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I have 4 indoor cat's Meeca & Tulah are 3 year old female's, Teddybear & Elfie are 2.5 year old brother's
their feeding background is.......
from baby - 1.5/2 year's
Royal Cannin baby cat kibble & wet mousse
Royal cannin kitten kibble & wet pouches
Royal cannin indoor neautered male Kibble, Gourmet wet, almo nature wet, Applaw's wet
from 1.5/2 year's - 1st January 2012
Burns holistic kibble, Gourmet wet pouches
1st January - present
no kibble
Applaw's. almo nature, Gourmet, Nature's Diet
I thought I was feeding my cat's with the best possible diet as Royal Cannin was the most expensive & created by a vet & regrettably didnt do any research into this up until about 1 year ago which is when I changed to Burns holistic food, I have also been researching raw feeding for the past year & am now confident that this is DEFINITELY the best diet for my cat's
Teddy has always regurgitated his dry food & I thought he was just a "sicky cat" but I now know that the kibble wasn't agreeing with him as he has not regurgitated his food once since eating only wet food :smile:
Luckily Tulah, Teddy & Elfie have always been lover's of wet food so they have taken well to a complete wet food diet but Meeca has always eaten kibble with the very occasional can of real tuna
Meeca is now eating only canned real tuna & ocean fish food which is obviously not good but she will not eat the other wet food's I have offered her many different flavour's & brand's & she point blank refuses to eat it, she will sniff it which I think must be a good sign but wont eat it, I have left her for 24 hour's without offering her the fish food & it is as if she knows I will give in eventually & hold's out for it
Teddy was sadly diagnosed with FLUTD last week but is doing well & doesnt seem to be suffering at this present time, I am supplementing him with Cysteaze & adding water to his food, I have also purchased a Feliway diffuser & am sweeping instead of hoovering as the hoover stresses him out
so my mane concern really is getting Meeca to eat other wet food & would really appreciate any advise & also would it be safe to offer her wet food daily & if she doesnt eat it give her the fish food in the evening-so each day she would only be having one small meal??
Tulah loves food & has eaten raw lamb neck & raw rabbit including a small piece of bone, such an amazing sound hearing her crunching on the bone this morning but when I mixed the rabbit in with the wet food she didnt eat it
Teddy & Elfie ate a small amount in with their wet food, what wasnt eaten I have put into an air tight container in the fridge - is it ok to offer this throughout the day & if not eaten by the evening throw it away & start with fresh again in the morning???
would it be best to allow Tulah to be eating a raw food diet while the other's are still transitioning or would it be best to wait until they are all eating it together???
I know that rabbit is very lean but I am trying different meat's at the moment just to get them used to the texture ETC. of the raw meat
I would eventually want to be feeding a whole prey & frankenprey diet to all 4 cat's
another thing I have noticed since they have not had kibble in their diet is that they are not passing stool's every day - is this ok or could they be constipated?? they have access to fresh grass which I grow indoor's & have a water fountain which is cleaned & fresh water added every day.
thankyou for reading
Victoria, Meeca, Tulah, Teddybear & Elfie xxx
I have 4 indoor cat's Meeca & Tulah are 3 year old female's, Teddybear & Elfie are 2.5 year old brother's
their feeding background is.......
from baby - 1.5/2 year's
Royal Cannin baby cat kibble & wet mousse
Royal cannin kitten kibble & wet pouches
Royal cannin indoor neautered male Kibble, Gourmet wet, almo nature wet, Applaw's wet
from 1.5/2 year's - 1st January 2012
Burns holistic kibble, Gourmet wet pouches
1st January - present
no kibble
Applaw's. almo nature, Gourmet, Nature's Diet
I thought I was feeding my cat's with the best possible diet as Royal Cannin was the most expensive & created by a vet & regrettably didnt do any research into this up until about 1 year ago which is when I changed to Burns holistic food, I have also been researching raw feeding for the past year & am now confident that this is DEFINITELY the best diet for my cat's
Teddy has always regurgitated his dry food & I thought he was just a "sicky cat" but I now know that the kibble wasn't agreeing with him as he has not regurgitated his food once since eating only wet food :smile:
Luckily Tulah, Teddy & Elfie have always been lover's of wet food so they have taken well to a complete wet food diet but Meeca has always eaten kibble with the very occasional can of real tuna
Meeca is now eating only canned real tuna & ocean fish food which is obviously not good but she will not eat the other wet food's I have offered her many different flavour's & brand's & she point blank refuses to eat it, she will sniff it which I think must be a good sign but wont eat it, I have left her for 24 hour's without offering her the fish food & it is as if she knows I will give in eventually & hold's out for it
Teddy was sadly diagnosed with FLUTD last week but is doing well & doesnt seem to be suffering at this present time, I am supplementing him with Cysteaze & adding water to his food, I have also purchased a Feliway diffuser & am sweeping instead of hoovering as the hoover stresses him out
so my mane concern really is getting Meeca to eat other wet food & would really appreciate any advise & also would it be safe to offer her wet food daily & if she doesnt eat it give her the fish food in the evening-so each day she would only be having one small meal??
Tulah loves food & has eaten raw lamb neck & raw rabbit including a small piece of bone, such an amazing sound hearing her crunching on the bone this morning but when I mixed the rabbit in with the wet food she didnt eat it
Teddy & Elfie ate a small amount in with their wet food, what wasnt eaten I have put into an air tight container in the fridge - is it ok to offer this throughout the day & if not eaten by the evening throw it away & start with fresh again in the morning???
would it be best to allow Tulah to be eating a raw food diet while the other's are still transitioning or would it be best to wait until they are all eating it together???
I know that rabbit is very lean but I am trying different meat's at the moment just to get them used to the texture ETC. of the raw meat
I would eventually want to be feeding a whole prey & frankenprey diet to all 4 cat's
another thing I have noticed since they have not had kibble in their diet is that they are not passing stool's every day - is this ok or could they be constipated?? they have access to fresh grass which I grow indoor's & have a water fountain which is cleaned & fresh water added every day.
thankyou for reading
Victoria, Meeca, Tulah, Teddybear & Elfie xxx