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looking for advice on my 5 month old kitten
he has had gastro issues and the vet wants to put him on a prescription food. The only thing is that its a dry food and he will not eat dry food at all. I told her this and she says that if i just remove all other food sources he'll start to eat it. Has anyone had any success with this method?
he has had gastro issues and the vet wants to put him on a prescription food. The only thing is that its a dry food and he will not eat dry food at all. I told her this and she says that if i just remove all other food sources he'll start to eat it. Has anyone had any success with this method?
Could you crunch up the dry food and add small amounts to the wet food bit by bit till he's used to the dry food? I had a cat like this years ago and got a mini blender to crush the biscuits up... Kinda like sprinkling condiments on the wet food
Lol I also have a stinky kitty, but it turned out she had swollen anal glands and the vet had to like squeeze the glands to fix it which they said is very sore & it could come back but hopefully not. It seems very uncomfy for the cat or dog, they fart so much 🦨 & of course their poop is evil 
. So I got this fiber stuff to sprinkle on their food in hopes of avoiding it happening again. Did you vet say anything about the glands, or adding fiber?
She still does fart now but not near as often.
The crushing and adding water sounds like a good idea to try for sure!!! Really hope it works.
. So I got this fiber stuff to sprinkle on their food in hopes of avoiding it happening again. Did you vet say anything about the glands, or adding fiber?She still does fart now but not near as often.
The crushing and adding water sounds like a good idea to try for sure!!! Really hope it works.
Has the vet mentioned anything to you about the Royal Canin gastrointestinal food? My previous cat Freddy had some gastrointestinal issues & they recommended the Royal Canin food as it’s very gentle on tummies.
He was an adult cat though and I’m unsure if they do a kitten version . Also it was expensive to buy - £13 a box but it did help him.
There are also sachets that are made by purina - they are pro biotics and also help with sore tummies. Again - I don’t know if they make a kitten version.
I do think it’s worth having another chat with your vet fo discuss further . I have linked the products that I used so you can see what they are .
purina probiotic - this stuff smells like gravy granules. I just sprinkled some on Freddy’s food twice a day .
PRO PLAN® Fortiflora Probiotic Cat Supplement | Purina
PRO PLAN® Fortiflora Probiotic is a supplement created to support intestinal health and microflora balance in cats of all ages. Learn more.
Royal Canin - Gastro food
Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Thin Slices in Gravy Adult Wet Cat Food | Royal Canin UK
For cats with diarrhoea, gastritis, colitis or similar conditions, Royal Canin’s gastrointestinal wet food offers nutritional solutions. Order here now.
Please do go back to your vet though if you can.
Ps - can I ask why they suggested dry food? Is your kitty being sick a lot? Or just the stinky poo?
What wet food are you feeding ? Because of Freddy’s issues I had to make a lot of changes to his diet - prior to his tummy issues he was a whiskers boy but after some research I discovered that whiskers / felix and Sheba are basically the McDonalds of cat food world .
Because they are full of filler it makes cat poo smell more .
There is website that I went on which is useful as it lists cat food brands and gives loads of information about nutrients and which cat food is basically filler ( which can also upset cats tummies).
I will go and find the link
What wet food are you feeding ? Because of Freddy’s issues I had to make a lot of changes to his diet - prior to his tummy issues he was a whiskers boy but after some research I discovered that whiskers / felix and Sheba are basically the McDonalds of cat food world .
Because they are full of filler it makes cat poo smell more .
There is website that I went on which is useful as it lists cat food brands and gives loads of information about nutrients and which cat food is basically filler ( which can also upset cats tummies).
I will go and find the link
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This is the website
My somewhat senior cat has an IBD diagnosis which was a few years in the ‘works’, she would have spells of being sick and doing toxic poops in the litter tray and causing mayhem for her breakfast in the mornings (more so than she normally would, which was A LOT) and we went back and forth to the vets for ages before they settled definitively on IBD. We tried a couple of different food brands but have settled on Katkin which is expensive but she really likes most of the flavours (two have been no nos but there are lots to choose from), her poop doesn’t stink the entire house out and her coat, which I always thought was really nice anyway, became even thicker and softer. The only issue we are having is she is on the smallest portion but has gained quite a lot of weight, probably because she has been super sedentary as it’s winter and she is in her late teens, and is on steroids, so I might get her the bigger portions but give her one pouch a day instead of two. Not an ad, btw. I really wish they gave me freebies/an ongoing discount 
One thing we learned from this process is a lot of cats really struggle with chicken, chicken has a protein in it that upsets some cat’s stomachs. This really surprised me and I don’t know why!
One thing we learned from this process is a lot of cats really struggle with chicken, chicken has a protein in it that upsets some cat’s stomachs. This really surprised me and I don’t know why!
Bought cleo a tractor scratcher from pets at home. It's now a bed too 
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Jimmy is on the Royal Canin gastro food for nearly a year now.
The issue was that he is very floofy and was ingesting a lot of fur from grooming himself. His previous supermarket wet or dry food hadn't enough solids in them to help him move it through his gut. It kept getting stuck in his lower colon and he had to have a couple of enemas to sort it. I dose him with Catlax three times a week which helps as well. The vets said that any of the Royal Canin varieties sold in garden centres etc, are rubbish and are pretty much all the same no matter what it says it is supposed to treat. Which is what I had found as I had Jimmy on the 'Hairball' one which was of no use.
Jimmy gets two helpings of food a day, with several of Aldi's Dreamies dupes as a treat. I used to give him the Purina snack biscuits as well, but, to get his weight down, I cut them out last month and noticed that his fur improved no end - much shinier and silkier than before.
We have three cats, one is fairly slim, and is on Royal Canine Sensible, the other two are a bit chonky, so they have a mix of 50/50 Sensible and Satiety.
I haven't but reminds me of the sex and the city episode with Samantha and her back massager
My little Susan.
Valentine’s treat
What a gorgeous coat!
I got these for my cTs a while ago, large little girl didn't get the point just ripped it off the stick a ran away with it in her mouth
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