Archive for the ‘cat diet’ Category
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
I’ve been told that dry cat food is bad for my cats health and that concerns me. Problem: my cat loves dry cat food and will only eat a small amount of the wet food I give to her.
Before I gave her dry food in the morning and wet and dry at night, but now I’m just giving her canned food and she’ll only take a bite or two, then walk away and refuse to eat any more. Then she follows me around meowing and looking really sad and upset.
I get concerned that she’ll starve to death so I’ve been giving her a little dry later in the morning and she just dives in and eats every little bit.
I really want to make the switch but I’m not quite sure how to do it. HELP!
Tags: cat food, cat won't eat cat food
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Saturday, August 7th, 2010
HELP! My cat is prone to urinary tract infections and our vet put her on a canned food for this. She’s extremely stubborn and refuses to eat the canned food she needs for her urinary tract health.
Any suggestions?
Tags: Cat, cat refuses to eat, cat won't eat cat food, Health, Urinary system, Urinary tract infection
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Okay kind of a long story- i have a two year old neutered male cat. I have a male and female from the same litter and they have been inside since we got them at 6 weeks old. He swllowed a piece of elastic and the vet at seal laird did surgery and removed it. It is a very sweet cat and he is very attached to me. He is a big boy at 17 lbs. His problem is he runs through the house defecating . He will leave the litterbox from urinating and run full blast through the house pooping. I have taken him to every vet within a 30 mile radius and they call it behavior problem. I can not put him outside because we have two labs and two outside cats. The vets have tried prozac and prednizone and neither helped. He is up to date on vaccines and they have done blood work and x rays. I have 6 litter boxes in 4 rooms for two cats, with different kinds of litter and even newspaper. He will whine when he goes. I have tried the attract litter and I have had the floors professionally cleaned . My husband wants me to have the cat put to sleep as we can not even have people over because we are scared of what our cat will do. i have approximatley a week to fix this or that is what will happen.
If it is behavior , I can’t fix it. If it is some sort of physical issue, I want to help him.
Any questions-just let me know.
Thanks
Sandra
Tags: cat behavior problems, cat behaviour problems, cat defecating, cat litterbox, Neutering
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Hi, I know you have a directory on VetLocator for holistic vets and I’ve used it twice, once for my dogs and then a cat specialist. So I have a question…
My friends call me a health nut because I’m super concerned about my pet’s nutrition. I just keep reading about recalls and such from ‘healthy pet food’ companies and it’s freaking me out a little.
How can I make sure I’m feeding them right?
Tags: Cat, Pet food, pet nutrition, what is a healthy cat diet, what is a healthy dog diet
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
My 7 year old spayed female cat is huge. We put her on a special diet but she’s only lost half a pound so far and still has five more to go. Despite carefully watching what she eats, she’s not really losing.
Do you have any tips or suggestions for us? We’re at our wits end!
Sincerely,
DL
Tags: cat diet tips, cat lose weight, fat ca
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Sunday, June 6th, 2010
I have an older calico cat and I recently brought her to my veterinarian for her annual checkup. She had lost two pounds from the year before and I didn’t even notice.
My veterinarian did some blood tests and told me that she has hyperthyroidism. He said this is very common in older cats and that she needed to start taking pills to control it.
I travel a lot and I’m not sure if I can give her the medication regularly.
Are there any other options?
Pat
Tags: Cats, feline hyperthyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Pets
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
My 10-year-old cat was recently diagnosed with diabetes. The vet prescribed a special diabetic food, but my cat doesn’t like it and refuses to eat it.
Does anyone have any suggestions to help get my cat to eat her food or at least to eat better?
I’m tearing my hair out!!!!
Bruce
Tags: cat diet, cat refusing to eat, diabetic cat diet, feline diabetes
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
I have a cat that is losing weight. He eats fine. His brother was losing weight and I took him in for blood work and they found nothing, this one seems to be putting the weight back on.
What can be the cause for the first one to be losing?
Bonnie
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Our 23 year old cat has a severe cough and is sneezing, she has been on azithromycin for ten days and then vibramycin ten days and is deteriorating and loosing her appetite and is not drinking a lot. She had 2 I.V.’s about a week ago, and blood work. x-ray did not show pneumonia. I need holistic help. She is in delicate health and I hate to take her outside now, because it is cold.
Can I pay for a consultation over the phone or would she need to be seen? The situation is getting very serious. She is eating a little cooked sirloin 4% with olive oil, boiled in water, and Gerber baby food and chicken.
Thank you
Tags: cat not eating, cat with cold, cat with cough
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Hello,
I have a 13 year old neutered male DSH who has IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) for the past two years.
He stopped eating about three days ago (grain free single-protien diet), and has lost a noticable amount of weight. I switched him to a grain free (poultry) soft food this afternoon and although he is still drinking water, Max has thrown up the moist food twice in the past ten minutes. He kept his meal down for about 2 hours, but what I am seeing doesn’t as though he had begun to digest any of the moist food (still wet, still looks like it did in his dish). My vet’s office isn’t open until Monday, and I don’t have anything to give him medicine-wise. Is there ANYTHING I can safely give him to help soothe his digestive tract so he can eat even a little bit? He says it hurts and he’s afraid to eat.
Any help appreciated–I love him very much and am terrified of losing him.
Deaun
Tags: Cat with GI problems, cat with IBS, feline IBS
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