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We got Lily, a persian from a rescue centre 10 days ago. She had been neglected and is very thin, you can feel her little spine, bless her. Her appetite is quite poor. On a good day she is having 2 pouches of food and crunchies in between. Can I get her any sort of supplement food that will build her up or should I just keep giving her what she is having and hope she gains weight?dawn 069.jpg

Aww the poor little thing!

Just some good quality food should do the trick - HiLife pouches for example, or anything with more than 50% meat and no fillers or grains.

You could add the Thrive treats, the chicken ones are just plain dehydrated chicken meat - my cat loves them, and I guess they would help her put some weight on.

Or give her some raw meat - chicken with the skin on is nice, it has a lot of fat which is good

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Thanks for that, will give it a try

I agreed with Coraline, good quality food. You can crush the thrive treats over her meals to encourage eating.

You can also try some nurish-um paste.

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Ah bless her. I would say a good quality wet food like natures menu and a good dried food for her to nibble on. I would also say worm her.

At least she has landed on her paws getting a home with you. Keep us posted on her progress, she looks very sweet. Best of luck with her.

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Thanks, will try that as well, anything to get the poor little mite sorted

Hi, thanks gonna get all what you all have suggested as see which she prefers. Am gonna make an appointment at vets to get her checked over and some worming tablets as well

My male is like that - can feel spine and hip bones. However I think he is naturally thin.

I worm regularly and feed high meat food (Bozita). What I have found helpful is getting him weighed regularly at the vets - it is free and they have a weighing machine specifically designed for weighing animals! The nurses do it.

I try to get him weighed every 4 months or so and note his weight each time for my own records but also it gets put on his vet record.

Thats a good idea. Will get them to weigh her, thanks