In December my FIV cat named Sam, woke up one day and was sick. He had a high fever and would not eat. We rushed him to the
veterinarian, and they put him in the hospital for ten days. Sam was given intravenous fluids, a shot of B12, antibiotics, and
appetite-inducing medication. Sam was very ill and at the time the
veterinarian did not know if it was due to FIV or something else.
We were told that Sam had renal failure and that his teeth needed to be removed due to feline stomatits but due to his infection he could not have his teeth removed because he lost too much weight.
View this youtube.com video to learn more about feline stomatits. We were told that this condition is common with cats that has FIV, feline immunodeficiency virus.
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After
10 days of hospital care, Sam came home and he was put on a renal
diet. Sam who loves to eat food, hated the new diet and refused to
eat it. We tried 3 different varieties of foods and each one was not
suitable for my junk food cat.
He liked Blue Buffalo Healthy Living
Chicken and Brown Rice cat food mixed with Purina Friskies Senior
Diet
Salmon
Dinner
in sauce pate canned
cat food. This food combination made my cat Sam sing.
So
when I had to take away his favorite food for a plant-based diet LP
by Royal Canin with very low
protein my kitty was not happy.
Sam would not eat and was losing weight. He could not have surgery to remove the teeth that were causing him to have pain. The veterinarian wanted Sam overweight because the aftercare of this particular surgery meant a feeding tube.
Sam would not eat and was losing weight. He could not have surgery to remove the teeth that were causing him to have pain. The veterinarian wanted Sam overweight because the aftercare of this particular surgery meant a feeding tube.
While
my veterinarian was researching for another food for Sam to try his
blood work came back and it showed that his kidneys returned to
normal function.
I am not sure why or how this occurred but know we are all very happy and Sam is ecstatic because he can go back to eating and loving his favorite foods.
I am not sure why or how this occurred but know we are all very happy and Sam is ecstatic because he can go back to eating and loving his favorite foods.
Presently Sam is putting on weight and next week I will take him in for a
veterinarian checkup to see if we can schedule him for surgery.
