So I have a sweetheart of a cat (well, he's my mother's) named Spiggit. When she adopted him 2 summers ago, he was extremely malnorished and being starved by an old man that didn't want him around. The old guy thought that not feeding a KITTEN that was in his yard would make it go away, not, you know, starve it to death. Oh well, he got adopted, yay, onwards.
Kitteh poofed out for winter, all fat and muscley and looking like a regal tom. Mum never got him fixed or his shots. Still, he was fine, fat and fluffy.
Last summer, he got really thin. But he got fat and big again in the winter.
This year though, he got thin for the summer, like he was the year before. However, he's getting thinner now, instead of getting fat for winter.
His gums are yellow-white. You can see his hips, ribcage, and the bumps on his spine. He's very fluffy though, so seeing his bones stick up through the fur, it's just wrong.
I'm afraid he is really sick. We've been giving him fatty meat and such to build up fat, but he's just getting thinner.
I'm so scared he's going to starve and die...but my mum just hurt herself and her car is totaled...and even if she had the money she just feels that if he's sick, why should we take care of him, he'll die either way. Hubby and i can't afford to take him to the vet...what should I do?
Kitteh poofed out for winter, all fat and muscley and looking like a regal tom. Mum never got him fixed or his shots. Still, he was fine, fat and fluffy.
Last summer, he got really thin. But he got fat and big again in the winter.
This year though, he got thin for the summer, like he was the year before. However, he's getting thinner now, instead of getting fat for winter.
His gums are yellow-white. You can see his hips, ribcage, and the bumps on his spine. He's very fluffy though, so seeing his bones stick up through the fur, it's just wrong.
I'm afraid he is really sick. We've been giving him fatty meat and such to build up fat, but he's just getting thinner.
I'm so scared he's going to starve and die...but my mum just hurt herself and her car is totaled...and even if she had the money she just feels that if he's sick, why should we take care of him, he'll die either way. Hubby and i can't afford to take him to the vet...what should I do?
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