Hello!
I'm a little concerned about Suzie's copper intake. Since mid-July, the only food she can consistently keep down (and not throw up within a couple of hours of her meal) is plain Applaws/Almo Nature/Thrive Complete chicken - which, in all but the latter case, is basically boiled chicken with absolutely no additives in, including vitamins and minerals. I've been supplementing that with a cat multivitamin (the only one in Finnish pharmacies, Orion's Aptus Multicat). The other day, I read the packaging on the Multicat a little more closely and discovered that no mention was made of copper. I emailed Orion and asked about it only to be told that no, Multicat does not contain copper. And therein lies my problem. As far as I know, chicken is fairly low in copper (even the Thrive contains only 0,6 mg/kg of added copper, according to Zooplus.com), and while I do my best to give Suzie seafood for both breakfast and dinner on Fridays, she can't always keep that down either.
She can, on a good day, keep down a bit of raw beef - but raw chicken (and other poultry) are completely out of the question. I suspect it might be a texture thing, but we've tried mince, little bits, chunks, you name it - same result. If she throws up more than once in a given sitting, her stomach rebels and she can't keep anything much down for the rest of the day. The only thing she can keep down at that point is Royal Canin Gastro Intestinal (in tiny little portions throughout the day), but that has way, way too much sugar for her to be getting it on a daily basis.
When she's not having a bad day stomach-wise, I try and give her as much variety as I can in terms of brands (MAC's, Miamor, Sheba pate, various Finnish store brands), but matters are complicated by the fact that she flat-out refuses to eat most forms of cooked beef, and when she does eat it, it tends to come straight back up. I tried her on Animonda Carny kangaroo in July - and promptly triggered her tummy for the first time in a long time, prompting a couple of very expensive trips to the emergency vet for re-hydration and anti-emetics. Going by previous experience with the same problem, I reckon I can safely say her stomach has declared that Animonda need not apply...
She also hates liver and will refuse to eat it, even with bribery/toppers such as crushed, freeze dried Thrive treats.
Help, please? Should I just beg my vet for some sort of pill or oral-liquid-form anti-emetic to give her for the rest of her life?
Thanks in advance.
Kutoja
ETA - All our cats are almost-exclusively on wet food: Silky and Sammy get a little kibble for dinner on Fridays (to get rid of an old bag).
I'm a little concerned about Suzie's copper intake. Since mid-July, the only food she can consistently keep down (and not throw up within a couple of hours of her meal) is plain Applaws/Almo Nature/Thrive Complete chicken - which, in all but the latter case, is basically boiled chicken with absolutely no additives in, including vitamins and minerals. I've been supplementing that with a cat multivitamin (the only one in Finnish pharmacies, Orion's Aptus Multicat). The other day, I read the packaging on the Multicat a little more closely and discovered that no mention was made of copper. I emailed Orion and asked about it only to be told that no, Multicat does not contain copper. And therein lies my problem. As far as I know, chicken is fairly low in copper (even the Thrive contains only 0,6 mg/kg of added copper, according to Zooplus.com), and while I do my best to give Suzie seafood for both breakfast and dinner on Fridays, she can't always keep that down either.
She can, on a good day, keep down a bit of raw beef - but raw chicken (and other poultry) are completely out of the question. I suspect it might be a texture thing, but we've tried mince, little bits, chunks, you name it - same result. If she throws up more than once in a given sitting, her stomach rebels and she can't keep anything much down for the rest of the day. The only thing she can keep down at that point is Royal Canin Gastro Intestinal (in tiny little portions throughout the day), but that has way, way too much sugar for her to be getting it on a daily basis.
When she's not having a bad day stomach-wise, I try and give her as much variety as I can in terms of brands (MAC's, Miamor, Sheba pate, various Finnish store brands), but matters are complicated by the fact that she flat-out refuses to eat most forms of cooked beef, and when she does eat it, it tends to come straight back up. I tried her on Animonda Carny kangaroo in July - and promptly triggered her tummy for the first time in a long time, prompting a couple of very expensive trips to the emergency vet for re-hydration and anti-emetics. Going by previous experience with the same problem, I reckon I can safely say her stomach has declared that Animonda need not apply...
She also hates liver and will refuse to eat it, even with bribery/toppers such as crushed, freeze dried Thrive treats.
Help, please? Should I just beg my vet for some sort of pill or oral-liquid-form anti-emetic to give her for the rest of her life?
Thanks in advance.
Kutoja
ETA - All our cats are almost-exclusively on wet food: Silky and Sammy get a little kibble for dinner on Fridays (to get rid of an old bag).
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