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Scheduled Feedings--Unexpected Benefits
I've posted about my tuxedo cat Boo's dramatic weight loss and improved mood
and health since I put her on an all-canned diet in scheduled feedings every 12 hours, reducing the amount I fed her by 1/4 until she achieved her desired weight. An unexpected benefit is that I can pill her more easily now. She takes thyroid and heart medication, half a pill each twice a day. I tried everything and it was just a terrible battle that wound up with her fighting and foaming at the mouth, learning to eat the treat around the pill, and getting really cagey and looking like she swallowed but I would find the pills all over. I began giving her the pills after she has had just a mouthful or two of her canned food. She is such a chow hound she cannot be bothered to fight it--she just swallows them right away so she can get to the next bite of food! It helps that I have gotten better about tossing them way back to the very center of her throat. |
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