Belle is just beginning to get better - she started vomiting and then went off her food. It took her a week and a half and a couple vet visits to get better - prednisolone seems to be what has made her turn around.
The vet recommended putting her on Hill's i/d wet and dry. They really didn't know what's wrong with her, but expected a case of IBD, as she has had some vomiting/soft stools in the past (not a lot, IMO, the main concern other than milk being that she always had softer stools with foods with grains in them).
The girls were eating Orijen dry and Friskies wet (sucks, I know, but it was the only one they would eat consistently - one variety only - chicken dinner pate).
Delilah had an issue last Christmas where she was pooping mucous from an irritated bowel and seemed to be a bit constipated. Now Belle's issues.
In other news, Delilah is on the chubby side and her teeth aren't great. At our last check up (before Belle got sick), the vet recommended Hill's Healthy Advantage...blah...
Right now, we're still in desperation mode - so I still have the Orijen out (Belle wasn't eating dry and I didn't see much sense in messing with Delilah's food at this point) and we've been giving Belle Fancy Feast (tuna flavour, but they've had some chicken as well. Delilah has been nibbling on the FF a bit as well.
I don't mind feeding i/d dry if that's going to help their digestive health. Looking at the ingredients, however, I don't see how it can be good for them. i/d wet, at $2.40/can, I have a bit of a problem with.
So, I'm not really sure where to go from here. Is i/d really the best option for an IBD cat? Are there foods with better ingredients that would be OK as well?
On the other hand, is IBD really just a catch all for "we don't know why your cat's throwing up and won't eat"? She didn't have any diarrhea as far as I can.
The vet recommended putting her on Hill's i/d wet and dry. They really didn't know what's wrong with her, but expected a case of IBD, as she has had some vomiting/soft stools in the past (not a lot, IMO, the main concern other than milk being that she always had softer stools with foods with grains in them).
The girls were eating Orijen dry and Friskies wet (sucks, I know, but it was the only one they would eat consistently - one variety only - chicken dinner pate).
Delilah had an issue last Christmas where she was pooping mucous from an irritated bowel and seemed to be a bit constipated. Now Belle's issues.
In other news, Delilah is on the chubby side and her teeth aren't great. At our last check up (before Belle got sick), the vet recommended Hill's Healthy Advantage...blah...
Right now, we're still in desperation mode - so I still have the Orijen out (Belle wasn't eating dry and I didn't see much sense in messing with Delilah's food at this point) and we've been giving Belle Fancy Feast (tuna flavour, but they've had some chicken as well. Delilah has been nibbling on the FF a bit as well.
I don't mind feeding i/d dry if that's going to help their digestive health. Looking at the ingredients, however, I don't see how it can be good for them. i/d wet, at $2.40/can, I have a bit of a problem with.
So, I'm not really sure where to go from here. Is i/d really the best option for an IBD cat? Are there foods with better ingredients that would be OK as well?
On the other hand, is IBD really just a catch all for "we don't know why your cat's throwing up and won't eat"? She didn't have any diarrhea as far as I can.