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Post by chantel on Aug 15, 2014 12:03:23 GMT
Well i am a little worried about Sindy at the moment,her teeth are not too good although when i took her for her boosters the vet was not that concerned.But the other night i noticed a bubble like lump on the left side of her lower lip,i have compared it with the other side and their is a bubble their but the lft side looks much more swollen,so i have been really stressing about it this week. I want to get her checked out as we go on our hols in 3 weeks time and Sindy will be in the cattery so i thought i would take her to the vets tomorrow to get her checked over. The other thing is she dosen't seem to be loosing any weight even though i swopped her food to light from senior,but she is 10 now and not really active,and she is constantly wanting food even though she has been fed,but not sure if that is to do with changing her diet to light. so to put my mind at rest i thought i would just get her checked over especially with her going into the cattery. i'm just feeling really worried about her even though my hubby thinks i maybe over reacting.
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Post by tonib on Aug 15, 2014 12:31:46 GMT
Hope Sindy is given a clean bill of health but like you I would have taken ours to the vet in the same position. As to the constantly wanting food it could well be the change over, it took quite a while for our Penny to settle to a diet regime. If the light doesn't work too well then the Hill's R/D or their Metabolic worked for us. We mainly used the R/D for weight loss but then they brought out the Metabolic & it certainly worked for maintenance/diet although we now use JWB Senior & watch what she eats very carefully as she'll happily eat anything she likes with no thought to her waistline! There's no reason why a 10 year old can't be active, do you think she might be starting arthritis & hence is more idle. Have you seen any signs of not wanting to jump up or being more careful about it? Penny's started around 10/11 & she became overweight (to the tune of 1Kg) when she was around 9/10 & this has contributed to the arthritis. She was eating the others food while we were at work & also being less active so the weight crept on.
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Post by chantel on Aug 15, 2014 15:51:53 GMT
Hope Sindy is given a clean bill of health but like you I would have taken ours to the vet in the same position. As to the constantly wanting food it could well be the change over, it took quite a while for our Penny to settle to a diet regime. If the light doesn't work too well then the Hill's R/D or their Metabolic worked for us. We mainly used the R/D for weight loss but then they brought out the Metabolic & it certainly worked for maintenance/diet although we now use JWB Senior & watch what she eats very carefully as she'll happily eat anything she likes with no thought to her waistline! There's no reason why a 10 year old can't be active, do you think she might be starting arthritis & hence is more idle. Have you seen any signs of not wanting to jump up or being more careful about it? Penny's started around 10/11 & she became overweight (to the tune of 1Kg) when she was around 9/10 & this has contributed to the arthritis. She was eating the others food while we were at work & also being less active so the weight crept on.
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Post by chantel on Aug 15, 2014 16:00:32 GMT
Thanks for your reply Tonib, i think she is just really lazy, she has never really been that active although i do try and play with her for 10 minutes or so when riley goes for his walk with his Dad. The main problem is that she won't come and sit with me when we are in the lounge like she did before we got riley. She isn't scared of him but she just tends to stay out of his way, she did the same thing with my late dogs she just isn't really that sociable. Mymain concern is that her teeth are not that great but they were not that brilliant when we got her from the rescue, so i think she may have to have a few out.and the other thing was i was wondering if she might have diabetes/i may be just woirring for nothing but i will feel better once she has been checked over.
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Post by lotsofcats on Aug 15, 2014 17:08:17 GMT
I hope that Sindy is okay. Like you say, you will feel better when she has been checked over by the vet - better safe than sorry.
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Post by zahada on Aug 15, 2014 17:30:40 GMT
Hopefully Sindy's problem will turn out to be a minor one. If she's always demanding food, I would take advantage of that. I'd make her work for her food. Either by putting her food into a toy www.kongcompany.com/en-uk/products/for-cats/treat-dispensers/Or, teaching her to be part of the family by feeding her in the living room, in the presence of Riley. Should help with the weight loss and her superior attitude.
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Post by chantel on Aug 16, 2014 6:12:31 GMT
Hopefully Sindy's problem will turn out to be a minor one. If she's always demanding food, I would take advantage of that. I'd make her work for her food. Either by putting her food into a toy www.kongcompany.com/en-uk/products/for-cats/treat-dispensers/Or, teaching her to be part of the family by feeding her in the living room, in the presence of Riley. Should help with the weight loss and her superior attitude.
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Post by chantel on Aug 16, 2014 6:15:53 GMT
Funny you said that , i have been having a look on amazon at treat balls, i thought i could give her some wet food as normal and pop her kibble in a treat ball to make her work for it, not sure if she would bother with it though but i'll give it a go.
