Have you tried giving them supplements in some special treat, something they especially like but don't often get? How about tuna, or tuna water? Some of my kids are crazy about chicken liver and the strong scent overpowers just about anything. Maybe if you cut the dose down to next to nothing at first and then build up again?
I'm having a food dilemma myself. My "feral turned house cat", Gypsy, who we suspect has Inflammatory Bowel Disease, is suppose to be on a restricted diet of proteins she hasn't experienced before, (just in case it's caused by allergies). This has not been so easy to do because she's quite spoiled when it comes to food, there are very few proteins that she hasn't been given the opportunity to sample. I've spent weeks looking for something that she'll eat. I finally found California Natural venison and rice canned food (69 cents for a 3 ounce can, thank you very much), and a Solid Gold lamb dry food. Now she won't eat any dry, and won't touch anything that has "been tampered with". If I try to put something in front of her with even one supplement she turns her nose up and walks away. I'm scared to death because she's just skin and bones. I've been seriously contemplating getting her a slab of salmon and letting her just eat! I'm afraid I'm going to lose her (everything I've tried has failed to work), and the thought of her not being able to enjoy the time she has left eating whatever she pleases is so upsetting. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by all the illness around here, I wish there was a way to be certain that what I'm doing is right. Time to focus on my mantra, "All I can do, is All I can do.
Kerry, I would also like you to know how much I appreciate you and your contributions to the list. You always have something loving and supportive to add to any situation. It's apparent that you're a warm, genuine and caring person, we need more humans like you! Thank you.
Much love, Nina
*/"MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
Ok, I'm laughing now too Barb. One of my negs, Tiger, weighs 17lb.
Eats everything I put in front of him like there was no tomorrow.
I've tried weaning all 3 negs off the dry Wellness (too many carbs
says the vet, altho it was the very same vet that had me change
them to the dry a few years ago in tune with the thinking then,
grrr) to Wellness wet food but no go. Trixie, neg 2, who doesn't
need to lose weight, lost 2 lb, because she wasn't eating the wet
food. Not good!
Here's a Q I've been pondering on the subject of my FeLV positives
and food.
For 11 months, until we lost Caramel, they all had an ok appetite.
There were 6 then, eating 3 x 14 oz cans a day between them, plus
some dry food as a treat at "lights out" time. I added between
10-13 supplements to the wet food morning and night, for 11 months.
After we lost Caramel, the appetite of the remaining 5
significantly diminished. They were now eating 2 x 14 oz cans per
day total. (Caramel is not a factor, as his appetite was very poor
towards the end.)
I got worried, because I know from experience with Trixie that
cats don't necessarily eat as much as they should. If they don't
like it, they don't eat it.
So, I stopped all the supps, to see what happened. Appetite went
back up to 3 cans.
After a couple of weeks, I began adding the Prozyme. Just one
little supplement, nothing like the cocktail they were getting
before. I hoped I could get them weaned slowly back on to all of
them again.
No dice. Back to 2 cans' consumption.
I don't like the idea of them not getting their supps. But I
equally don't like them not eating enough.
I'm a bit stumped for where to proceed from here.
Would welcome any ideas or input.
Thanks, Kerry
