"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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On 07/29/2012 06:58 PM, Joy wrote:
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Persia does not like the Royal Canin or the Prescription Hill's k/d
canned
food the vet said she should eat. (They sold me both brands so I could
see which she liked better... the answer is neither one.) She was
merely
picking at it, just eating enough to stave off hunger pangs.

(snippage)

Each vet seems to have his or her own opinion about matters like this.
Mine
said, "The important thing is that she eat. If she won't eat the food
that's best for her, feed her what she will eat." It is possible that
not
having the special food will shorten her life, but so will not eating at
all.

(snippage)

Joy


IMHO Give her what makes her happy! MLB


I just went to the store to stock up on Fancy Feast and a couple of cans
of Friskies. She's chowing down! Forget the expensive R/x food. I'll
give her whatever she wants, so long as she eats. Thanks everyone for the
support and encouragement.


Don't discount the Rx food suiting her yet. If you suddenly switch food (a
lot of people do this when the vet has advised it) it will often upset their
tummies. Try again with, say, 1/4 kidney diet mixed with 3/4 of her usual
for a week and up the proportion of KD weekly until within 4-6 weeks she is
on the Rx food completely. It really does lengthen their life if you can
get them on to it. Yes, it's expensive, I know. I also know what living on
very small income means as I'm doing it atm.

Please don't make a decision yet about giving Persia everything she wants
to eat regardless, I don't think she's got to that stage.
Tweed
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Yesterday I started mixing a little of the canned k/d with some Fancy Feast.
She eats it but she definitely knows it's not all FF! At least it's not
making her ill.

Also, they make the feline k/d in kibble form. Since I know Persia drinks a
lot of water anyway, I'll ask the vet about trying some of that instead with
a little FF as a treat a few times a week. An 8.5 oz. bag of the kibble is
a lot less expensive than what I paid for 8 cans of canned!

Thanks again to everyone.

Jill