Thank you for trying, but this is the wrong food.. It is the correct brand, but the wrong protein.I have ordered from this company and my family has too. Excellent customer service and shipping. Hope this helps you. It's from chewy.com and it's in stock.
I'm sorry that he's having a setback. He was doing so well.
Artie did not have a good morning. I think for some reason he was a bit nauseous.. He did not eat much during the night. Just lapped up the extra water with miralax.
I gave him his pepcid, liquid cisapride, and a few cc's of water with miralax as a chaser. He was in no mood for medicine this morning!
He was really bad taking it. The pepcid and cisapride are taken on empty stomachs, so I combine them.. at the S Vet, they said it was ok.. so I have been doing that... About 10 minutes later, he vomited!!! all the cisapride!! and the water.. I could not find any evidence of the pepcid, in the gelcap, so I hope that got absorbed.
I left him alone for a while. I gave him a tiny bit of food, with mostly water.. he did not want any...
Later he went over and licked a bit of the juice/water. He did run for a 'brushing'.. even before I got to the bedroom and his cat tree!! He loved it...only one blushful today.
He was semi interested in play.. alert, did jump a bit, but not much. I gave him the rest of his meds.... before I left.. very slowly.. the steroid, and the lactulose...he took them ok..
Artie is so strange.. up until today, he did not mind the lactulose.. in fact, i think he likes it... weird cat...
I just came home, gave him his second dose of cisapride.. he kept it down. did a quick vacuum. He was watching me. When I finished he went over to lick up some food.. I have not checked to see how much, but... I am not pushing him today. If he does not eat much tonight, I will give him a Cerenia tomorrow morning....
thinking I have his meds down... a lot more than I did a month ago.. thanks guys...
Artie has not pooped today.. but I picked him up and got a handful of poop.... yuck... he must have a tummy ache.. glad he is going to the N Vet in a few days.... YES--- A FEW DAYS!!!I can count the days on one hand!!! never thought it would arrive!!
Having a heck of a time finding his food!! of course I pick a food which has limited ingredients, but is out of stock!!!! I even called the company last month... Hound & Gatos Lamb... They said they are having distributing issues. They are bull.. They said it is not their fault but they are a small company and the distributor was sold to a larger company and decided to end it's contract with them.. They have been running around trying to find another distributor... MAN!! Just my luck...
At the end of January, they told me that the food should be coming out in Feb... now it is mid-February... I called them yesterday.. got the same guy.. He told me that they are coming out in March... who the heck knows??
He did send me a link where Amazon has some.. Yeah, from a private vendor who is charging, get this: $134 a case!! a case of 24, 5.5 oz cans!!! Yes, you saw it correctly.. $134 for a case.... I pay $39... talk about price gouging!!! should be reported....
Artie is doing so good with this food. And he is eating it!! sometimes with gusto!! figures....
I found a store around here... a few town over, that had it in stock. Before I knew this, I picked up several cans... about 5.. That is when I tried to order it on line... and found the issue. I called the store a couple weeks ago, they had 12 cases in stock.. I had them hold 3 cases for me and picked up another one when I went in.
Something, in the back of my mind, started telling me yesterday to get more of the food.. On Monday I will have to open a new case.
For some reason, my mind would not allow me to put it on the back burner... I called the store today, and they only had 1 case and 12 cans left!!!! Yes, from 12 cases...my 3, which left them with 6 cases and now they only have 36 cans left....
I told them to hold them for me and I would be there in 1.5 hours.. went down there and picked them up.. They will try to get more next week. I do not need it, but they have my info for that food...they have 12 other stores, so they can look around for it.. and hold it for me...
With Chewy, I am on a contact list as to when they get it in stock.
Figures...
No, I stopped the Pride Rabbit, a Natures Variety line of food, on Jan 28...It has the clay in it...
I'm sorry that he's having a setback. He was doing so well.and lots of love that he will improve again.
Is he still eating the Pride rabbit?
