her the best shot. She also kept losing weight and was so fragile I thought I'd break her by just holding her. We knew her weight wasn't right.
In the worst of times I dropper fed her home made liquified chicken and rice, based on the vet's recipe. I gave her nutritional supplements. It was as though her body couldn't process fats, as anything high fat content would make her throw up.
Being under 1 year, there are the growth spurts to contend with; she'd get feverish, and her stools were the worst. We kept at it. But we noticed how much longer she'd get, but so thin too, and paradoxically loose weight! So we'd beef up the food. She hated to eat. She'd sniff at her food once, taste then walk off. And not come back! Because eating made her go runny "dire-rear". We kept food plates for her ALL over the house. In her closet, in the bedroom, in the hallway, in the kitchen, under the bed even. We began to remove them when she started putting on weight. It was onerous to keep track of, keep fresh, take them up, put new down. Round the clock.
At 1 year she made it to 9 pounds.
I wish you the best of luck, it isn't easy, many are the times I thought her downslides were the end of it. Been a heck of a year for us, but we know we are over the hump. We nursed that baby like a NICU preemie!