Polyphagic senior cat!

Re: Polyphagic senior cat!

funkyfish — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:36:17 GMT

I find many food obsessed cats are chronic stressy cats..

Re: Polyphagic senior cat!

Laura Ringsell — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:48:53 GMT

To back up what everyone else has said, bloods and urine for sure. Diabetes can start with weight gain, also worth considering if you get desperate are hyperadrenocorticism or acromegaly which although rare and unusual I have seen the latter a few times now. Does your practice have a good ultrasonagrapher ? That would be a good free way of checking the adrenals.... Hopefully the tests will all be negative and it will be good old lazy, bored cat syndrome in which case I agree, metabolic is a good diet. I don't work in a hills practice but I do use this diet for some of those impossible cases. Good luck

Re: Polyphagic senior cat!

Nicola Birch — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:00:54 GMT

Hey Karen - not all hyperthyroid cats are skinny so definitely worth bloods x

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Karen Lea — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:22:18 GMT

That's a good point Leanne, using the metabolic. Our practice use Royal Canin so there is always Satiety too! I've never heard of the hills vouchers. Yes urine sample and possibly bloods if I can't control his eating habits!! Ty x

Re: Polyphagic senior cat!

Sal the 1st — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:08:49 GMT

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In my practice Hills do a staff feeding scheme where basically get money off vouchers for their food. I'm sure they must do that in most practices.

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interesting - I have never come across this before - is it something new?

Re: Polyphagic senior cat!

Leanne Butterwick — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:25:49 GMT

Most polyphagic cats that I come across are usually the typical hyperthyroid ones. But this is probably not him if he isn't losing weight with it too. Have you done any further investigation e.g. bloods?

If it's just a diet issue then you could try Hills metabolic diet. Although its primarily used for weight loss it can also be used as a maintenance diet. It basically improves satiety (keeps him feeling fuller for longer) and therefore may discourage him for eating so much. In my practice Hills do a staff feeding scheme where basically get money off vouchers for their food. I'm sure they must do that in most practices.

I would do some further investigation first though, in case there is an underlying cause of this.

Hope this helps