This is going to be a really long question and explanation. I'm going to thank you ahead of time if you read through all of this.
I am leaving Florida on December 6th to visit my mother for Christmas. I have two cats that my mother is taking care of up in Indiana. Harley and Whisper are more work than all 11 of the cats who are currently living with me combined. They are super finicky and they just recently stopped eating because Purina stopped making One Beyond in the yellow bag. They only have Purina One Beyond Naturals now and the cats hate it. So now, I've tried Purina Cat Chow, Purina One, Purina One Beyond Naturals, Friskies, Goodlife Recipe, Nature's Recipe, Natural Choice, Blue Buffalo (Indoor, Wilderness, and Freedom), Iams, Wellness, Whiskas, Science Diet, and Evo. ALL of these food Harley and Whisper will not eat. I don't know what to do. We both have spent so much money on them and I'm lost. My mom is going through a rough patch and I have run out of money due to vet bills and house renovations. We can't afford $10-$12 for 3lbs of cat food. I think the highest thing we can afford is about $20 for 12-15lbs of food. I don't know what else to go with that the cats won't turn up. Ugh!
Also, as a side note, I cannot feed them wet food. They get wet food as a treat and they love it, but the problem is my mother's work schedule. My mother leaves for work at 4 am and doesn't get back until 8 pm (10-12 pm/am if she decides to work over). She can't give them wet food and have it last throughout the day. She gives them half a can and they don't even eat all of it in one sitting. It gets hard before they're ready to eat again. This is while she's home. So, what she does is she puts hard food into a dog bowl and leaves for work. Lately, she's been noticing that they've been taking minimal amounts of food to eat. She's been having to get the wet food (they'll only eat Friskies wet food) because they won't eat anything else.
An added note, Whisper is a hog and usually eats any flavor of food whenever it's food that she likes. Harley doesn't care for seafood or shellfish. He likes real tuna and shrimp, but he stays away from the dry and wet varieties of salmon, tuna, whitefish, crab, etc.
I'm trying to find an affordable food that the cats will eat. he cats have been turning up expensive food, so I've been debating some lower grade to see if they like it. Problem with that is Harley and Whisper (siblings) have a genetic gastrointestinal issue. The veterinarians we've seen can't diagnose them, but they both get sick whenever they eat and it gets so severe to where Harley throws up blood and Whisper has seizures. They have no problems with wet food, though. I don't know what to do for my babies. They're both going to be 9 years old in March of 2015 and they don't deserve to keep suffering like this.
Is there a food that is dry that is like wet food, or is there a semi-moist food that will last longer than wet food and still help with Harley and Whisper's digestive tract? Also, I've thought about food allergies, but it doesn't add up. I've tried so many different foods with so many different ingredients and flavors, and I'm not seeing anything consistent within the ingredients list. I honestly believe that heir stomachs just can't handle dry food. BUT, even with thinking this, they still did great onto the Purina One Beyond (yellow bag) and hardly ever got sick. If they got sick, it was from hairballs, but they never threw up food or blood and whisper didn't have seizures.
I'm at my wits end. I don't know what to do anymore.
Can someone help me, please?
I am leaving Florida on December 6th to visit my mother for Christmas. I have two cats that my mother is taking care of up in Indiana. Harley and Whisper are more work than all 11 of the cats who are currently living with me combined. They are super finicky and they just recently stopped eating because Purina stopped making One Beyond in the yellow bag. They only have Purina One Beyond Naturals now and the cats hate it. So now, I've tried Purina Cat Chow, Purina One, Purina One Beyond Naturals, Friskies, Goodlife Recipe, Nature's Recipe, Natural Choice, Blue Buffalo (Indoor, Wilderness, and Freedom), Iams, Wellness, Whiskas, Science Diet, and Evo. ALL of these food Harley and Whisper will not eat. I don't know what to do. We both have spent so much money on them and I'm lost. My mom is going through a rough patch and I have run out of money due to vet bills and house renovations. We can't afford $10-$12 for 3lbs of cat food. I think the highest thing we can afford is about $20 for 12-15lbs of food. I don't know what else to go with that the cats won't turn up. Ugh!
Also, as a side note, I cannot feed them wet food. They get wet food as a treat and they love it, but the problem is my mother's work schedule. My mother leaves for work at 4 am and doesn't get back until 8 pm (10-12 pm/am if she decides to work over). She can't give them wet food and have it last throughout the day. She gives them half a can and they don't even eat all of it in one sitting. It gets hard before they're ready to eat again. This is while she's home. So, what she does is she puts hard food into a dog bowl and leaves for work. Lately, she's been noticing that they've been taking minimal amounts of food to eat. She's been having to get the wet food (they'll only eat Friskies wet food) because they won't eat anything else.
An added note, Whisper is a hog and usually eats any flavor of food whenever it's food that she likes. Harley doesn't care for seafood or shellfish. He likes real tuna and shrimp, but he stays away from the dry and wet varieties of salmon, tuna, whitefish, crab, etc.
I'm trying to find an affordable food that the cats will eat. he cats have been turning up expensive food, so I've been debating some lower grade to see if they like it. Problem with that is Harley and Whisper (siblings) have a genetic gastrointestinal issue. The veterinarians we've seen can't diagnose them, but they both get sick whenever they eat and it gets so severe to where Harley throws up blood and Whisper has seizures. They have no problems with wet food, though. I don't know what to do for my babies. They're both going to be 9 years old in March of 2015 and they don't deserve to keep suffering like this.
Is there a food that is dry that is like wet food, or is there a semi-moist food that will last longer than wet food and still help with Harley and Whisper's digestive tract? Also, I've thought about food allergies, but it doesn't add up. I've tried so many different foods with so many different ingredients and flavors, and I'm not seeing anything consistent within the ingredients list. I honestly believe that heir stomachs just can't handle dry food. BUT, even with thinking this, they still did great onto the Purina One Beyond (yellow bag) and hardly ever got sick. If they got sick, it was from hairballs, but they never threw up food or blood and whisper didn't have seizures.
I'm at my wits end. I don't know what to do anymore.
Can someone help me, please?
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