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"Science Diet" Hairball Control Sensitivity
Hello All!
We've got two tabbies, Spirit and Angel, each is about 3 years of age. They both eat the same food but Angel has an on-again, off-again sensitivity to the above food. Sometimes she'll go two weeks without vomiting, another time it's twice a day! It always comes up yellow...so we presume it's the food. Is there another food, with "hairball control" that we can give her that you'd recommend? We groom her regularly; without the hairball control she vomits hairballs. You see, she grooms her sister, as well. Spirit grooms Angel too, but apparently is not as sensitive. We also give them "Eucanuba Lamb and Rice" which they both love and keep down. For weekend treat, they love the "Fancy Feast" in the tin that we give them. Angel keeps that down as well. It's only when we mix a small ammount of the Science Diet with the Eucanuba, that Angel gets sick. All suggestions will be most gratefully received! Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Lois |
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Are you sure the sensitivity is to the Science Diet Hairball formulation?
From your description, the sensitivity could be the Eucanuba, largely, as you mention that the sensitivity only seems to occur when the Eucanuba and the Science Diet are mixed. You state that the effect doesn't occur with the other food / brand mixes. Larry Osborne "Alaininsd" wrote in message ... Hello All! We've got two tabbies, Spirit and Angel, each is about 3 years of age. They both eat the same food but Angel has an on-again, off-again sensitivity to the above food. Sometimes she'll go two weeks without vomiting, another time it's twice a day! It always comes up yellow...so we presume it's the food. Is there another food, with "hairball control" that we can give her that you'd recommend? We groom her regularly; without the hairball control she vomits hairballs. You see, she grooms her sister, as well. Spirit grooms Angel too, but apparently is not as sensitive. We also give them "Eucanuba Lamb and Rice" which they both love and keep down. For weekend treat, they love the "Fancy Feast" in the tin that we give them. Angel keeps that down as well. It's only when we mix a small ammount of the Science Diet with the Eucanuba, that Angel gets sick. All suggestions will be most gratefully received! Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Lois |
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Are you sure the sensitivity is to the Science Diet Hairball formulation?
From your description, the sensitivity could be the Eucanuba, largely, as you mention that the sensitivity only seems to occur when the Eucanuba and the Science Diet are mixed. You state that the effect doesn't occur with the other food / brand mixes. Larry Osborne "Alaininsd" wrote in message ... Hello All! We've got two tabbies, Spirit and Angel, each is about 3 years of age. They both eat the same food but Angel has an on-again, off-again sensitivity to the above food. Sometimes she'll go two weeks without vomiting, another time it's twice a day! It always comes up yellow...so we presume it's the food. Is there another food, with "hairball control" that we can give her that you'd recommend? We groom her regularly; without the hairball control she vomits hairballs. You see, she grooms her sister, as well. Spirit grooms Angel too, but apparently is not as sensitive. We also give them "Eucanuba Lamb and Rice" which they both love and keep down. For weekend treat, they love the "Fancy Feast" in the tin that we give them. Angel keeps that down as well. It's only when we mix a small ammount of the Science Diet with the Eucanuba, that Angel gets sick. All suggestions will be most gratefully received! Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Lois |
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From: Alaininsd
They both eat the same food but Angel has an on-again, off-again sensitivity to the above food. Sometimes she'll go two weeks without vomiting, another time it's twice a day! It always comes up yellow...so we presume it's the food. My previous cats got sick on Science Diet too Is there another food, with "hairball control" that we can give her that you'd recommend? We groom her regularly; without the hairball control she vomits hairballs. You see, she grooms her sister, as well. Spirit grooms Angel too, but apparently is not as sensitive. We also give them "Eucanuba Lamb and Rice" which they both love and keep down. For weekend treat, they love the "Fancy Feast" in the tin that we give them. Angel keeps that down as well. It's only when we mix a small ammount of the Science Diet with the Eucanuba, that Angel gets sick. All suggestions will be most gratefully received! I would recommend Wellness, Felidae or Innova. I'm sure one of them probably has a hairball control formula. I would also recommend feeding a canned diet rather than just dry food. Just remember when you introduce a new food, you should do it slowly by adding just a very small amount of new and mix it in with the old food. Good luck, Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message My previous cats got sick on Science Diet too Don't mind Lauren, she has an obsession with Science Diet and conjures up built-to-suit "experiences" and fabricated "me too" stories for any negative post about Science Diet. If someone said Science Diet gave their tyrannosaurus rex diarrhea Lauren would conjure up a "me too" story about how SD gave her T-Rex diarrhea too! |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message My previous cats got sick on Science Diet too Don't mind Lauren, she has an obsession with Science Diet and conjures up built-to-suit "experiences" and fabricated "me too" stories for any negative post about Science Diet. If someone said Science Diet gave their tyrannosaurus rex diarrhea Lauren would conjure up a "me too" story about how SD gave her T-Rex diarrhea too! |
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We also give them "Eucanuba Lamb and Rice" which they both love and keep down. For weekend treat, they love the "Fancy Feast" in the tin that we give them. Angel keeps that down as well. It's only when we mix a small ammount of the Science Diet with the Eucanuba, that Angel gets sick. All suggestions will be most gratefully received! How often do you mix the science diet in with the Eucanaba? If it is more often then she vomits then it could be the Eucanaba. I presume you have mentioned the vomiting to your vet? If not you should. As far as hairball control foods both Nutro and Iams among others make hairball control foods. |
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We also give them "Eucanuba Lamb and Rice" which they both love and keep down. For weekend treat, they love the "Fancy Feast" in the tin that we give them. Angel keeps that down as well. It's only when we mix a small ammount of the Science Diet with the Eucanuba, that Angel gets sick. All suggestions will be most gratefully received! How often do you mix the science diet in with the Eucanaba? If it is more often then she vomits then it could be the Eucanaba. I presume you have mentioned the vomiting to your vet? If not you should. As far as hairball control foods both Nutro and Iams among others make hairball control foods. |
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Alaininsd wrote in message ...
Hello All! We've got two tabbies, Spirit and Angel, each is about 3 years of age. They both eat the same food but Angel has an on-again, off-again sensitivity to the above food. Sometimes she'll go two weeks without vomiting, another time it's twice a day! It always comes up yellow...so we presume it's the food. Is there another food, with "hairball control" that we can give her that you'd recommend? NutroMax. Make sure kitty drinks plenty of water. -L. |
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