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Hi I'm new to raw as my elderly cat would NOT go for anything but Fancy Feast. We now have 2 kittens and I have trying to at the very least supplement with raw. We adopted a 4 week old barn kitten Lewis and when he was 9 weeks old, got him a "brother". Here is my problem. Leonard (now 6 months old, ) came from a high end shelter 6 weeks ago. He had been on dry Science Diet (blech!) in the shelter so I put it on the shelf and started feeding Wellness Core kitten dry and canned. Then 2 weeks later, started him on Stella And Chewy's and it's gone downhill ever since.
Long story short, he developed fever and anorexia. He was barely eating and shivering so off to the vet. Temp was 103.5. Labs drawn, all normal. No FIV, No FLV, + coronovirus but normal globbulin. Abdominal Ultrasound normal. Gave him Covenia (won't do that again), an NSAID and Cerenia. He feels best for 6 hours after the NSAID, then the fever comes back. When not better after 10 days, back to the vet with a temp of 103.1. Trying a round of doxy now.
He is still quite picky about eating, mainly because he doesn't feel well I suppose. He picked at the S&C wet, is eating Blue Wilderness dry and has some Science Diet in a dish because at this point, he just needs to eat. I have opened over 20 varieties of canned and he says no to all. What he does like, and so does my 14 week old, is crumbled S&C dry. Is it safe to feed this dry? He seems a bit constipated which is understandable. When a cat WON'T eat canned or wet, would it be better to just go to dry food rather than S&C not reconstituted? I am hoping when we get on the other side of whatever is making him sick, he will eat better.
Long story short, he developed fever and anorexia. He was barely eating and shivering so off to the vet. Temp was 103.5. Labs drawn, all normal. No FIV, No FLV, + coronovirus but normal globbulin. Abdominal Ultrasound normal. Gave him Covenia (won't do that again), an NSAID and Cerenia. He feels best for 6 hours after the NSAID, then the fever comes back. When not better after 10 days, back to the vet with a temp of 103.1. Trying a round of doxy now.
He is still quite picky about eating, mainly because he doesn't feel well I suppose. He picked at the S&C wet, is eating Blue Wilderness dry and has some Science Diet in a dish because at this point, he just needs to eat. I have opened over 20 varieties of canned and he says no to all. What he does like, and so does my 14 week old, is crumbled S&C dry. Is it safe to feed this dry? He seems a bit constipated which is understandable. When a cat WON'T eat canned or wet, would it be better to just go to dry food rather than S&C not reconstituted? I am hoping when we get on the other side of whatever is making him sick, he will eat better.