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We have been feeding our three cats homemade raw made from meat and organs since this spring. Its been great except for a small amount of constipation that we fixed. We have been running into trouble with sourcing the organs locally (I'd rather not buy meat/organs online if possible) so we made up a batch with meat and supplements 7 days ago... the same day we treated them with frontline plus.
A day and a half later our little girl, Penny, developed really bad diarrhea; we figured she licked some frontline off her brother. She has been back and forth since then with good and bad poop. She is also showing an extreme lack on interest in her food most of the time.
Two days after mixing the new recipe our mom cat, Bub, started pooping outside the box and it was kind of loose in spots. It has gotten worse since then, and she hasn't used the box since then- it is all outside the box. She has also 'returned' her meal twice in the past 5 days and puked (not at meal time) three other times this week. Her stool is now very loose with large gelatinous blobs. This morning there is pink in the gel. She has been back and forth with wanting the food and not even wanting to walk over to her bowl. We will be taking her to the vet today.
Our little boy, Bear, seems the most okay with the new recipe... his stool has been normal and he has not puked at all, but he his showing a lack of interest in his food. He has always been very into his food- he is the one who figured out that the 7:15 alarm was for feeding time and will run to me when it goes off every day.
I am thinking it is the new recipe using supplements rather than the frontline... Does anyone agree? So, I am off to the store today to find some organs... no matter what it takes. I am really disappointed that the supplements don't seem to be an option for us.
On a lighter note- we gave in this morning and fed them some dry food just to get some nutrition in them. Bear couldn't figure out how to eat it and actually ended up walking away! His thoughts must have gone something like this ' Why do these little rocks smell like food... is there food inside? How do I get at it.. chomp chomp... huh? umm, I'm gonna go take a nap'
A day and a half later our little girl, Penny, developed really bad diarrhea; we figured she licked some frontline off her brother. She has been back and forth since then with good and bad poop. She is also showing an extreme lack on interest in her food most of the time.
Two days after mixing the new recipe our mom cat, Bub, started pooping outside the box and it was kind of loose in spots. It has gotten worse since then, and she hasn't used the box since then- it is all outside the box. She has also 'returned' her meal twice in the past 5 days and puked (not at meal time) three other times this week. Her stool is now very loose with large gelatinous blobs. This morning there is pink in the gel. She has been back and forth with wanting the food and not even wanting to walk over to her bowl. We will be taking her to the vet today.
Our little boy, Bear, seems the most okay with the new recipe... his stool has been normal and he has not puked at all, but he his showing a lack of interest in his food. He has always been very into his food- he is the one who figured out that the 7:15 alarm was for feeding time and will run to me when it goes off every day.
I am thinking it is the new recipe using supplements rather than the frontline... Does anyone agree? So, I am off to the store today to find some organs... no matter what it takes. I am really disappointed that the supplements don't seem to be an option for us.
On a lighter note- we gave in this morning and fed them some dry food just to get some nutrition in them. Bear couldn't figure out how to eat it and actually ended up walking away! His thoughts must have gone something like this ' Why do these little rocks smell like food... is there food inside? How do I get at it.. chomp chomp... huh? umm, I'm gonna go take a nap'