Nina and Gypsy/Calcium Carbonate for baby food

[Nina]

Hello everyone, I got this post from the vet that monitors the IBD list I belong to.  I thought I'd pass it on to you guys for when you have to syringe feed, or resort to baby food.  I don't know how much the calcium and vitamins change the taste, but it would be really nice to know they are getting a balanced diet when feeding baby food. Nina >>The other thought is just to get her on one diet and stick with it but syringe feed her.  I usually use Wellness plain chicken for my syringe feeding although I am not sure how Wellness will do with her diarrhea.  About 5% of cats with diarrhea do not do well on Wellness.  I add a bit of water to the food...puree in a blender...run it through a strainer so my syringe does not clog...then syringe feed. Your other option would be to syringe feed her plain meat baby food...but add some calcium and B-complex vitamins. I finally got a chance to do some calculations for adding calcium carbonate to baby food.  A 2.5 ounce jar needs about 50 mg of calcium added.  The NOW brand of calcium carbonate has 1,200 mg per tsp...which makes it very difficult to calculate properly. However, you could combine 6 jars of food and then that would require 300 mg which would be 1/4 tsp of the NOW CC.  Other brands have different amounts of elemental calcium in each tsp so you need to pay attention to that. Here are some links to the NOW brand of CC. http://www.nowcatalog.com/1245.html http://www.iherb.com/calcarbo.html You also need to add some B-Complex.  Use 10-20 mg per 6 jars of baby food.  They come in 50mg capsules so use just a portion of the capsule.  If syringe feeding, go with 10 mg - or less - because you do not want to create a food aversion.  Taste it yourself to test it.  B vitamins are strong tasting.  If using a feeding tube, I would go with the 20 mg/6 jars of baby food. I would also add in enough taurine to provide 60 mg/day.>> Lisa, dvm www.catinfo.org Feeding Your Cat: Know the Basics of Feline Nutrition Feline Diabetes and Diet: The High Carbohydrate Culprit Quality Commercial Canned Foods Making Cat Food The Litter Box From Your Cat's Point of View Pilling Cats and Dogs - Erosive Esophagitis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FelineIBD/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.