I am not sure if I can blame raw food, but I am wondering if it is worth it. I have been trying to get my two 7-month ragdoll kittens to eat homemade raw food for the past month. The first attempt was chicken. It seemed to go well, until the girl began throwing up about 10 days into it. She was able to eat almost exclusively raw, though her brother was quite a bit behind her and could only eat about 20% blended into his food, but no vomiting.
Someone on the forum suggested I try another protein, so I did rabbit. Mimi refused to have it at 100% after she got sick on the raw chicken, so I did around 1/3, then moved upto 1/2 and then 2/3rds or so. They both got to the stage where they were eating 75% raw and 25% canned with some slight hesitation but they would. But again, around 10 days into it, they both started getting sick and now neither of them will touch any raw now - even at smaller proportions.
This morning, for example, I tried to blend in just a tiny bit into a food that Rodolfo (the boy kitty likes). That came back up within a few minutes. They have even rejected some of the canned food that they love, meaning that I now virtually have very little food they will eat.
Before raw, I must have gone through at least 8 different brands of canned foods - lot of different proteins/flavors - to find which canned food they liked. It was an expensive process since they rejected most of them. So, I thought I had found what ticked their boxes (though the boy has become far more picky than his sister). But I have read and witnessed myself how cats will change what they like in a blink of an eye. Though considering I have only had them for 2 1/2 months, it is a bit tiring. I understand that they might get bored after a year or two, but every few weeks? I am constantly throwing out untouched food.
I really don't know what to do.
Their getting sick might not even be connected to raw food, but it is a bit strange that around the 10-14 day mark, they started getting vomiting for a couple of days in a row. Coincidence? Maybe. But I have thrown out SO much good food (the most expensive canned food too) that I really at my wits end. Plus, making raw food is seriously time consuming. I live in Switzerland and I only know of one commercial raw food brand for cats which is VERY expensive and hard to get - so not an option really. I even ordered a posh meat grinder that arrived literally 20 minutes ago because doing it by my hand cranked grinder was ruining my kitchen work table. How ironic.
They have wonderful fur and seem really healthy once they have been eating raw, but I: 1) always feel like I am forcing it on them and it is getting old because they often reject it; 2) am worried that I am actually poisoning them somehow.
I haven't taken them to the vet yet because they seem to do better once they start back up on some of the canned (and after I have given them a few drops of colloidal silver).
Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone inspire me? I am just feeling really down and out. I'd like to continue, but it feels like a circus at this stage.
Someone on the forum suggested I try another protein, so I did rabbit. Mimi refused to have it at 100% after she got sick on the raw chicken, so I did around 1/3, then moved upto 1/2 and then 2/3rds or so. They both got to the stage where they were eating 75% raw and 25% canned with some slight hesitation but they would. But again, around 10 days into it, they both started getting sick and now neither of them will touch any raw now - even at smaller proportions.
This morning, for example, I tried to blend in just a tiny bit into a food that Rodolfo (the boy kitty likes). That came back up within a few minutes. They have even rejected some of the canned food that they love, meaning that I now virtually have very little food they will eat.
Before raw, I must have gone through at least 8 different brands of canned foods - lot of different proteins/flavors - to find which canned food they liked. It was an expensive process since they rejected most of them. So, I thought I had found what ticked their boxes (though the boy has become far more picky than his sister). But I have read and witnessed myself how cats will change what they like in a blink of an eye. Though considering I have only had them for 2 1/2 months, it is a bit tiring. I understand that they might get bored after a year or two, but every few weeks? I am constantly throwing out untouched food.
I really don't know what to do.
Their getting sick might not even be connected to raw food, but it is a bit strange that around the 10-14 day mark, they started getting vomiting for a couple of days in a row. Coincidence? Maybe. But I have thrown out SO much good food (the most expensive canned food too) that I really at my wits end. Plus, making raw food is seriously time consuming. I live in Switzerland and I only know of one commercial raw food brand for cats which is VERY expensive and hard to get - so not an option really. I even ordered a posh meat grinder that arrived literally 20 minutes ago because doing it by my hand cranked grinder was ruining my kitchen work table. How ironic.
They have wonderful fur and seem really healthy once they have been eating raw, but I: 1) always feel like I am forcing it on them and it is getting old because they often reject it; 2) am worried that I am actually poisoning them somehow.
I haven't taken them to the vet yet because they seem to do better once they start back up on some of the canned (and after I have given them a few drops of colloidal silver).
Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone inspire me? I am just feeling really down and out. I'd like to continue, but it feels like a circus at this stage.
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