Yesterday morning, Sir Leo had his annual check-up with Dr. Lila. Leo has been on a special CD diet ever since he was diagnosed with F.U.S. a few years ago and so he needs a prescription food. Because this food can not be bought in a store, we must either pick it up at our vet's office or order it through Chewy.com via his script. The script must be refilled once a year by our vet so in order to have it refilled, we had to get him in for his annual visit first.
He had a clean bill of health except for his teeth which need to be cleaned. He has at least one bad tooth that will need to be extracted as soon as we can get him in for his pre-surgery stuff - blood test, x-rays, etc.
She was VERY pleased that he lost 2 more pounds since last year. He was originally over 17 pounds (overweight) then after we began feeding him his special food, he slowly dropped down to 15. Now at 13.5 pounds, Dr. Lila feels that he is at a good weight for his large build. Leo's food portions are measured daily - he currently gets 1/4 cup of his CD dry food twice a day.
As Dr. Lila (as well as many other past vets we have seen) had stated, weight loss is an extremely "touchy" thing in regards to cats. Their systems are so delicate that if they lose weight too quickly it can actually damage their internal organs! It is imperative that they lose the weight slowly!
Sir Leo HAPPY to be back home!
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