JustKia
Fish Herder
I've got two "adorable" balls of fur.
Brother/sister litter mate cats. A ginger/white male called Spice, a black/white female called Smudge. They are moggies but the father (sire?) was a choc point siamese.
About 6 1/2 years old now. Both neutered/spayed at 6 months.
Problem is over the past 2-3 months Spice seems to be constantly hungry. Hungry as in "it's 2am and I'm hungry FEED ME NOW". Hungry as in "yeah, so breakfast was like an hour ago FEED ME NOW". Not just wanting food but gobbling up even the flavours he doesn't really like.
He's always been the skinnier of the two - I'm afraid Smudge is a little overweight and none too fond of exercise.
Other than this constant state of hunger he seems perfectly normal.
My first thought was worms, but they are wormed regular anyway and I just gave them a Drontal XL tablet a couple of weeks ago.
Oddly enough even though he's eating more (probably almost double) what he was eating 6 months ago, he isn't getting fat. Then again he is quite active.
They are mostly indoor cats, who go out if the weather is warm enough for me to leave the windows open for them.
I don't use a regular anti flea treatment (ie not every 6 weeks - I use spot on twice a year), but do groom regular and (touch wood) have only had fleas on them once in the past 5 years - and I swear that was from the upstairs neighbour
I do watch out for fleas as Smudge is allergic to them - poor lass (I literally had to shave her when she had them).
My next thought was diabetes? But he doesn't drink more than usual. In fact he drinks very little at all. I can't say that there is any change in how much he drinks.
Now, they are a little spoilt and are a bit picky about what food they will eat.
They have Whiska's complete kibble down all the time and have a "catit" fountain for water.
Until recently they got 1 pouch split between them morning and another pouch between them in the evening, plus tid-bits from our leftovers, etc.
But now, I'm getting demands for food at least 4 times a day.
So, any suggestions as to why Spice is suddenly starving constantly?
Brother/sister litter mate cats. A ginger/white male called Spice, a black/white female called Smudge. They are moggies but the father (sire?) was a choc point siamese.
About 6 1/2 years old now. Both neutered/spayed at 6 months.
Problem is over the past 2-3 months Spice seems to be constantly hungry. Hungry as in "it's 2am and I'm hungry FEED ME NOW". Hungry as in "yeah, so breakfast was like an hour ago FEED ME NOW". Not just wanting food but gobbling up even the flavours he doesn't really like.
He's always been the skinnier of the two - I'm afraid Smudge is a little overweight and none too fond of exercise.
Other than this constant state of hunger he seems perfectly normal.
My first thought was worms, but they are wormed regular anyway and I just gave them a Drontal XL tablet a couple of weeks ago.
Oddly enough even though he's eating more (probably almost double) what he was eating 6 months ago, he isn't getting fat. Then again he is quite active.
They are mostly indoor cats, who go out if the weather is warm enough for me to leave the windows open for them.
I don't use a regular anti flea treatment (ie not every 6 weeks - I use spot on twice a year), but do groom regular and (touch wood) have only had fleas on them once in the past 5 years - and I swear that was from the upstairs neighbour
I do watch out for fleas as Smudge is allergic to them - poor lass (I literally had to shave her when she had them).
My next thought was diabetes? But he doesn't drink more than usual. In fact he drinks very little at all. I can't say that there is any change in how much he drinks.
Now, they are a little spoilt and are a bit picky about what food they will eat.
They have Whiska's complete kibble down all the time and have a "catit" fountain for water.
Until recently they got 1 pouch split between them morning and another pouch between them in the evening, plus tid-bits from our leftovers, etc.
But now, I'm getting demands for food at least 4 times a day.
So, any suggestions as to why Spice is suddenly starving constantly?
