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Hi I'm new here excuse me if this is not in the proper place or if it has been asked before. I just really need some help.
I am trying to transition my cats from dry food to wet food. I don't have a lot of money for very high quality canned food so I choose the best one at my price range that I could get to first. I chose Sheba to start out with, I think it is okay there isn't grain in it and it is mostly comprised of meat. The dry food they are accustomed to is nine lives daily essentials.
My cats are a female who is 8 years old her name is Gir, and who has been on dry food the majority of her life. The other is a male who just turned 2 his name is O'malley, and I started him at home on wet food and then went back to dry. At the time I did not know how bad it was.
The issue that I am having is that my 2 year old is puking. He is puking a lot. The first couple of days were fine, I gave them mostly dry and then gradually went down. I did go a little fast and at first I was mixing it with the dry. Then I got to the point that all I was giving them was the wet. O'malley did fine the first couple of days even when I was just feeding him the plain wet, but now he is puking nearly every day multiple times. At first I thought that it was the flavor (turkey) but now he is doing it with all the foods. So since he was puking I started leaving out a separate bowl of his dry food for him to munch on as well. He has been eating both but mostly the wet I believe. He likes the food and is excited at feeding time. He doesn't appear to be very sluggish but he might be getting there and he eats every time I feed him. His puking is starting to concern me and tonight it was particularly bad he has thrown up twice, and one time he made a strange noise that we have never heard him make and he heaved pretty violently. My husband who is wary about the change because he doesn't understand the issue with dry food doesn't want me to feed them the wet food anymore which at this point I am okay with so O'malley will stop getting sick. I do not want to give up though. I have taken the wet food away and given only dry for now.
My other cat is doing great with her transition. I don't think that she has a sensitive stomach, I believe she threw up the other day but it was the white stuff that I have read that they do sometimes if they built up stomach acid and didn't eat in time.
Can you offer any suggestions? O'malley's frequent puking is really worrying me. Should I try a different brand? Or did I transition too fast? It has been about a week or so since I started the transition. I'm wondering if I should give him a break and just start over.
Thank you!
Also my name is Hannah! Nice to meet you!
I am trying to transition my cats from dry food to wet food. I don't have a lot of money for very high quality canned food so I choose the best one at my price range that I could get to first. I chose Sheba to start out with, I think it is okay there isn't grain in it and it is mostly comprised of meat. The dry food they are accustomed to is nine lives daily essentials.
My cats are a female who is 8 years old her name is Gir, and who has been on dry food the majority of her life. The other is a male who just turned 2 his name is O'malley, and I started him at home on wet food and then went back to dry. At the time I did not know how bad it was.
The issue that I am having is that my 2 year old is puking. He is puking a lot. The first couple of days were fine, I gave them mostly dry and then gradually went down. I did go a little fast and at first I was mixing it with the dry. Then I got to the point that all I was giving them was the wet. O'malley did fine the first couple of days even when I was just feeding him the plain wet, but now he is puking nearly every day multiple times. At first I thought that it was the flavor (turkey) but now he is doing it with all the foods. So since he was puking I started leaving out a separate bowl of his dry food for him to munch on as well. He has been eating both but mostly the wet I believe. He likes the food and is excited at feeding time. He doesn't appear to be very sluggish but he might be getting there and he eats every time I feed him. His puking is starting to concern me and tonight it was particularly bad he has thrown up twice, and one time he made a strange noise that we have never heard him make and he heaved pretty violently. My husband who is wary about the change because he doesn't understand the issue with dry food doesn't want me to feed them the wet food anymore which at this point I am okay with so O'malley will stop getting sick. I do not want to give up though. I have taken the wet food away and given only dry for now.
My other cat is doing great with her transition. I don't think that she has a sensitive stomach, I believe she threw up the other day but it was the white stuff that I have read that they do sometimes if they built up stomach acid and didn't eat in time.
Can you offer any suggestions? O'malley's frequent puking is really worrying me. Should I try a different brand? Or did I transition too fast? It has been about a week or so since I started the transition. I'm wondering if I should give him a break and just start over.
Thank you!
Also my name is Hannah! Nice to meet you!