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"cshenk" wrote in message ... "KenK" wrote jmc wrote Well, I gave her a 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. Laxatone yesterday evening, a second small dose. I also started putting 1/4 tsp. olive oil in each of her three meals, which she doesn't seem to mind. No vomitimg last might. I'll stop the Laxatone for now and continue the oil. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. From what I found with Google it seems some cats' hairball problems respond well to this. If the olive oil works for a few weeks I'll think about butter. But AFAIK olive oil is healthy. At least it is for people. Maybe cut the olive oil to once or twice a day. I'll see. BTW, thats probably at least partly from me (grin). I started adding various fats to my cat's diets to improve coat issues and found out it helps alot with furballs as well. At least, that has been my own experience. I might try the olive oil for Meep. I have a salmon oil spritz I got Olive oil isn't - it's the only cooking oil we use, so it's not like I'm not too sure the olive oil will tempt her. Emily eats it, but I get the impression she is just tolerating it, not because she particularly likes it. Fortunately, she will eat many things. However, Meep's preferences may well be different. Good luck! BTW, FWIW I also use olive oil for cooking. It's worth a try at least! Here's some of the other fats I've found useful (some cats liked one more than others) - Butter, usually melted and the solids left out (ghee, clarified butter). Has a mild laxitive effect on some kitties but more gentle than the laxitone etc sorts. - Pork fat (all types but watch the salt with bacon/sausge sorts) - Beef fat - Duck and Chicken fat - Rapeseed oil (cannola) Ones not highly suggested but some cats tolerate them well. These may cause allergic responses in *some* pets. Do not use if the pet is allergic prone. - Corn oil - palm oil - soy based oils What if they don't tolerate them well? |
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"cybercat" wrote
"cshenk" wrote It's worth a try at least! Here's some of the other fats I've found useful (some cats liked one more than others) - Butter, usually melted and the solids left out (ghee, clarified butter). Has a mild laxitive effect on some kitties but more gentle than the laxitone etc sorts. - Pork fat (all types but watch the salt with bacon/sausge sorts) - Beef fat - Duck and Chicken fat - Rapeseed oil (cannola) Ones not highly suggested but some cats tolerate them well. These may cause allergic responses in *some* pets. Do not use if the pet is allergic prone. - Corn oil - palm oil - soy based oils What if they don't tolerate them well? Do yopu mean the bottom list? I don't suggest them at all (could have worded it better above). Mostly a warning to not use them as they can cause allergic issues (even developed ones if not originally so). I figured it made sense to list common ones that might be in a kitchen that probably arent good to use as well as ones that are. |
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"cshenk" wrote Ones not highly suggested but some cats tolerate them well. These may cause allergic responses in *some* pets. Do not use if the pet is allergic prone. - Corn oil - palm oil - soy based oils What if they don't tolerate them well? Do yopu mean the bottom list? I don't suggest them at all (could have worded it better above). Mostly a warning to not use them as they can cause allergic issues (even developed ones if not originally so). I figured it made sense to list common ones that might be in a kitchen that probably arent good to use as well as ones that are. Gotcha. |
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"KenK" wrote
"cshenk" wrote BTW, thats probably at least partly from me (grin). Yes, and I thank you. I'd never heard of it until you posted about it here. So far so good. But I had hoped pumpkin, and before that added fiber, were working too. We'll see. Keeping fingers crossed. Not sure I'm using right size and frequency of dose. I'd keep with the fiber to help. On the oil, I found Olive the most effective with some of them. If you feed twice a day, start with 1/2 TS at the meal they are most apt to barf up a furball before the next feeding. With cats, that's normally evening meal for my experiences but some are daytime mostly so would be morning meal. Edge up to 1 TS a feeding and if it isn't working, probably need another solution to it. |
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"cshenk" wrote in
: "KenK" wrote "cshenk" wrote BTW, thats probably at least partly from me (grin). Yes, and I thank you. I'd never heard of it until you posted about it here. So far so good. But I had hoped pumpkin, and before that added fiber, were working too. We'll see. Keeping fingers crossed. Not sure I'm using right size and frequency of dose. I'd keep with the fiber to help. On the oil, I found Olive the most effective with some of them. If you feed twice a day, start with 1/2 TS at the meal they are most apt to barf up a furball before the next feeding. With cats, that's normally evening meal for my experiences but some are daytime mostly so would be morning meal. Edge up to 1 TS a feeding and if it isn't working, probably need another solution to it. I'm not sure I understand. She eats three times a day. Emily always throws up in the middle of the night. So I should give her a half teaspoon only with her evening meal? That's roughly what I do now, except a quarter teaspoon with two meals. Or is the timing critical? Or a half teaspoon each with two meals? The quarter teaspoon twice isn't working. She threw up at 3:30 AM this morning. Very little fluid and I didn't see any hair. Looked like a long 'cigar' of hair when she first threw up but by the time I could get some paper towels all I saw was a bit of liquid. I probably was wrong about the cigar; after all, it was 3:30 and I had been asleep. I gave her a half teaspoon of Laxatone and will repeat late this evening. Then resume the olive oil tomorrow. I don't think it's a good idea to give her both oil and Laxatone if I can avoid it - a bit too much. I'll add a quarter teaspoon of fiber to her morning meal which I don't dose with olive oil. Suggestions? -- "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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Is it possible that all of these additions to her food is making her
nauseous? Maybe you should try just plain cat food for a few days - no oil, no pumpkin, no fiber. and give her stomach a rest. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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