Hello. New here, I posted in the new cats on the block section introducing my little guy. Ive followed this website and catinfo.org and decided to start him on raw when I brought him home. Loki is a 4 month old modern blue point siamese whom I brought home on July 28th. During his first week with me I kept him on canned food (Fancy Feast grilled chicken) while he was adjusting to his new life. He would always get bloated and gassy after eating, I then started noticing runny stools after the 4th day and decided it was time to make the switch. Not having my grinder yet I decided I would just half the batch and chop it myself. For now I'm using Alnutrin for the supplementing till I feel more confident. Using the type and recipe they suggest for without bones and I use chicken liver and chicken thighs. I added a little bit more water then suggested and I was wondering if that is an ok thing to do?
He took to the raw instantly. It was cute watching him learn how to deal with the tiny chunks of meat. He couldnt figure it out at first. I did mix in a little bit of his canned to the raw for the first few days as to not shock his system too much. I was hoping that because he is still young that his body would handle it quite well. His bloated gassy problem is gone. Pooping much less, since the switch he's pooped once. And while it wasnt the very dry, crumbly texture Ive heard about (thinking because I was still mixing in some canned), it was solid and not runny anymore. It did take 2 days though for him to poop, I was starting to panic! Also it wasnt very much, and last night I notice him trying to go but produced nothing. Otherwise that he's not showing any other symptoms of constipation, but as a precaution I'm mixing in a small amount of Miralax into his breakfast and waiting to see how that goes.
Basically at this point I'm just looking for reassurance that I'm doing everything right, I'm so worried of doing something wrong and harming him. Wondering if probiotics should be added, or anything else for that matter that would benefit him. I do crush up L-lysin 250mg and mix it into his food everyday, he's battling a slight URI.
Oh jeez, how funny. As I'm writing this he actually did his business, but again its not much. Maybe a 1 1/2 inches in length. Is this normal for a kitten of his age and size (4 lbs) when on raw? I apologize for my paranoia , I'm definitly an over worried cat parent!
Thanks everyone!
Proud Momma to Loki
He took to the raw instantly. It was cute watching him learn how to deal with the tiny chunks of meat. He couldnt figure it out at first. I did mix in a little bit of his canned to the raw for the first few days as to not shock his system too much. I was hoping that because he is still young that his body would handle it quite well. His bloated gassy problem is gone. Pooping much less, since the switch he's pooped once. And while it wasnt the very dry, crumbly texture Ive heard about (thinking because I was still mixing in some canned), it was solid and not runny anymore. It did take 2 days though for him to poop, I was starting to panic! Also it wasnt very much, and last night I notice him trying to go but produced nothing. Otherwise that he's not showing any other symptoms of constipation, but as a precaution I'm mixing in a small amount of Miralax into his breakfast and waiting to see how that goes.
Basically at this point I'm just looking for reassurance that I'm doing everything right, I'm so worried of doing something wrong and harming him. Wondering if probiotics should be added, or anything else for that matter that would benefit him. I do crush up L-lysin 250mg and mix it into his food everyday, he's battling a slight URI.
Oh jeez, how funny. As I'm writing this he actually did his business, but again its not much. Maybe a 1 1/2 inches in length. Is this normal for a kitten of his age and size (4 lbs) when on raw? I apologize for my paranoia , I'm definitly an over worried cat parent!
Thanks everyone!
Proud Momma to Loki