High calorie cat food?

maskerade

Can anyone recommend a high calorie cat food? Our older cat has shed a lot of weight and this is being investigated by the vet but in the mean time she needs feeding up.

Thank you :beer:

krlyr

I would be careful and get advice of the vet. Last thing you want to do is put too much strain on, for example, struggling kidneys.

maskerade

They've ruled out the kidneys. They think it's a thyroid problem atm but she's going for more blood tests soon. In the mean time we've just been advised to feed her up to try and put some weight on her because she's skeletal

krlyr

That's good news, at least. Maybe a high calorie supplement paste would help? Means the cat doesn't have to increase its consumption. Something like this - http://www.petmeds.co.uk/p-3648-nurish-um-cat-paste.aspx?=googleshopping&CAWELAID=448552664

birduk

The one thing I would worry about is the wording on the description...

Nurish-UM Cat Paste

Nurish-UM Cat is a high calorie, tasty and nutritional supplement providing a range of essential vitamins and minerals for your dog. :T

krlyr

birduk wrote: »

The one thing I would worry about is the wording on the description...

Nurish-UM Cat Paste

Nurish-UM Cat is a high calorie, tasty and nutritional supplement providing a range of essential vitamins and minerals for your dog. :T

Whoops, looks like someone got lazy and copy/pasted from the dog version! Here's the manufacturer's page, definately says cat on hhere :rotfl:
http://www.markandchappell.com/global/cat-kitten/nutritional-support/nurish-um-cat-paste.html

maskerade

That sounds perfect thank you.

She does love the dogs' Chappie but they're enormous and she's tiny so she never manages to steal much of it!

pinkcandyflossprincess

I got my cat off a lady which was near death...she weighed 1.2 kgs:mad::( the vet prescribed the a/d food for cats. its a soft pate but it can be diluted into a soup too if you wish. it did help build up my kitty immensley and apperently its very tasty for cats (sadly she has PKD so weight will allways be an issue)

tinksy

Our vet has advised us to try our skinny mog on kitten food as he has lost a kilo in the last 6 months. We are hoping its down to stress (recent house move) over dominant brother and the fact he has no teeth and recurrent gingervitus.

He is currently highly confused as I keep making him get up and eat every few hours!

Mrs_Z

Isn't kitten food higher in calories in general? Maybe you could try that as a temporary measure until the blood tests have come back. I'm no expert but I can't imagine it'd do any harm, specially if she does not have problems with her kidneys. Maybe give her any fatty trimmings from your meat?

blossomhill_2

If you want her to put on some fat rather than muscle, try giving her a combi of fat + carbs - same as in humans it will increase her fat levels - eg give her cooked rice soaked in the liquid fat from your own lamb chops.

Like a bird fat ball which is grain (carb) + fat (or a human bad diet = fatty burger + carby bun or fatty gravy + yorkshire pudding LOL) this will help her store fat

If she needs muscle, give her high protein

I have been doing this over the last week or two with my skinny girl who the vet says has no underlying cause other than old age, and the difference is remarkable, and she is definietly warmer for having fat stores now
HTH