Hi! This is my first post on here-what a great site! I have three cats, two colorpoints (Siamese mixes) one male and the other female, and a female dsh tabby. The youngest (male, Anders) has issues and is just over a year old. We've had him since he was about 7 weeks old or so (adopted all three from shelters). When he eats kibble (it seems ANY brand) he has liquid poops that you can smell from 100 feet away and blood leaking out of his rear end. Doing some research it seems he may be allergic and/or his digestive track can't handle many of the common ingredients in dry kibble. So I switched to Raw Instinct medallions.
It cleared up the problems immediately and I kept him on it for about 6 months however it is a pain to feed and I can't feed it when on vacation etc. Since then he has been on The Honest Kitchen Prowl and has no bowl issues however it seems he has developed either pica or has a compulsion disorder which ether way drives me crazy.
We can't have ANY food out anywhere in the house. Just last week he ate through a banana (peel and all) that was on the counter and stole a tomato half out of the sink disposal and ate it. He will chew through any kind of box, bag etc. that houses food and has since learned how to open pantry doors to get at food as well. He has even chewed through a 20lb bag of cat litter and dumped it on the floor. Last week he ate through a pink leather bag (about 4 inches of leather was just gone) and has destroyed about 3 memory foam cat beds. He comes to work (in an office) with me once a week and is now knocking over trash cans and pulling trash into my office. Today it was a 1 foot section of bubble wrap which he started to consume and is hounding my co-workers for their snacks/lunches. I have asked them not to give into him so as not to escalate the problem. At home he needs to be watch constantly. He will try to eat my winter coat, the dog's memory foam bed and the throws on my couch. Also, when he can he will try to get into our rabbit's hutch and eat her hay and her hay pellets. Now she has to be shut in her hutch so he doesn't eat her food. Is there a kind of kibble made with different ingredients that I'm not aware of? Or should I continue THK dehydrated food but add something to it? I really don't know what to do with this cat and he is making myself and my family angry. He has to be separated from the other two cats when fed also because he will eat their food. We feed twice a day and sometimes a snack. Here is a list of current food and previous food we have tried:
Previous food:
Pro Plan Indoor kibble (current for other two cats)
Blue Buffalo Indoor
Blue Buffalo Wilderness
Wellness Core
Raw Instinct Medallions (Duck, Venison and Chicken)
The Honest Kitchen Prowl dehydrated food (current for Anders)
Cat food I am interested in:
Taste of the Wild (this is what our puppy eats)
Royal Canin
Eagle Pack
Does anyone know of a specific ingredient common to kibble that would cause the bloody stool? I am hoping to move him back to a kibble (very gradually) if at all possible. I cannot buy my Taste of the Wild locally and I buy both that (dog) and THK from Amazon so it doesn't have to be a commonly available cat food. Any ideas would be helpful! Thanks!
It cleared up the problems immediately and I kept him on it for about 6 months however it is a pain to feed and I can't feed it when on vacation etc. Since then he has been on The Honest Kitchen Prowl and has no bowl issues however it seems he has developed either pica or has a compulsion disorder which ether way drives me crazy.
We can't have ANY food out anywhere in the house. Just last week he ate through a banana (peel and all) that was on the counter and stole a tomato half out of the sink disposal and ate it. He will chew through any kind of box, bag etc. that houses food and has since learned how to open pantry doors to get at food as well. He has even chewed through a 20lb bag of cat litter and dumped it on the floor. Last week he ate through a pink leather bag (about 4 inches of leather was just gone) and has destroyed about 3 memory foam cat beds. He comes to work (in an office) with me once a week and is now knocking over trash cans and pulling trash into my office. Today it was a 1 foot section of bubble wrap which he started to consume and is hounding my co-workers for their snacks/lunches. I have asked them not to give into him so as not to escalate the problem. At home he needs to be watch constantly. He will try to eat my winter coat, the dog's memory foam bed and the throws on my couch. Also, when he can he will try to get into our rabbit's hutch and eat her hay and her hay pellets. Now she has to be shut in her hutch so he doesn't eat her food. Is there a kind of kibble made with different ingredients that I'm not aware of? Or should I continue THK dehydrated food but add something to it? I really don't know what to do with this cat and he is making myself and my family angry. He has to be separated from the other two cats when fed also because he will eat their food. We feed twice a day and sometimes a snack. Here is a list of current food and previous food we have tried:
Previous food:
Pro Plan Indoor kibble (current for other two cats)
Blue Buffalo Indoor
Blue Buffalo Wilderness
Wellness Core
Raw Instinct Medallions (Duck, Venison and Chicken)
The Honest Kitchen Prowl dehydrated food (current for Anders)
Cat food I am interested in:
Taste of the Wild (this is what our puppy eats)
Royal Canin
Eagle Pack
Does anyone know of a specific ingredient common to kibble that would cause the bloody stool? I am hoping to move him back to a kibble (very gradually) if at all possible. I cannot buy my Taste of the Wild locally and I buy both that (dog) and THK from Amazon so it doesn't have to be a commonly available cat food. Any ideas would be helpful! Thanks!