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Food with gravy
My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. After exam and
medication Vet said give her more wet food because that increases her moisture intake. Problem is she only really likes the gravy from inexpensive brands like Friskies and 9-Lives. I want to give her something better since she's going to be getting more of it. I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Thanks - Terri |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "suitta"
artfully composed this message within news:Pl3Ec.83192$%T.33219@okepread05 on 28 Jun 2004: My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. After exam and medication Vet said give her more wet food because that increases her moisture intake. Problem is she only really likes the gravy from inexpensive brands like Friskies and 9-Lives. I want to give her something better since she's going to be getting more of it. I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Thanks - Terri Ask your vet if you can add Hill's Mixit to the food. I don't know of many cats who can resist it, and I had a case of it leftover that I gave to a friend with an 18 year old cat who wouldn't eat canned other than lapping the gravy. Even though it isn't a proper diet, her cat ate dry food daily but lived for her evening meal of a little Mixit, and she let her have it because she is frail and bony and doesn't have a whole lot of time left. Mixed with other food it is supposed to help transition both cats and dogs into eating desirable food. My Shamrock used to be a dry food kitty, but once he started getting canned that he really likes he rarely eats dry anymore. The gravy was the start of it. Now he grabs up big mouthfuls of canned, both pate style and chunky. I've never found Hill's Mixit in stores, but bought it by the case online. -- Cheryl |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "suitta"
artfully composed this message within news:Pl3Ec.83192$%T.33219@okepread05 on 28 Jun 2004: My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. After exam and medication Vet said give her more wet food because that increases her moisture intake. Problem is she only really likes the gravy from inexpensive brands like Friskies and 9-Lives. I want to give her something better since she's going to be getting more of it. I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Thanks - Terri Ask your vet if you can add Hill's Mixit to the food. I don't know of many cats who can resist it, and I had a case of it leftover that I gave to a friend with an 18 year old cat who wouldn't eat canned other than lapping the gravy. Even though it isn't a proper diet, her cat ate dry food daily but lived for her evening meal of a little Mixit, and she let her have it because she is frail and bony and doesn't have a whole lot of time left. Mixed with other food it is supposed to help transition both cats and dogs into eating desirable food. My Shamrock used to be a dry food kitty, but once he started getting canned that he really likes he rarely eats dry anymore. The gravy was the start of it. Now he grabs up big mouthfuls of canned, both pate style and chunky. I've never found Hill's Mixit in stores, but bought it by the case online. -- Cheryl |
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Science Diet Savory Cuts is a food-in-gravy. Have you tried a more premium
brand like Wellness or Innova, though? FWIW, my cats like the Savory Cuts, but I don't like feeding it to them because it has a very high carb content. I think one of the good reasons to go with wet food is lower carb content, so I didn't want to feed it to them. "suitta" wrote in message news:Pl3Ec.83192$%T.33219@okepread05... My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. After exam and medication Vet said give her more wet food because that increases her moisture intake. Problem is she only really likes the gravy from inexpensive brands like Friskies and 9-Lives. I want to give her something better since she's going to be getting more of it. I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Thanks - Terri |
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Science Diet Savory Cuts is a food-in-gravy. Have you tried a more premium
brand like Wellness or Innova, though? FWIW, my cats like the Savory Cuts, but I don't like feeding it to them because it has a very high carb content. I think one of the good reasons to go with wet food is lower carb content, so I didn't want to feed it to them. "suitta" wrote in message news:Pl3Ec.83192$%T.33219@okepread05... My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. After exam and medication Vet said give her more wet food because that increases her moisture intake. Problem is she only really likes the gravy from inexpensive brands like Friskies and 9-Lives. I want to give her something better since she's going to be getting more of it. I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Thanks - Terri |
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"suitta" wrote in message news:Pl3Ec.83192$%T.33219@okepread05... My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. After exam and medication Vet said give her more wet food because that increases her moisture intake. Problem is she only really likes the gravy from inexpensive brands like Friskies and 9-Lives. I want to give her something better since she's going to be getting more of it. I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Thanks - Terri Try some of the Nutro canned food. I've been feeding my 3 year old Lamb and Turkey Cutlets for two years and she loves this stuff. Plenty of gravy! Judy |
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"suitta" wrote in message news:Pl3Ec.83192$%T.33219@okepread05... My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. After exam and medication Vet said give her more wet food because that increases her moisture intake. Problem is she only really likes the gravy from inexpensive brands like Friskies and 9-Lives. I want to give her something better since she's going to be getting more of it. I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Thanks - Terri Try some of the Nutro canned food. I've been feeding my 3 year old Lamb and Turkey Cutlets for two years and she loves this stuff. Plenty of gravy! Judy |
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From: "suitta"
I just can't find one that has any gravy. I've tried Science Diet and Iams, various flavors, from Petco. You might want to try some of the smaller pet supply stores, or health food markets like Whole Foods, to get a food like Wellness or Nature's Variety. Another one that has gravy is Spot's Stew. 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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"suitta" wrote in message news:Pl3Ec.83192$%T.33219@okepread05...
My two year old kitty recently had a urination problem. That's a ****er. Or not, as the case may be. (...) Petco. This seems so silly to be writing looking for this kind of advise, but can anyone recommend a better wet food that has gravy? Some Active Life stuff has gravy. Bloody expensive though. That and SD Choice Cuts are the only foods I've fed my cats that were the lumps-in-gravy deal. Steve. |
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