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I've got a very hungry girl. She's been fussy too, crying and telling me she wants something but not leading me to anything.
Started buying the large homebrand tins of tuna to give big extra helpings (between the two fancy cat food meals used to deliver meds) and am trying to arrange a lift to get her back to the vet. I'm a bit worried that her thyroid issue has returned after radiation.
I have my fingers crossed that it's just her teeth and she's sooking because she's hungry from being unable to biscuit. That is potentially more expensive than repeating the radiation treatment (it depends on what needs to be done) but I really don't want to put her in hospital for a week and be unable to cuddle for another. Again. Plus thyroid issues really affect health
Edit: I've also been occasionally giving her meloxicam to see if pain is the issue, like you'd use children's panadol for a kid. It could be her arthritis acting up or her bladder is inflamed (unfortunately when that happens it's stress induced not bacterial so antibiotics wouldn't help)
The homebrand human tuna? I found that mishing it up with a fork so it's like shredded sandwich tuna works a treat. (Springwater for our boi, he's of mixed opinions on oil) Much easier on the teefies, and gets a lot of water into them
Yeah, I smush it into a tuna juice slurry