The past year or so I have really increased my knowledge on cat nutrition. Right now, for many reasons I am unable to feed raw. I have, however, increased substantially the amount of grain free wet. My cat still gets grain free kibble in the am. She is 5 and always been on grain free.
My question is: could I, in essence, "fast" my cat one day a week of kibble and in exchange feed her raw chicken neck/wings?
Why I would like to do this: I live in an extremely rural part of the country and only have 1 vet within hours drive. My cat is small at about 5 - 5.5lbs. She has been sedated twice, once for her spay and once this past summer for her teeth cleaning. Both times the anesthesia has really wiped her out. I'm talking for days. With her spay it was 3 days before she was able to get up and walk on her own. It was traumatic to say the least. Similar experience this past summer with the teeth cleaning except she was able to move on her own at day 2. She just lay there, like she was dead. When I checked on her in the middle of the night she was so deep under I actaully thought she *had* passed Anyway I hope that I can limit the amount she must go under for a teeth cleaning by feeding her items that will naturally clean.
This may not be an option, and I might be totally crazy for thinking it could work...but figure you all will tell me! Lol. And this is my first cat so maybe the anesthesia reaction was normal? But I don't think so. Ive also been attempting to use a toothbrush with very limmitted success.
Sorry this is so long & thanks for any advice!
My question is: could I, in essence, "fast" my cat one day a week of kibble and in exchange feed her raw chicken neck/wings?
Why I would like to do this: I live in an extremely rural part of the country and only have 1 vet within hours drive. My cat is small at about 5 - 5.5lbs. She has been sedated twice, once for her spay and once this past summer for her teeth cleaning. Both times the anesthesia has really wiped her out. I'm talking for days. With her spay it was 3 days before she was able to get up and walk on her own. It was traumatic to say the least. Similar experience this past summer with the teeth cleaning except she was able to move on her own at day 2. She just lay there, like she was dead. When I checked on her in the middle of the night she was so deep under I actaully thought she *had* passed Anyway I hope that I can limit the amount she must go under for a teeth cleaning by feeding her items that will naturally clean.
This may not be an option, and I might be totally crazy for thinking it could work...but figure you all will tell me! Lol. And this is my first cat so maybe the anesthesia reaction was normal? But I don't think so. Ive also been attempting to use a toothbrush with very limmitted success.
Sorry this is so long & thanks for any advice!