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Lyn wrote:
I would trash the Hills, put the cat on a hairball maintenence dry diet (which is higer in fiber and Mega 3 fatty acids) with pumpkin (if he will eat it) and also give plenty of canned food that is high in protein - such as Purina DM or a canned kitten diet. Protein is better utilized and lower-residue in nature. This is contradictory. A dry, high fiber diet will contribute to stool size and is full of grains which a cat cannot utilize and can be considered "residue" that just passes through. Feeding this and a low residue diet would defeat the purpose of the low-residue food. Since this cat has already had a blockage once, I wouldn't recommend foods that are going to increase his stool size. Feeding a canned food means that the cat will digest and utilize more of the food and stool size will be smaller, which is certainly preferable if the cat is still constipated after the diet change. At least he'd be able to pass them and canned pumpkin could be added to the mix to help soften them, but my guess based on experience is that a grain free strictly canned food diet will take care of the problem. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Funaba et al. (2001) found that the
digestibility of corn gluten meal and fish meal were not significantly different. In 2002 the same group found that meat meal was significantly more digestible than corn gluten meal. However, the corn gluten meal certainly was not 'residue' and the cats could (and did) gain energy from it. If I had said corn gluten meal was at issue you might have a slightly valid point. You don't and have conveniently chosen to ignore the fact that "hairball remedy" foods contain more than just corn gluten meal. Many contain any number of things such as ground corn, rice, soybean mill run and other such non-essentials that aren't going to be fully digested. The bottom line here is that if we feed cats food that is as close to what is *appropriate for the species* (corn, rice, etc. is not), instead of forcing them to consume foods that are completely contrary to what a *strict carnivore* should be eating, a lot of the problems we see today like constipation, diabetes, kidney failure, IBD, UTI's, etc. would be few. Will you now be making justifications for why a cow should eat meat? Megan. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Funaba et al. (2001) found that the
digestibility of corn gluten meal and fish meal were not significantly different. In 2002 the same group found that meat meal was significantly more digestible than corn gluten meal. However, the corn gluten meal certainly was not 'residue' and the cats could (and did) gain energy from it. If I had said corn gluten meal was at issue you might have a slightly valid point. You don't and have conveniently chosen to ignore the fact that "hairball remedy" foods contain more than just corn gluten meal. Many contain any number of things such as ground corn, rice, soybean mill run and other such non-essentials that aren't going to be fully digested. The bottom line here is that if we feed cats food that is as close to what is *appropriate for the species* (corn, rice, etc. is not), instead of forcing them to consume foods that are completely contrary to what a *strict carnivore* should be eating, a lot of the problems we see today like constipation, diabetes, kidney failure, IBD, UTI's, etc. would be few. Will you now be making justifications for why a cow should eat meat? Megan. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Gaubster wrote:
Feline w/d and r/d from Hill's are formulated with a pH range of 6.2-6.4 which will help manage crystals. So, you are wrong on that count, Megan. No I'm not. I never said it was wrong to feed that. I said I "questioned it" which is entirely different. Apparently it didn't occur to you that managing crystals and dissolving them are two different things. First of all, I have a real big problem with a vet that proclaims a cat has to be on a special food/drugs for "the rest of its life" because of *one* incident of constipation. Have you seen the test results yourself? How can you diagnose over the internet? I didn't make diagnosis. Again you are too ignorant to comprehend basic language. I questioned the proclamation that the cat would have this condition for life based solely on *one* incident, which is completely valid. Just because you blindly follow whatever a vet or Hills tells you without doing any research or using common sense doesn't mean others should. snip the rest of Gaubsters typical attempt to start an argument over food Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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