First, I am seeing a vet about this. Just trying to get some other thoughts.

My Rana-cat has always been small... I think her heaviest weight was 6 pounds, 4 ounces. But she's always been in really great shape... very athletic, the kind of cat that vets love to point out as what a healthy cat should look and feel like. Back in March, when we went to the vet she weighed 5.5 pounds. Which is a large enough change that my vet was concerned. So we did blood work, which all came back in normal limits, although the red cells were on the low side. And her body condition was good, so the vet just chalked it up to something to keep an eye on.

Well, I have moved since then. And I felt something was off. So, found a vet out here, and just found out that she's lost another half pound in the last two months. Her teeth seem fine. She's eating the same as always, no bathroom problems that I can see. She's lost some muscle tone, and is being lazier than normal. We're running the blood work again and seeing if anything shows up different this time. But I won't have the results until Monday, so I'm wondering what avenues I should be considering. And she isn't acting hungry...there is food left at the end of the day, so it's not just a case of feeding her more.

She is 10 or 11, so it could just be age catching up with her. She has a heart murmur (ideopathic mitral valve regurgitation) which has been untreated, since it seems to be pretty stable. Her kidneys seem small for her size, but there has never been a problem before because of that. But it could be the start of kidney failure. Could be thyroid problems. Anything else?

froggy7

That doesn't have gravy, so she'll just ignore it entirely.

And you have to understand.. I tend to be a hypervigilant person when it comes to my pets. I do have some background in physiology (human, though). And my vets have come out and said that because I do know what I am talking about, they pay more attention when I say "something's just not right". Most people would look at Rana-cat and say that there is nothing wrong with her.

We'll see if these changes put some meat back on her.

morgaine300

That's the way to be. :-) From working with lots of sick cats, I've come to pay attention to the little details. It's definitely better to be this way, cause you'll more likely catch one of those things early that catch most people off guard. (Like getting blood work, which most people don't do.)