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Wet-food for kittens? (And an intro of my Bengals, since I just can't stop talking about them...)
Hello
I'm a Norwegian girl who's the proud owner of two luverly Bengal kittens (Ares and Athene). I've had them for five weeks, and I love them to BITS. They have completely taken over my flat (naturally). I've had to chuck out most of my plants (two plants left, one fig that seems very hardy and is non toxic, and one miniature tree situated on a shelf that so far is too high for the kittens to reach) - I got high hopes when I saw a thread here where people asked about non-tempting plants, but apparently there's no such thing ^^ They run rampage three or four times a day, killing everything in sight (toes, rugs, chair-legs, toys, letters, shoes, shadows, the sofa...) and the rest of the time they are happy sleeping on me or on whatever I'm trying to work with (newspapers, books, computer keyboards, drawingtable...) Ok, ok, I couldn't resist the chance to talk about my kittens - my co-workers are starting to look pained and I know my family is going to start screaming if I talk much more about them... Now to the case: Both kittens have had really bad diharrea the past week. We've been to the vet, and she say it's some sort of stomach infection. They are on zoolac and one other medicine I can't remember the name of (tiny brown pellets). They are also on a five-day diet of cod, rice and yoghurt three times a day (now my bf complain that I spend more time cooking for them than for him...) and after that she told me to test various wet-food (don't know the english terms, but hope you'll understand anyways!) I normally keep the little monsters on dry-food available all day (Royal Canine's kitty food) and complement it with three small potions of wet-food during the day. Athene, the girl, doesn't really want dry-food (of any sort), so she more or less lives on the wet-food. I tried giving them wet only once a day, and she very nearly drowned she ate it so fast. So far I've used Whiskas, since that was what the breeder had given them, but from earlier cat-hold I haven't been very happy with it (and I know it's not a very nutritious feed), so I'm all ready for giving them something else. Does anyone here have reccomendations and experiences to share? I suppose I'm looking for wet-food for kittens that might be prone to general stomach problems, somthing that'll give my Athene what she needs besides whatever little dry-food she manages to eat during the day. (Phew, what was going to be a short intro and a quick question turned out to become a monster-post ... sorry about that!) |
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Wet-food for kittens? (And an intro of my Bengals, since I just can't stop talking about them...)
StarseekR wrote: Hello (Phew, what was going to be a short intro and a quick question turned out to become a monster-post ... sorry about that!) maybe you got a bad batch of cat food contaminated canned food or something they BOTH Got the flux? veryi suspect |
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Wet-food for kittens? (And an intro of my Bengals, since I just can't stop talking about them...)
If it's just the stomach infection giving them the diarrhea then they
should be able to go back on the usual diet of Royal Canin after it clears up, right? (Does Royal Canin make a wet food? I wish the sold it around here!) I know Science Diet makes various formulas for health conditions including sensitive stomach, thought I would think your vet would have mentioned one by now. If it's just a matter of getting something tasty (so they'll eat it) and reasonably good quality then I'd recommend Nutro Natural Choice...my kitten scarfs it up whenever I put it out. StarseekR wrote: Hello I'm a Norwegian girl who's the proud owner of two luverly Bengal kittens (Ares and Athene). I've had them for five weeks, and I love them to BITS. They have completely taken over my flat (naturally). I've had to chuck out most of my plants (two plants left, one fig that seems very hardy and is non toxic, and one miniature tree situated on a shelf that so far is too high for the kittens to reach) - I got high hopes when I saw a thread here where people asked about non-tempting plants, but apparently there's no such thing ^^ They run rampage three or four times a day, killing everything in sight (toes, rugs, chair-legs, toys, letters, shoes, shadows, the sofa...) and the rest of the time they are happy sleeping on me or on whatever I'm trying to work with (newspapers, books, computer keyboards, drawingtable...) Ok, ok, I couldn't resist the chance to talk about my kittens - my co-workers are starting to look pained and I know my family is going to start screaming if I talk much more about them... Now to the case: Both kittens have had really bad diharrea the past week. We've been to the vet, and she say it's some sort of stomach infection. They are on zoolac and one other medicine I can't remember the name of (tiny brown pellets). They are also on a five-day diet of cod, rice and yoghurt three times a day (now my bf complain that I spend more time cooking for them than for him...) and after that she told me to test various wet-food (don't know the english terms, but hope you'll understand anyways!) I normally keep the little monsters on dry-food available all day (Royal Canine's kitty food) and complement it with three small potions of wet-food during the day. Athene, the girl, doesn't really want dry-food (of any sort), so she more or less lives on the wet-food. I tried giving them wet only once a day, and she very nearly drowned she ate it so fast. So far I've used Whiskas, since that was what the breeder had given them, but from earlier cat-hold I haven't been very happy with it (and I know it's not a very nutritious feed), so I'm all ready for giving them something else. Does anyone here have reccomendations and experiences to share? I suppose I'm looking for wet-food for kittens that might be prone to general stomach problems, somthing that'll give my Athene what she needs besides whatever little dry-food she manages to eat during the day. (Phew, what was going to be a short intro and a quick question turned out to become a monster-post ... sorry about that!) |
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