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post #31 of 39
9/13/11 at 7:08am
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Originally Posted by Minka View Post
If you have dry food out all day (even a measured amount, meaning you dont refill till the next day), there's just no way you are going to convince her to eat more/all wet. You have to implement meal times otherwise she always has food so she has no motivation to eat the wet.
If you put down wet, and she Knows there is no other food available, that is a Huge motivator for persuasion. (See my previous posts from Dr. Pierson or visit her website yourself catinfo.org)

Also, if one cat is stealing another cats food, you may have to separate them during meal time.
Not true in my household. I free feed dry and do scheduled wet feedings. I don't even feed the same brand, flavor or texture of wet all of the time. None of my meezers leave a scrap of the wet and none have ever refused their wet. They totally look forward to their wet feedings.
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post #32 of 39
9/14/11 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by NutroMike View Post
The OP did not indicate if a veterinarian was involved but I would imagine the vet would put the puss on a prescription diet and go from there. But them I'm not even positive about that.
Yes, there is a vet involved. She has suggested steroids (no) and taking her to a dermitologist. Its not all that severe, but she had a moderately severe breakout that I think started when I started giving her that vet food. I have stopped giving her anything with corn to see if that helps, plus, she's had antibiotics and the infections are clearing up. I don't see her scratching like she was for awhile either, so for now I'm just going to see if it clears up with no corn. If not, I'll try taking away another food that is common allergen like eggs. I will see about doing the food trial at some point when/if I can get DH on board and I can find something she will eat.
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post #33 of 39
9/14/11 at 4:57pm
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Originally Posted by Minka View Post
That's the thing, putting down a different food is kinda like begging; if you give in to begging, even only Sometimes, it still reinforces begging because the cat knows there is the Chance that she might get a different food. I totally understand wanting to give variety and give what the cat wants that day, which is why I feed 3 different flavors of food. Can I guess exactly what he wants that day? No. But he'll be perfectly alright if a couple times a week he has to eat what he doesn't want that day. (It helps that he needs to lose weight anyways. ).
I guess it just doesn't bother me to give her something else if she doesn't want the first thing I put out. Its not like every time or even every other time. She likes wet food, she eats it, but she doesn't eat a lot of anything at one time. She's a perfect weight, according the vet, so I don't see a problem.

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Also, if one cat is stealing another cats food, you may have to separate them during meal time.
Swanie is not stealing her food. Its only after she's finished and I don't pick the dish up right away. He enjoys sneaking up on the dish and eating some of it. And they do eat in separate places.
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post #34 of 39
11/13/11 at 4:13am

It could be the chicken, my cat Lucas is allergic to chicken, turkey and duck.

 

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post #35 of 39
11/13/11 at 5:15am
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Originally Posted by Momto4kitties View Post

It could be the chicken, my cat Lucas is allergic to chicken, turkey and duck.

Queen Eva has an intolerance to all chicken canned cat foods made in Thailand. (Petite Cuisine, Avoderm, Weruva and Soulistic for example) She also cannot eat any turkey canned cat foods or the Natural Balance Pea and Duck kibble.

Naturally she loves those foods, but I don't let her have them.

She also loves cornful foods like Mazy's c/d kibble, but that also gives her diarrhea. No corn for Queen Eva. (I once tried the WB cat litter, what a disaster, she wouldn't stop eating it and she was sick for weeks)

She can eat the Castor and Pollux chicken and vegetable casserole canned cat food, it is her main diet. Her every third or fourth day food is Before Grain beef canned, which she also does well on. Her kibble snacks are Evo Herring and Salmon, grain free kibble.

I'm so grateful I finally found foods that work for her. She is thriving now, but it was a long worrisome process.

What does Lucas eat?
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post #36 of 39
11/13/11 at 8:29am

Right now I'm in the process of finding the right food for Lucas.  He is eating dry hills z/d, he was eating the canned z/d, but he seems to be allergic to it. He canned z/d is made with hydrolized chicken liver, so is not supposed to affect him,but it does.   I don't want him eating dry food,and I don't want him eating the z/d, so I'm doing tests to see which meat doesn't trigger a reaction.   It is weird how he reacts to the canned z/d but not to the dry, but it is a fact.

 

I bought Natural Balance canned salmon to see what happens and I also bought evanger's rabbit.  I will wait until he gets better to try more food.  I also wanto to try lamb. 

 

It was amazing how fast he reacted when I gave him the duck, the reaction was almost instant.

 

Tammy

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post #37 of 39
11/13/11 at 8:37am
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Originally Posted by Momto4kitties View Post

Right now I'm in the process of finding the right food for Lucas.  He is eating dry hills z/d, he was eating the canned z/d, but he seems to be allergic to it. He canned z/d is made with hydrolized chicken liver, so is not supposed to affect him,but it does.   I don't want him eating dry food,and I don't want him eating the z/d, so I'm doing tests to see which meat doesn't trigger a reaction.   It is weird how he reacts to the canned z/d but not to the dry, but it is a fact.

I bought Natural Balance canned salmon to see what happens and I also bought evanger's rabbit.  I will wait until he gets better to try more food.  I also wanto to try lamb. 

It was amazing how fast he reacted when I gave him the duck, the reaction was almost instant.

Tammy

Queen Eva, too. If she didn't vomit it right away, she'd have diarrhea within hours, it disagreed with her so badly.

I know Lucas has other health issues. Queen Eva does too, though not the same as Lucas. She has a nutrient absorption issue which is well controlled by daily ProViable DC probiotic, as long as I am careful about her diet (feeding only the foods mentioned earlier). I've also recently started her on coconut oil, which seems to be really beneficial to her. Her coat is incredible. She eats it right off my fingers.
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post #38 of 39
11/13/11 at 8:58am

With Lucas the reaction is his belly gets an awful big red rash minutes after eating the food, the same happened with chicken and turkey.  I'm sorry Queen Eva gets so sick because of the food too.  I'm glad you were able to find remedies that work for her.  With Lucas it is hard because he has an autoimmune problem that is difficult to manage, but I'm getting there, I'm never giving up;)

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post #39 of 39
11/13/11 at 9:22am
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Originally Posted by Momto4kitties View Post

With Lucas the reaction is his belly gets an awful big red rash minutes after eating the food, the same happened with chicken and turkey.  I'm sorry Queen Eva gets so sick because of the food too.  I'm glad you were able to find remedies that work for her.  With Lucas it is hard because he has an autoimmune problem that is difficult to manage, but I'm getting there, I'm never giving up;)

Oh wow, that is definitely an allergic reaction. I would call Queen Eva's problem more of an "intolerance" rather than an "allergy". I know what you've been through with Lucas.

Much love and vibes to him:vibes:vibes.gifvibes.gif Lucas heartpump.gif
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