That is really strange.. I wonder if the distributor is really cutting back on smaller companies.. Fosters & Smith could be one of them, along with Hound & Gatos.. Thank you for sharing that with me.. I kind of needed to hear it.. I was watching for a recall, and there is none on this food... so I was thinking it may have been a 'quiet' cutback....
IDK what the truth behind it is, but DrsFosterSmith.com said they were having the same issues with wet food in general about a month ago. I have since received a regular auto-delivery, except for 1 case of their own brand of food, which I live-chatted about with someone on the site, who promptly shipped out a case---of another kind of food. At that point, I gave up, knowing we'll use that case anyway, and having quite a good back stock of everything we normally use. But I do wonder what's going on. Along with the recalls we've all seen recently, it's very confusing and hard to deal with. Good on you for snapping up that food. I'm fortunate enough to have a big house with a lot of closets and also a couple of sideboards. My utility closet and those sideboards are full of food. I make sure they always are. I've been doing that kind of thing for a long time, because I don't have a car and even when I was with my ex, we didn't always have stores close by.
All in all, it sounds like Artie is still doing quite well. Maybe he is a little bit exhausted. After all, he has a lot of stuff put in him every day. He could just be a little tired of taking all those things. *PRAYERS* and hope for him to stabilize and get back to doing great! and as you say, it won't be long before he will get to visit his good vet.
OK. I got my Amazon subscribe and save order today and they sent me the Ritzy's rabbit instead of the Lovebug's lamb that I ordered. They are sending me a replacement and told me to keep the rabbit. My kids don't like it. I didn't notice until after I had opened 3 cans which were very quickly rejected.
No, I stopped the Pride Rabbit, a Natures Variety line of food, on Jan 28...It has the clay in it...
thank you for thinking about us... ((hugs)) but I am not feeding him that anymore....((Hugs))
OK. I got my Amazon subscribe and save order today and they sent me the Ritzy's rabbit instead of the Lovebug's lamb that I ordered. They are sending me a replacement and told me to keep the rabbit. My kids don't like it. I didn't notice until after I had opened 3 cans which were very quickly rejected.If Artie was still eating the Pride, I was going to ask of you wanted the remaining 21 cans for him.
@LTS3 I swear, Artie listens to you!!
Artie, what's wrong?You know your Mom doesn't like it when you don't eat or poop and spit out the meds. Is the weather making you feel blah? Do you have a heating pad to lie on? That feels nice on a cold winter day. Just 5 more days until Mom can take you tao a very nice vet who will try his best to make you feel much better.
Artie just wanted to keep you on your toes, lol. Sounds like he wants to stay up late tonight or maybe he's trying to tell you he doesn't like watching "how to get away with murder."
It was 10:55pm; I was totally engrossed in "How To Get Away With Murder", when Artie decided to come out of his hiding spot (quilt/tent) , go into his litter box and POOP!!!
Yes, it was a 4 inch soft serve.. I will take it!! hooray!!
Artie is now more like himself.. we did have some mini-zoomies; right now he is wait for new food. He is washing himself and looking at me...
YAY Artie!!
It was 10:55pm; I was totally engrossed in "How To Get Away With Murder", when Artie decided to come out of his hiding spot (quilt/tent) , go into his litter box and POOP!!!
Yes, it was a 4 inch soft serve.. I will take it!! hooray!!
Artie is now more like himself.. we did have some mini-zoomies; right now he is wait for new food. He is washing himself and looking at me...
I had to share this with you guys.... sorry... but thank you...
He does need another dose of the cisapride before I go to bed... sigh... have to wait 30 minutes after eating.. he is going to eat now...sigh... a late night for me..........
But I love this little man...with all my heart...
Awww, I feel so bad for Artie and you. Hugs and warm wishes for a better day - it's National Random Act of Kindness Day. Sending special thoughts and reaching out to give Artie smooches.
I can tel from his eyes, face, that is he really not feel well.. and his coat is a bit disheveled.. I am thinking he has a spot of fur where it is missing.. it looks thinner and whiter..near his hip on the side of his spine...
He went to pee and is now back to the coffee table..just sitting and looking.. he wants something.. I cannot figure it out...