"John Doe" wrote in message
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I looked around on the package of IAMs "7+ year old" cat food and
did not
see a description. Well, now that I think of it, they probably have
a web
site, hopefully that would be on it.

But just in case they do not.

What is that food for? Apparently for 7+ year old cats. My problem
is that
I want to give them the hairball formula and at the same time a low
calorie
food.


John--

Our fat cat has eaten Iams hairball/weight loss for about four years.
We free fed and
she wolfed it and begged for more. On a suggestion from someone here,
I started giving
her canned food, just a little at a time, like a third of a 3-oz can
three times a day. In addition, she gets maybe a third cup of dry
food, just a sprinkle in the morning and at night. She has stopped
eating all of the dry food--it is as though she rations herself. And
she loves the wet food. AND she is losing weight. She clearly finds
the wet food more satisfying. The dry diet food is full of carbs and
apparently they just keep eating because they are not satisfied--like
you might do if you wanted steak but could only get to Popcorn. As for
the hairballs, get some Laxatone, or whatever your vet sells in a
tube. It usually tastes like molasses and they lick it right off your
fingers, or you can put a dab on their noses. Another
thing--apparently dry food if eaten fast can cause upchucking because
it expands in the stomach. Hope this helps.