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Our 8 month old Ragdoll has eaten a combo of Royal Canin kitten kibble and fancy feast kitten cans for most of her life this far. We wanted to switch her kibble to something more affordable/available locally that was still nutritious and ok for kitteenagers. I ended up choosing Goodlife Recipe and we have been switching her VERY slowly over the past two weeks. Well, about a week ago we noticed she began sleeping a lot more during the day. We thought maybe it was just an off day. However she continued to be so sleepy and tired most of the day for the past week, and I noticed she has not been eating nearly as much kibble with the new food mixed in. Last night we made the connection (we can be a little dim, apparently) and I gave her a lot more RC in the kibble ratio (probably 60% RC). She has gobbled the food and is zooming around like her old self this morning, lots of energy and I even caught her being mischievous (who knew I'd miss that!).
Anyway, has anyone had this sleepy reaction to a food switch before? She has had no diarrhea or vomiting or any of those symptoms I was looking out for, just the extreme sleepiness. I saw an old thread with a similar reaction but it was because they switched the food too quickly, which is definitely not the problem here. I'm going to head to the city to buy another bag of RC kitten today. Our kitty's energy and livelihood is definitely worth the extra $.
Anyway, has anyone had this sleepy reaction to a food switch before? She has had no diarrhea or vomiting or any of those symptoms I was looking out for, just the extreme sleepiness. I saw an old thread with a similar reaction but it was because they switched the food too quickly, which is definitely not the problem here. I'm going to head to the city to buy another bag of RC kitten today. Our kitty's energy and livelihood is definitely worth the extra $.