Too much

I didn't think I was ever going to say this but Basti's getting fat! She currently weighs 3.94 kg!
A year ago we saw a similar thing happen but by the time I figured she might be gaining too much weight, she crashed and stopped eating. I got her up to 3.8 kg and within a few months, she dropped back to 3.3 kg. In my ignorance, I assumed that maybe she kept her own weight in check and I didn't have to worry. Plus, remembering how it was to force-feed her and barely getting her to take half the food she was allowed in a day, I wanted her to have a buffer, in case it would happen again. But unfortunately, I don't think I have the luxury of letting her decide how much food she's consuming anymore...

Basti at her lowest

Basti at her highest weight

It'll be the first time in 3.5 years that I have to tell her 'no' when she wants food and it's going to be strange and frustrating. Will she become obnoxious or aggressive when I refuse her food? Will she get so stressed out that her illness flares up? Should I give her less kibble and more wet food so that she can still eat but at the same time consume less calories? One thing's for sure..she's got to come down!

Food

Black with shades of calico

As I mentioned earlier, the suggestion for an IBD cat is to change food once in a while. Where most cats aren't at all thrilled by having their food changed, Basti responds very well to it. To the point where she will change an entire brand in less than a day. Not that I advise people to change catfood in a day; she does that all by herself. With the change in food, other weird but good things have happened.

Where before she would only eat teaspoons at a time and I'd feed her 10 to 12 times a day, she now manages to eat half an ounce or more in one meal. The number of feeding times has been cut in half. Where before she would eat somewhere between half an hour and an hour after the regular feeding times of my other cats, she has started surfacing at their evening meal times and requesting wet food. Most of the time that still means 'junk food' like Hill's and Whiskas which are high in carbohydrates but it's wet food. As the B12 is starting to wear off, the amount of wet food she consumes also goes down. Before, even the intake of kibble went down but we don't see that happening now. I'm hoping it's the food she's currently on, Cat Lovers Gold. The most uncommon phenomenon is the fact that as of lately, she has started crawling on my lap at regular intervals.

Besides that, her fur has gotten this beautiful shine and it's gotten thicker. It reminds me a lot of the 4 British Shorthairs of a friend of mine. The thickness may simply be because it's getting colder outside but it's a lot softer than it used to be!