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She has been fed 4 meals a day for the past 2 years and agree that has worked well for her. Will speak to her internist about B-12 when she goes in for her annual bloodwork early next year. Zoey is at 10 years of age a pretty active cat... she is on a very strict diet due to her IBD so no...

I will dump the nuggets in the cup and count to 1 1/4 cup. I agree, overfeeding will throw her tummy off entirely and with IBD I need to be very careful with her.. She has been managing the extra 4 nuggets per meal and pretty much wiping the plate clean and she was begging for a treat and i...

Thanks for your response. Your situation is different from mine - Zoey has confirmed IBD and also has food sensitivities and she cannot eat any canned foods - no brands, no other proteins - the S+C chicken controls her IBD fully with Budesonide every other day and my internist said to not change...

My cat zoey who has confirmed IBD and food sensitivities has been eating Stella and Chewy Freeze dry raw chicken for 19 months. I feed her 12 full nuggets per meal 4X day. I need to increase her weight - how do I calculate how much to feed her? She is an active 10 year old cat, now weighing 9...

Friends, My cat zoey continues to battle IBD. She is on budesonide 1 mg and has been on Royal Canin Venison prescription diet for almost 2 years. I have tried 30+ different foods/brands and she has done the best on RC but she has never really done well with cow pies and now frequent liquid...

Flagyl also comes in pill form. If you are giving only 1/4 pill twice a day, it is more manageable than the liquid. My cat  developed nasty symptoms with Flagyl and I had to discontinue using it.. She became spacey and unresponsive - very inactive and zombie like -- I stopped the Flagyl...

I would suggest that you join the yahoo group- FelineMegacolon - i have found these special interest groups on cat illness/disease to be very helpful. Erica

You did the best for him - you ended his suffering. There was unfortunately nothing that you could do to make him better. Without your help, he would have suffered miserably.  While it is not what you would have wanted  it was the kindest act of love you could give this dear sweet cat.  You were...

I have also noticed a similar phenomenon with mr. iggy. he eats his food until the edge of the plate and then sits and howls for more food.  Sometimes i will put the remaining food in a new plate - in the center of the plate and he will eat it… but not always.  and then i will open up a new can...

I personally think that diarrhea and tummy issues are rough to diagnose. It is much about eliminating causes and trial and error and seeing what works. And what may work for awhile may not always work and get your cat's stools back to where they need to be.  It is very helpful to hear from...

I have been struggling with digestive issues in both of my cats since Jan 2014 due to what we believe was a change in formula of Wellness Grain Free Canned Chicken cat food. Something in the change in formula, set off a rather nasty condition in both of my cats who became ill on the same day...

I hope your Krissy is doing better. Thank you for the guidance -- I can see from just reading a bit of your posts you fully understand as do so many others on this board - how helpless we can feel when our cats get sick….Bac Back to reading. All my best, Erica

thank you so very much. i am heading to your post and will print it out. Again, thank you. zoey + iggy + erica

My other cat, Iggy, remains on NV Turkey LID and he is the one with hard stools that I am bring to manage before moving to Metamucil.  He seems to be otherwise ok.   The cats are separated when they eat so they do not share food and Iggy will not go near Petguard and i do not let zoey eat...

BOth cats have always eaten wet canned food except for when emergency vet put my cats on Hills when they were very sick in January. As I may have said, both cats were on NV Turkey LID canned for several weeks and doing well. Zoey started vomitting every single meal and vet suggested before we...