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I am at my wits end with commercial cat food. My 8 year old kitty Gavin was diagnosed with small cell lymphoma 6 months ago. The biopsy showed only a slight thickening of his intestinal wall. He has responded well to chemo and thankfully was able to stop the steroids a few weeks in. He also takes B-12 injections monthly. Things have been going great until a few weeks ago. Long story short, something changed in the cat food I was feeding him and my 6 month old kitten. Both started having BM issues. I switched to Nature's Variety and within a few days all was normal again...so I thought. While my kitten was fine, Gavin started having more issues. Vomiting, bad BMs, and the biggest concern loss of appetite. He went from eating 9-10 oz per day to 1-4 oz. He lost the pound we worked so hard to gain!
We went to the vet this morning in fear that the cancer was back. Thankfully all tests came back normal. It appears that Gavin is super sensitive to food and any changes. He is now back on RC Rx food until his system calms back down.
I don't want him on Rx food since it really is not healthy. I am tired of researching foods and paying a premium price when in the end, they cause problems too. So I am looking into homemade food recipes. U-Stew was recommended to me in another thread. This looks great for me! Easy to make and not very time consuming. But would it be ideal for Gavin with his disease?
Also, I want to find a food that BOTH kitties can eat. They like to share. Now that Gavin is on Rx food, I have to make sure he doesn't get into his little brother's food. And little brother has decided that he likes the Rx food better than his NV...
Does anyone have any experiences they can share?
We went to the vet this morning in fear that the cancer was back. Thankfully all tests came back normal. It appears that Gavin is super sensitive to food and any changes. He is now back on RC Rx food until his system calms back down.
I don't want him on Rx food since it really is not healthy. I am tired of researching foods and paying a premium price when in the end, they cause problems too. So I am looking into homemade food recipes. U-Stew was recommended to me in another thread. This looks great for me! Easy to make and not very time consuming. But would it be ideal for Gavin with his disease?
Also, I want to find a food that BOTH kitties can eat. They like to share. Now that Gavin is on Rx food, I have to make sure he doesn't get into his little brother's food. And little brother has decided that he likes the Rx food better than his NV...
Does anyone have any experiences they can share?