Identifying Cat Weight Loss

Video Transcript

"Milkbone is here with me to show you today about weight loss. As you may be able to tell, Milkbone is quite a thin cat. I can feel her spine bones as I run my hand along her back. Her rib bones are also very palpable there. There's not much fat covering her. And, if Milkbone will let us look at her belly you can see that there's really no fat at all on her abdomen there. So, if you've had a cat who was a normal weight and is now thin like Milkbone is. There are, you definitely want to get a veterinary visit so that you can find out what might be going on. One of the things may be that your cat may have hyperthyroidism, which is an overactive thyroid gland. The thyroid is in the neck here. And, your veterinarian will be able to feel if that gland is enlarged and so some blood testing to find out if there is an overactive thyroid. Another problem, may be kidney disease where your cat may not be processing be able to process its urine properly. And, so there is weight loss that accompanies that. And, finally in Milkbone's problem is intestinal parasites. She has a parasite called Coccidia, which is causing her not to digest her food properly. And, there is an easy treatment for that and she's undergoing treatment. And, we expect her to be normal weight soon."