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I adopted my cat Pretty Boy a few years ago, he's around 12 or so and has FIV, and a few little comorbidities of that, specifically really bad ibs (always diarrhea, can be really forceful and painful) and asthma (episodes of coughing and wheezing, occasionally hacking up phlegm. had no idea what it was, but saw a vid of a cat having an asthma attack, and that's exactly what he does.)
he drinks plenty of water. we feed him half wet food (tiny tiger from chewy) and half dry food (i honestly... dont remember what it is. but it's a really grain light formula.) the half and half is mostly to save money. we are pretty poor. I would feed both our cats just wet food if I could. hell, I'd make their food if I could. but i'm very limited by budget and energy.
took him in to a vet to see if I could help with his IBS because it seemed like it was hurting him more, and the asthma bc it was making it harder for him to play. the vet told me the treatment for both of those is the same! it's a gentler diet. he prescribed PB hills w/d (well, he had some i/d on hand that was donated, so I got it for free, and he said if that seemed to help I should switch to w/d after it was out.)
I'm pretty sure i've heard hills is kind of a scam that just pays vets to push it. and looking at the price tags to get more, and the ingredients list (the first two ingredients are grains? the second ingredient is corn? really?), im wanting to find alternatives.
so what exactly is in the diet that helps with ibs and asthma? and where can I get other kinds of food, wet and dry, that would do the same with less of the bs additives?
he drinks plenty of water. we feed him half wet food (tiny tiger from chewy) and half dry food (i honestly... dont remember what it is. but it's a really grain light formula.) the half and half is mostly to save money. we are pretty poor. I would feed both our cats just wet food if I could. hell, I'd make their food if I could. but i'm very limited by budget and energy.
took him in to a vet to see if I could help with his IBS because it seemed like it was hurting him more, and the asthma bc it was making it harder for him to play. the vet told me the treatment for both of those is the same! it's a gentler diet. he prescribed PB hills w/d (well, he had some i/d on hand that was donated, so I got it for free, and he said if that seemed to help I should switch to w/d after it was out.)
I'm pretty sure i've heard hills is kind of a scam that just pays vets to push it. and looking at the price tags to get more, and the ingredients list (the first two ingredients are grains? the second ingredient is corn? really?), im wanting to find alternatives.
so what exactly is in the diet that helps with ibs and asthma? and where can I get other kinds of food, wet and dry, that would do the same with less of the bs additives?