Apr 7, 2016 · About a month ago, i came across and rescued a poor, helpless calico i found hunched over on the side of the road. This cat: stinks, is bony, had fleas, ear mites, and just so pitiful. I honestly don't even understand how she is alive, but shes a trooper that's for sure. She has been to the vet...

May 16, 2003 · I have just rescued an emaciated stray cat.She has liver problems,but as yet I don't know the cause.She is having blood tests done next week to see how things are and to check her thyroid.Because of her weight (about 3kgs at a guess),she needs to be fed carefully.Can anyone out there give me...

May 7, 2006 · My foster is quite emaciated. She weighs just barely 5 pounds and should probably weigh closer to 8 or 9. Is there anyway to quickly get weight on her that isn't unhealthy? The vet's plan of action isn't much of one and hasn't done much. Right now she is …

May 2, 2009 · TCS Member Super Cat Joined Oct 8, 2007 Messages 930 Purraise 13 Location MS Bless you for saving this cat ! I have rescued an emaciated dog and nursed her to health. What I learned from the vet and other rescuers is to feed small meals about 6 times a day for a week then start to increase meal size and decrease frequency. Putting lots of water in the canned food is great. Maybe feed some ...

Jul 1, 2019 · On June 19th, during a thunderstorm, a small cat ran in my garage. I was able to capture him and immediately realized he was starving. I could see all of his ribs and vertebrae. With two other cats in the house, I couldn’t bring him inside, so I kept him in a dog crate in the garage overnight...

May 15, 2016 · A starving cat is likely to overeat the dry food, then drink fluid or eat wet food, and then vomit because the dry food expanded in the stomach when it rehydrated.

Nov 12, 2014 · Our 15 year-old DSH Tabby eats constantly but has been losing weight. We had her thyroid checked and it is normal. Our vets explanation is that she is old and does not retain as much muscle mass as a younger cat. There has to be something missing as she can eat 4 to 5 small cans of cats food...

Feb 5, 2015 · 2 days ago, my kids and I came across a stray cat outside a store. It was so emaciated it looked skeletal and could barely stand or walk. We brought him home and made a home for him in our laundry room. That first night he was so weak he literally couldn't eat, even soft food. We took him to the...

Oct 7, 2014 · I was given a kitty from the shelter to foster. She looks a bit older and has 3 kittens. She came to me with a pretty bad URI when the kittens were about 3 weeks old and they were all slightly sick as well. She was painfully thin, basically …

Jun 14, 2014 · I picked up a five-week-old kitten this morning from a private rescuer. This was a kitten born to a barn cat and given to the rescuer with his siblings at three weeks of age. She's been raising them since. We talked in detail prior about what my kitten's needs would be at five weeks, and I felt...