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feeding dilemma
I have been feeding Dufus Hills XD canned, with a little XD dry as a treat
for quite a while now, as he loves the dry. He has stopped eating the canned. I then changed to Renal LP to see if the change would help him eat. That went ok for a short time, then he stopped eating that. Last week he wouldn't touch any canned at all and I quit feeding any dry. Was getting kinda worried about his not eating. Last weekend was his check up at the vet and evrything checked out ok., except for some kitty acne under the chin, jeesh, anyway since his check up he has eaten next to nothing and I was going to call the vet tomorrow to get him in to have him checked over again. Tonite I decided to give him some dry to see if he would eat it, thinking if he did then there wasn't anything wrong with him and he was just holding out and wouldn't waste a trip to the vet. Well, guess who is just holding out. My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he wants? How long is it healthy to let them go. I guess feeding him XD dry wouldn't be the end of the world, I had just decided I wanted to feed him wet food as I thought it would be better for hair ball control. Maybe I outta just kick his big furry butt! :-) -- Paul O. |
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"Paul O." wrote in message om... My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he wants? How long is it healthy to let them go. I guess feeding him XD dry wouldn't be the end of the world, I had just decided I wanted to feed him wet food as I thought it would be better for hair ball control. Maybe I outta just kick his big furry butt! :-) I have a resistant one that I am trying to switch from dry to wet. I want him get really hungry before I offer the wet food a couple of times throughout the day, but allow him to eat a small portion of dry at least once a day, usually at bedtime. As for the acne, use only ceramic, glass, or stainless steel dishes and disinfect them daily. Using a benzoyl peroxide or chlorohexadine wash to remove the sebum and keep the pores open can help as well. A vet visit would be helpful if it gets beyond you. -- Toni http://www.irish-wolfhounds.com |
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-- Paul O. "Toni" wrote in message news "Paul O." wrote in message om... My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he wants? How long is it healthy to let them go. I guess feeding him XD dry wouldn't be the end of the world, I had just decided I wanted to feed him wet food as I thought it would be better for hair ball control. Maybe I outta just kick his big furry butt! :-) As for the acne, use only ceramic, glass, or stainless steel dishes and disinfect them daily. Using a benzoyl peroxide or chlorohexadine wash to remove the sebum and keep the pores open can help as well. A vet visit would be helpful if it gets beyond you. -- Toni http://www.irish-wolfhounds.com The vet suggested washing with a mild soapy soloution. Will try that for a while and see if it improves. Thanks. -- Paul O. |
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feeding dilemma
I would give in and feed him the dry. He has to eat something. You could
try sprinkling the dry onto the wet and see if he will eat the wet that way. For my cat that didn't like wet food, I actually ground up dry food that he liked in a coffee grinder and sprinkled that over the wet food. It helped. Sue "Paul O." wrote in message om... I have been feeding Dufus Hills XD canned, with a little XD dry as a treat for quite a while now, as he loves the dry. He has stopped eating the canned. I then changed to Renal LP to see if the change would help him eat. That went ok for a short time, then he stopped eating that. Last week he wouldn't touch any canned at all and I quit feeding any dry. Was getting kinda worried about his not eating. Last weekend was his check up at the vet and evrything checked out ok., except for some kitty acne under the chin, jeesh, anyway since his check up he has eaten next to nothing and I was going to call the vet tomorrow to get him in to have him checked over again. Tonite I decided to give him some dry to see if he would eat it, thinking if he did then there wasn't anything wrong with him and he was just holding out and wouldn't waste a trip to the vet. Well, guess who is just holding out. My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he wants? How long is it healthy to let them go. I guess feeding him XD dry wouldn't be the end of the world, I had just decided I wanted to feed him wet food as I thought it would be better for hair ball control. Maybe I outta just kick his big furry butt! :-) -- Paul O. |
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