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cat with an appetite
Hi,
I am hoping someone here can give me some advice. We have 3 cats: Ozzie (male) who is now 4 years old, and FooFee and Lilly (females) who are 3 years old. Ozzie came to us when he was 4 weeks old, he was found wandering in the forest. He was starved, hard to say how long he had been wandering Not surprisingly Ozzie has food issues, he steals food from the other 2 and he is always is crying for food, he weighs in at about 17 pounds. He eats until he throws up at least twice per week. If you try to monitor and ration his food he gets frantic. The other two cats are finicky ( rescued from a kitten mill) and never tend to over eat, so if I take away the food they don't get enough to eat. One of them was the runt and is not very robust so she needs to have access to food. I give them IAMS natural type crunchies and soft food once a day. It is a dilemma, any advice would be appreciated. Liz |
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Some cats just don't know how to control their eating. I have one like
that. I would highly recommend getting all your cats on a twice per day feeding schedule, about every 12 hours. They adjust to this very easily and soon learn to eat their portions in a shorter amount of time (15-20 minutes or so). You may need to put them in separate rooms to make sure everyone gets their share (I do this). You might also consider switching to a high-quality canned diet. It's more satisfying than dry food and will help Ozzie feel more full for longer. You can even add water to the wet food to "trick" him into thinking he's getting more. |
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On Oct 7, 7:21*am, "Rene S." wrote:
snip You might also consider switching to a high-quality canned diet. It's more satisfying than dry food and will help Ozzie feel more full for longer. You can even add water to the wet food to "trick" him into thinking he's getting more. Hi Liz, you could also consider taking him off kibble entirely. Kibble offers absolutely nothing nutritionally for a cat. It's grain based and a cats physiology is meat based so it's unable to derive any nutrition from kibble. Kitties will get fatter because of the carbs but it's comparable to us eating potato chips for every meal. Switching to a high-quality canned diet would be a good start, personally, because I've seen the wonders it's done for my own 4 cats I recommend switching to raw. It's just chuck full of nutritients and is more like the natural diet they would get when fending for themselves. Remember, this is what their wild cousins eat. Just something to think about. DWMeowMix |
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On Oct 7, 4:17*pm, DWMeowMix wrote:
On Oct 7, 7:21*am, "Rene S." wrote: snip You might also consider switching to a high-quality canned diet. It's more satisfying than dry food and will help Ozzie feel more full for longer. You can even add water to the wet food to "trick" him into thinking he's getting more. Hi Liz, you could also consider taking him off kibble entirely. Kibble offers absolutely nothing nutritionally for a cat. *It's grain based and a cats physiology is meat based so it's unable to derive any nutrition from kibble. *Kitties will get fatter because of the carbs but it's comparable to us eating potato chips for every meal. Switching to a high-quality canned diet would be a good start, personally, because I've seen the wonders it's done for my own 4 cats I recommend switching to raw. *It's just chuck full of nutritients and is more like the natural diet they would get when fending for themselves. *Remember, this is what their wild cousins eat. *Just something to think about. DWMeowMix Meow Mix, Though I didn't specifically say that, I did mean to suggest that your cats would be better off with NO dry food for the same reasons. I also feed some raw (Nature's Variety) with good results. Here is a good article for the OP to read about feline nutrition: http://www.catinfo.org/ |
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Hi - I would try Ozzie on some Canned pumpkin - Just 1 tablespoon per
day - adds some good fiber to his diet. also give ozzie a new food - How about Innova EVO for cats or Wellness for Cats... Better than the one you are currently using... mostly meats and very little corns and fillers. Also, a good supplement may help to take the EDGE off of this boy - NuVET Plus is a great supplement to add to his food each day ... just 1 x per day / here is the link http://www.apluspetcare.com/untitled4.html Need help ....just e-mail me. BEST of luck - Marie Peppers LPN MA |
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