Some specialty stores also carry -for cats- Tuna flakes....buy my Quint won't touch them.
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oh, you guys are talking about food for fish! Sometimes I'm a little slow.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> *You can find fish food flakes in any pet store or grocery store. Just
> read the labels on it. I have fed mine that as well at times.*
>
> In a message dated 1/4/2005 2:22:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Thank you Tamara. Where can I find fish food flakes?
> Nina
>
> tamara stickler wrote:
>
> > 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 Wh! eat 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 war! m. 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
&! gt; 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, unt! il 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 cou! ple 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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