Inexplicable Weight Loss

If we note that the spine is prominent and that the bones haunches stick out, is necessary to worry about the cat's health. The face can seem to be more angulate and the eyes are seen sunken and bulging. Sometimes, in a cat with a medical problem, the paunch increases of volume because of the retention liquid or to an internal tumor; the animal weight can go on being the same one, though his state damage and slimming .

If there is a loss of weight without apparent explanation, the veterinarian has to study her thoroughly. One of the first things that he must analyze is if there are intestinal parasites, and it is useful that you can take him a sample of dregs. The veterinarian will make a complete review to the cat, including a mouth examination. A dental illness that produces aches or sores in the gums is a frequent malnutrition cause, above all, in the old cats. There are infectious illnesses, as the same as feline, flu or leukemia that tend to put off the appetite, that the chronic aches or the chronic diseases of the heart, the kidneys or the liver ailments. The loss of weight can be also one of the essential first symptoms that is forming a tumor that is absorbing the nurturing essential products.

Though the cat loses weight, he can be eating more than the usual. In this case, the veterinarian will look for a series of illnesses that disturb the digestion and food absorption (See "increasing of the appetite") as the illnesses of the metabolism as the diabetes or hyperthyroidism (See "Increase of thirst").

P/ R My cat Serafina passes all the summer out of house and is a very good hunter; hunting mice and she eat them. However, she seems to slim between June and September Do you believe that it is normal?

Did you think that Serafina looks thinner because she has lost the thick winter hair? Also is probable that she does not take any of her food at house, because she prefers being out. Though she hunts more, she obtains less calories of the mice that she hunts and that she eats, apart from the fact that the hunt consumes a lot of energy. They are seasonal and normal changes of weight and I do not believe that you have to worry.

Bart, my neutered cat 6-year-old, seems to be slimming. He seems to be a bit depressed and not always he returns to eat. This has begun after we were changing of house Is there some relation?

It could be: loss of appetite is a frequent symptom of nervousness and it is probable that Bart is confused in a new and strange environment. Dedicate him more time and more á tenderness of the habitual thing, but do that the veterinarian review him, if there was some secret problem.

MY cat of 14 years, Lucky, is visibly thinner: it's obvious the backbone and the bones of the haunches. Also he has become bad-tempered and hyperactive. Is it a thing of age?

It seems that Lucky could has a tumor of thyroid, which is frequent in the old cats. As consequence, he is producing excess of thyroid hormones. This accelerates the metabolism and does that he slims, in spite of the fact that he eats more. The restlessness and the evil character are frequent symptoms. It is possible that he has also more thirst, a more rapid cardiac pace and a dry and tarnished hair. This disease can treat successfully with medication or surgically.