Hi,
My cat Max is 13, in good health except that he cannot have dry food any more due to constipation issues that arose two months ago. He has only his lower fangs now as the others were removed to to weak enamel leading to decay.
The problem is that he is now a bit picky about foods AND he is a licker, so anything that isn't like thick gravy with virtually no solids is very laborious for him to eat and he gives up after half to 2/3 of what he should be eating. He has lost 2 or so pounds and is getting a bit bony. I'm very concerned. I've found a few foods he likes, but they have meat solids the can't lick up and he just licks the food "dry" of juices and leaves the meat bits in the bowl.
I would love it if I could teach him to pick up the food to eat it. My other cat has no teeth at all and eats fast and easily. I'm wondering if his lower fangs make it hard for him to pick up food. He ate his dry food without any problem. Should I have them removed? Ikd why the vet left them in at all.
Short of that, I need to know how to prepare cat food or modify canned cat food to have the consistency of baby food, with a gravy like body to it that will be easily licked up. I've got a food processor but the blades miss a lot of the bits and there are a lot of solids he won't lick up. I could buy one of those bullet-like food processors as they might do a better job.
Open to all suggestions.
My cat Max is 13, in good health except that he cannot have dry food any more due to constipation issues that arose two months ago. He has only his lower fangs now as the others were removed to to weak enamel leading to decay.
The problem is that he is now a bit picky about foods AND he is a licker, so anything that isn't like thick gravy with virtually no solids is very laborious for him to eat and he gives up after half to 2/3 of what he should be eating. He has lost 2 or so pounds and is getting a bit bony. I'm very concerned. I've found a few foods he likes, but they have meat solids the can't lick up and he just licks the food "dry" of juices and leaves the meat bits in the bowl.
I would love it if I could teach him to pick up the food to eat it. My other cat has no teeth at all and eats fast and easily. I'm wondering if his lower fangs make it hard for him to pick up food. He ate his dry food without any problem. Should I have them removed? Ikd why the vet left them in at all.
Short of that, I need to know how to prepare cat food or modify canned cat food to have the consistency of baby food, with a gravy like body to it that will be easily licked up. I've got a food processor but the blades miss a lot of the bits and there are a lot of solids he won't lick up. I could buy one of those bullet-like food processors as they might do a better job.
Open to all suggestions.