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Hills Prescription Diet
At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down
ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to give this food to our cat? Can someone recommend a suitable alternative? Thanks, Mike |
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:21:11 -0500, Michael B Allen
wrote: At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to give this food to our cat? Can someone recommend a suitable alternative? Thanks, Mike You could try gradually changing to a premium quality cat food. You could also feed both, side by side. Unless there is another reason for giving W/D, aside from "holding it down", it shouldn't be necessary to continue it, in my personal opinion. IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there are over-the-counter additives if the food doesn't already contain them. I would certainly ask your vet for an opinion, changing food is a deceptively important issue. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:21:11 -0500, Michael B Allen
wrote: At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to give this food to our cat? Can someone recommend a suitable alternative? Thanks, Mike You could try gradually changing to a premium quality cat food. You could also feed both, side by side. Unless there is another reason for giving W/D, aside from "holding it down", it shouldn't be necessary to continue it, in my personal opinion. IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there are over-the-counter additives if the food doesn't already contain them. I would certainly ask your vet for an opinion, changing food is a deceptively important issue. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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On 25 Feb 2004 05:15:52 GMT, (GAUBSTER2) wrote:
From: fan Unless there is another reason for giving W/D, aside from "holding it down", it shouldn't be necessary to continue it, in my personal opinion. Check with your vet first before taking stranger's advice about changing from a Prescription Diet to something else. IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there are over-the-counter additives if the food doesn't already contain them. To my knowledge, there aren't ANY "hairball foods" that have additives in them with the express purpose of controlling hairballs. Are you simply agreeing with my statement in this post that said "I would certainly ask your vet for an opinion, changing food is a deceptively important issue." ? My reason for asking is that you quoted almost all of my post, but left that out. It is vitally important to check with the vet, not just a good idea. I did an Internet search for +"cat food" +"hairball control" and got 996 hits. These are the first four of them. They include big names and small companies. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...1&pCatId=10076 http://www.epetpals.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?search=action&keywords="hairball_food s" http://www.petco.com/search/mercado_...cm_ite=1665530 http://www.chateau-animaux.com/product-product_id/632 Obviously, with that many hits there are many more hairball control foods out there. I have seen several major brands at the local pet food stores. Also, I do not know how effective any of them are, I just know they exist. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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(GAUBSTER2) wrote in message ...
From: fan Unless there is another reason for giving W/D, aside from "holding it down", it shouldn't be necessary to continue it, in my personal opinion. Check with your vet first before taking stranger's advice about changing from a Prescription Diet to something else. In the OP's case, I think it would be fine to slowly phase in a small amount of their desired food and see if the cat resumes vomiting. Given that the cat's problem was vomiting, if the introduction of the new food does not lead to vomitage - well, then Bob's your Uncle. If the intro leads to vomiting, then revert to the W/D. It's not rocket science. Unless your cat is intending to go to Mars. IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there are over-the-counter additives if the food doesn't already contain them. To my knowledge, there aren't ANY "hairball foods" that have additives in them with the express purpose of controlling hairballs. Your knowledge is incomplete. Iams, at least has a 'patented fibre source' in their anti-hairball food. This claimed to assist in hairball problems, oddly enough. Does it work? Who knows? IME, it seems to be no more effective in this respect than any other food I've fed my cats. Steve. |
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(GAUBSTER2) wrote in message ...
From: fan Unless there is another reason for giving W/D, aside from "holding it down", it shouldn't be necessary to continue it, in my personal opinion. Check with your vet first before taking stranger's advice about changing from a Prescription Diet to something else. In the OP's case, I think it would be fine to slowly phase in a small amount of their desired food and see if the cat resumes vomiting. Given that the cat's problem was vomiting, if the introduction of the new food does not lead to vomitage - well, then Bob's your Uncle. If the intro leads to vomiting, then revert to the W/D. It's not rocket science. Unless your cat is intending to go to Mars. IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there are over-the-counter additives if the food doesn't already contain them. To my knowledge, there aren't ANY "hairball foods" that have additives in them with the express purpose of controlling hairballs. Your knowledge is incomplete. Iams, at least has a 'patented fibre source' in their anti-hairball food. This claimed to assist in hairball problems, oddly enough. Does it work? Who knows? IME, it seems to be no more effective in this respect than any other food I've fed my cats. Steve. |
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