Thread: Maine Coon not putting on weight

Hi All,

Martha and Storm got better, however Martha again had smelly loose poops about a week ago. She is still active, playing and is now a little over 3 kgs.

We took her to the new vets, they did another scan, took more blood, and are looking at some stool samples. They were much much better, and they said her stomach, kidney, liver and intestines etc all looked fine on the scan. They couldn't pick up a murmur any more either.

They came to the conclusion because she always improves on metronidazole that she likely has IBD, they have given us a prescription diet and long term metronidazole. They will check on her again in three weeks.

We aren't worried about her any more though, as she is growing, has got massively fluffier and is really active and playful as normal. We just need to manage her diet and see if this now keeps her poops in check.

Thanks for all your comments, support and help / advice since the start of this thread

We will post up some more pictures of her soon.

So very pleased to read your update. I think of little Martha quite often x

Knew you could do it Martha & so pleased that dad has found you a vets that seem a lot more down to earth & practical...x

Thanks for all the comments and help / suggestions again.

Sorry it's been a while we have been so very busy!

Martha is going well, she's still on long term Metronidazole at the moment and a special diet but she is not far off of 4 kilos now and is looking much much better.

Hope everyone is doing well and all of your kitties are good

Wow... she is looking a stunning girl - you are a brilliant owner to keep trying and to get her looking so well. Congrats to you and Martha

Originally Posted by H&SWells

Wow... she is looking a stunning girl - you are a brilliant owner to keep trying and to get her looking so well. Congrats to you and Martha

Thanks We've been trying our best.

They are very random photos but it's hard to catch her still at the moment

Its great seeing her looking so well...x

Really pleased for you all that she is coming good. She has really bulked and fluffed up. She looks super.

I enjoyed reading about Martha. I found this thread after searching for weight gain of a Maine Coon kitten. I wanted to share my story of my kitten, as it's so similar to yours. My Maine Coon kitten was from a shelter at age 7 months. (I know he's perhaps not truly a Maine Coon, but he has so many of the characteristics, including the most important... not making my allergic husband sneeze!). He'd been in the shelter for many weeks and had chronic diarrhea just as you described (yellow and runny), his whiskers were also very broken off! The shelter tried all different things... de-worming, medications, vitamin supplements, with no results. (Fortunately they did not give up on him... I guess because he was so gorgeous!). Finally they tried a strict diet of no grains. This worked, but when we got him, he had diarrhea again. We were feeding him a dry kibble of no-grain duck. Then we tried a wet food, as this is supposed to be better anyway. This was the cure!!! Only a wet food of DUCK with NO GRAINS. Several brands are available. I think Martha might have very good results with this, and if anyone else finds this thread do try this. We were so upset that our beloved kitty might suffer with this chronic issue and for the last several months he has done really well! The tummy issue has so many potential causes, and can involve numerous tests -- many with inconclusive results -- this is an easy solution to try. You can also try a little canned organic pumpkin as a treat.