Last night, we brought home Peter Parker, our new one year old kitty. He's integrating well. He's getting along with the great dane, the other cats. He isn't showing untoward attention to the 'cagepets' (sugar gliders, rats).
But he came home on Science Diet. Which my twin cats are very allergic to. They can't do anything with rice, corn or wheat. At all. Or I end up with weeks or even months of digestive upsets and very, very sick, miserable cats. Which means we have to keep Peter in the second bedroom, away from everyone else, for much of the day since he's used to being free-range fed his kibble and fed his wet twice a day.
How bad would it be to just do a really rapid transition and/or cold turkey transition to the foods that ARE safe for my twin cats? Pete is a one year old domestic shorthair who was rescued from a feral colony. He's had all his shots very recently and has only just got over an earmite infestation but the vet says he's good to go now.
But he came home on Science Diet. Which my twin cats are very allergic to. They can't do anything with rice, corn or wheat. At all. Or I end up with weeks or even months of digestive upsets and very, very sick, miserable cats. Which means we have to keep Peter in the second bedroom, away from everyone else, for much of the day since he's used to being free-range fed his kibble and fed his wet twice a day.
How bad would it be to just do a really rapid transition and/or cold turkey transition to the foods that ARE safe for my twin cats? Pete is a one year old domestic shorthair who was rescued from a feral colony. He's had all his shots very recently and has only just got over an earmite infestation but the vet says he's good to go now.