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Hello all,
After a 2 month stool nightmare on Ziwipeak, everything changed with the introduction to Primal rabbit. While he was still on both foods during the transition, I could tell which stool was Primal and which was Ziwipeak. For a few days, our cat was on Primal rabbit alone and his feces were perfect. But... he wasn't fond of the food; I had to hand feed him almost each meal (5 times a day to avoid bile) since the beginning and he never did that before. I wanted to make sure he eats when I'm not there and the hand feeding could not become a thing, he couldn't keep losing weight. Reading online, I realized people were feeding different kind of food the same day. Therefore, I introduced a bit a Rad Cat turkey which he loved! It also helped with the rabbit somehow, he started to eat it by himself with more gusto. That's when I likely did the mistake to go too fast. He got 1oz one day, he was fine, got 1oz twice (had rabbit in between) the second day, still fine, same thing the next day. Then I wasn't sure it'd be good to keep switching food serveral times during the same day and thought that I could create a routine with rabbit until noon, turkey in the evening. The next day (yesterday) he had softer stool. He went 3 times in the past 24 hours. Bummer... So I'm back to rabbit and pumpkin, hopefully it will get back to normal soon and he'll still like the rabbit without the help of the Rad Cat.
To any of you rotating, especially those with sensitive GI tract cats, how did you start the process? Did you slowly transitioned each time you introduced a new food? But then, how did you get to feed different food on a same day? Okay, so maybe I can't go there with our dude, especially at first but what would be a good routine? Maybe I should keep him on the same food for a month? I'm sure he wouldn't have any problem with the Rad Cat (except he ate it so fast that he kept asking for more), I'm not so sure with the Primal, though.
Also, do you have to transition slowly each rotation cycle or just the very first time (once your cat has been one a food for some time, you can go back to it with no problem)?
And finally, are chicken, turkey, cornish hen, duck considered as a variety to avoid allergies? I'd rather stick to those along with rabbit that are more natural preys. Lamb, beef, venison are not and are quite fat, not to mention that I still don't know why he didn't do good on the Ziwipeak venison.
Thank you,
Jessica
After a 2 month stool nightmare on Ziwipeak, everything changed with the introduction to Primal rabbit. While he was still on both foods during the transition, I could tell which stool was Primal and which was Ziwipeak. For a few days, our cat was on Primal rabbit alone and his feces were perfect. But... he wasn't fond of the food; I had to hand feed him almost each meal (5 times a day to avoid bile) since the beginning and he never did that before. I wanted to make sure he eats when I'm not there and the hand feeding could not become a thing, he couldn't keep losing weight. Reading online, I realized people were feeding different kind of food the same day. Therefore, I introduced a bit a Rad Cat turkey which he loved! It also helped with the rabbit somehow, he started to eat it by himself with more gusto. That's when I likely did the mistake to go too fast. He got 1oz one day, he was fine, got 1oz twice (had rabbit in between) the second day, still fine, same thing the next day. Then I wasn't sure it'd be good to keep switching food serveral times during the same day and thought that I could create a routine with rabbit until noon, turkey in the evening. The next day (yesterday) he had softer stool. He went 3 times in the past 24 hours. Bummer... So I'm back to rabbit and pumpkin, hopefully it will get back to normal soon and he'll still like the rabbit without the help of the Rad Cat.
To any of you rotating, especially those with sensitive GI tract cats, how did you start the process? Did you slowly transitioned each time you introduced a new food? But then, how did you get to feed different food on a same day? Okay, so maybe I can't go there with our dude, especially at first but what would be a good routine? Maybe I should keep him on the same food for a month? I'm sure he wouldn't have any problem with the Rad Cat (except he ate it so fast that he kept asking for more), I'm not so sure with the Primal, though.
Also, do you have to transition slowly each rotation cycle or just the very first time (once your cat has been one a food for some time, you can go back to it with no problem)?
And finally, are chicken, turkey, cornish hen, duck considered as a variety to avoid allergies? I'd rather stick to those along with rabbit that are more natural preys. Lamb, beef, venison are not and are quite fat, not to mention that I still don't know why he didn't do good on the Ziwipeak venison.
Thank you,
Jessica