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Post by smilesbetter on Aug 16, 2014 8:08:36 GMT
Hope Sindy is okay! I agree with the treat ball idea, Mieze looooves the cat treat ball we have and will spend hours pinging it around the flat much to the annoyance of my man (We have wooden floors haha). on a similar note, what my mum does with my cat Smudgie sometimes is she throws individual bits of cat kibble across the floor, Smudgie runs and eats the food then comes back to mum and repeat. It gives her a lot more exercise than a cat ball and is quite a fun game for both of them.
Let us know how you get on at the vet! I'd be straight to the vet in that situation too.
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Post by chantel on Aug 18, 2014 14:59:19 GMT
Well i took Sindy to the vets on saturday as you know i was concerned over her mouth but it turned out to be normal thank goodness the vet said it was nothing to woirry about, i think what threw me was the left side of her lower lip was pure white and when i compared it to the other side that was black, but i am glad i got it checked as i had been woirring about it for a few days. Her teeth are not that good really mainly her back ones but the vet had a good feel at them and said they were solid so to leave them well a lone unless they became lose.
As for her weight the vet said she is a little on the chunky side but nothing to really woirry about. Sindy is around 10 years old that i know of and he said sheis coming up to the age where cats normaly start to lose weight. I am still glad i took her to the vets to get her checked over especially has she will be going into the cattery in 3 weeks time. And you never know with things , i didn't want to take any risks. I am still looking at getting sindy a treat ball to put her kibble in, i have had a look on amazon and their are so many, is their any particular ones that anyone could reccomend. Thanks guys x
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Post by scallywag on Aug 18, 2014 15:25:51 GMT
Thats good news chantel you can relax your mind and rest easy now, always best to check big {{{HUG}}}
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Post by zahada on Aug 18, 2014 18:45:42 GMT
Well i took Sindy to the vets on saturday as you know i was concerned over her mouth but it turned out to be normal thank goodness the vet said it was nothing to woirry about, i think what threw me was the left side of her lower lip was pure white and when i compared it to the other side that was black, but i am glad i got it checked as i had been woirring about it for a few days. Her teeth are not that good really mainly her back ones but the vet had a good feel at them and said they were solid so to leave them well a lone unless they became lose. As for her weight the vet said she is a little on the chunky side but nothing to really woirry about. Sindy is around 10 years old that i know of and he said sheis coming up to the age where cats normaly start to lose weight. I am still glad i took her to the vets to get her checked over especially has she will be going into the cattery in 3 weeks time. And you never know with things , i didn't want to take any risks. I am still looking at getting sindy a treat ball to put her kibble in, i have had a look on amazon and their are so many, is their any particular ones that anyone could reccomend. Thanks guys x Glad to hear that Sindy's ok. I would go to a pet shop and see the food dispenser. An easy one to start with. But you can start her training (LOL) now. You can divide her food into say 5 portions and distribute them round the room where she normally eats. Next day move one of the bowls outside the room. Carry on putting them further apart, including the stairs and eventually upstairs. Once she gets the jist of the game she might actually love 'hunting' for the food. Have fun using your own imagination how to get her to engage her brain and body.
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Post by tonib on Aug 19, 2014 0:47:33 GMT
Glad to hear Sindy's passed the vet check well. Wish I could help with treat/food dispensers we've tried a few with very limited success but probably due to making sure the right cat (who wasn'at that interested) used it as we're a multi-cat household.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 17:40:47 GMT
I've got one of these Catit Senses food maze things for my two. You put the food in the top and they have to put their paws through the gaps in the side to knock their meal down to the bottom before they can get their reward. One of my previous boys, Thomas, sussed it out in just 8 minutes but Lily is still working on it and sometimes tries to cheat by putting her head in the gap at the top Chilli is still a bit stumped but I saw her starting to tentatively use her paw today so I'm sure she'll suss it out soon It's usually around £10 on Amazon or Ebay but I found this one up for just £6 the other week Previously both girls would just hoover up their dry biscuits from a bowl but I thought it was time to make it a little harder for them and let them use their brains as they are stuck indoors all day until we get Lily spayed.
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Post by tonib on Aug 20, 2014 0:16:52 GMT
chantel, We had these 2 activity feeders www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/cat_toys/miscellaneous/treat_toys/132801& www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/cat_toys/miscellaneous/treat_toys/186182The 1st one was more successful than the 2nd. We tried them on a suggestion from a behaviourist we has in in regard to Lexie's predatory play/behaviour with the other cats & they were supposed to redirect some of her predatory requirements - she was more interested in the outside than playing with them, they were too slow to reward her so she couldn't be bothered. Trixie do have a number of these sort of activity toys. http://www.trixie.de/en/grp/Cat_Cat_Activity_Games,13314 (copy the contents of the box above & paste it in your browser address box & you'll get the right page - sorry can't do it otherwise as there is an technical incompatibility between that site & this one. )
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