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So is it possible part of why she hasn't been 'hungry' for more than one can, or a half a can at a time, because she's been eating the dry?Many of the fancy feast and friskies classic pates are low to no carb. So essentially low to no grains. Also it is ok for cats with no teeth to eat dry. Many many do, most don't chew their kibble anyway and if that is all she can handle due to food sensitivities I wouldn't risk changing it. That being said, a fully dry diet is never ideal for cats so maybe try a limited ingredient canned food and start there. Problem is when you change foods they can get stomach upset, you won't really know for sure until the cat has been on a new food for a little awhile if it is working or not.
Yeah, the changing is mostly due to us not being able to get her regular food though. =( Someone apparently came into our TS and bought out all of the cans of cat food they had, leaving only kitten food (which she snubs)
-- Side note and update though --
She's not really eating the can food. She ate half a can this morning and had diarrhea. It wasn't BAD, like not a lot, no blood or anything. Just normal diarrhea, and really I only noticed because she got it stuck to her butt because it smelled AWFUL, which I had to clean (she's super not happy with me atm.) She wasn't grooming herself, for obvious reasons but groomed once I cleaned her down.
She nibbled the can of fancy feast that I opened for her, but didn't eat THAT much, so it's in the fridge now in hopes she'll want to eat later. She seems excited when I bring food in then it's like she looks at the food and goes 'Oh, yeah, eh.' -- I know she REALLY loves the 4health but I just don't have anymore at the moment, at least until I get paid and go check TS,and hopefully by now they have restocked.
Should I give her rice and chicken broth? I don't think her stomach issues are THAT bad but I'm paranoid and really have been not trusting my own judgement since we lost CiCi. My anxiety flares up at the first sign that something might be wrong.