One Cat's Struggle with Feline Hepatic Lipidosis
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posted by Katharine Swan @ 3:43 PM
Feline hepatic lipidosis, also known as fatty liver, is a reversible form of liver failure caused by inadequate diet. A cat's liver is not made to process fat stores, so when a cat doesn't eat enough for a while — for whatever reason — its liver gets bogged down trying to use its fat stores for energy. The treatment is to force-feed the cat a high protein diet, which will help the liver to start functioning normally again.
My cat's first bout of fatty liver disease occurred in November of 2005. After about a month of force-feeding, she started eating on her own, and the danger seemed to have passed. In March of 2008, however, she began losing weight again.
The mission of this website is both to track Cleo's progress, and to provide information for other cat owners on feline hepatic lipidosis.
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