Have either of you tried either mixing the suppliments in baby food
(make certain it doesn't contain onion or onion powder)...heat the
food 20 sec. in the microwave first and feed on a spoon....(its one of
the only ways Quintapus, my CRF cat, will take suppliments)
The others are: Cream of Wheat made with goat or "cat milk"...and a
bit of sugar (if not diabetic....Qu has a sweet tooth).
OR Fish food flakes...anything low in phosphorus & corn and high in
protein, made with real fish....take a tablespoon of flakes, mix a
tiny bit of flour (or corn meal -but this doesn't work quite as
well...just makes for a sweeter mixture, I suppose) and egg white so
you have a Elmer's school glue consitancy & look -paste, gently fold
in the fish flakes and any suppliments (note mixture should be more
flakes than paste..you may have to experiment here...I never
measure-sorry)....bake in oven at 325 for about 20 minutes or until
crispy on tin foil. Sometimes, depending on the fish flakes, it turns
blackish and it does stink! But most times it is agreeable, esp. if
served warm. You can fool around with the mixture, add a bit of
oyster juice or tuna fish or salmon to make a fish cake like
item....you know your cats and what they like best.
Good luck, I hope it works for some of you.
*/Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
Hi Kerry,
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 v! enison 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." /* 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.
&g! t; 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
>
>
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