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soft food for tooth extraction recovery?
Gobo had to have an abscessed tooth removed over the weekend. Her
appetite's ok but she's having trouble eating her normal dry food. I softened some with some warm water but she didn't seem too interested in that, she just licked off the liquid and left the food alone. Can't say I blame her- yuck! But, I don't trust any of the commercial wet foods right now. So I bought some ground turkey and cooked it for her and she ate some of that, and I gave her a couple spoonfuls of plain yogurt for a treat. Any other suggestions, or anything else I should be adding to that? TIA~ becca -- "I like that people say it's harder to quit smoking than to kick heroin. This makes me feel really good because now I know I can develop a heroin addiction and quit it. Obviously I'll be able to." -Pamie |
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soft food for tooth extraction recovery?
On May 14, 11:41 pm, whirlygirly
wrote: Gobo had to have an abscessed tooth removed over the weekend. Her appetite's ok but she's having trouble eating her normal dry food. I softened some with some warm water but she didn't seem too interested in that, she just licked off the liquid and left the food alone. Can't say I blame her- yuck! But, I don't trust any of the commercial wet foods right now. So I bought some ground turkey and cooked it for her and she ate some of that, and I gave her a couple spoonfuls of plain yogurt for a treat. Any other suggestions, or anything else I should be adding to that? TIA~ Cats generally like turkey or chicken baby food when they're not feeling well. (be sure there's no onion in it). Ground turkey is good, or you could run most any kind of meat through a foodchopper and puree it, but don't get her spoiled! She needs the nutrients in her cat food. We've discussed this to death on here, but I see no reason to distrust all canned foods. Just use common sense in choosing one. You'll be surprised how quickly her mouth heals and she's back eating regularly. Hope it all goes well with her. Sherry |
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soft food for tooth extraction recovery?
whirlygirly wrote:
I don't trust any of the commercial wet foods right now. Why? Most are OK. Only those with sauce thickened with wheat gluten containing melamine is dangerous. Check the FDA list. Of course, now it also seems Royal Canin has problems with dry food containing tarces of melamin. And well, search, search.... the story is more complicated than it seemed through the FDA first reports. See: http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia9929.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/business/worldbusiness/30food.html?ex=1335672000&en=b143bd4a5d0684b6& ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Now, I begin to understand why IAMS' and Maxi's 1st Nutrition (I believe it is called, manufactured by IAMS) were recalled. |
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Yugo wrote:
whirlygirly wrote: I don't trust any of the commercial wet foods right now. Why? Most are OK. Only those with sauce thickened with wheat gluten containing melamine is dangerous. Check the FDA list. Oh, I *know* that the ones still on the shelves are probably OK, and I would check ingredients for sure, and the FDA list.. but there's still that little voice in the back of my head, you know? When the recall was first announced, I had 4 packets of a food that was on the list. The dates on the packets weren't on the list and my cats had eaten a few other packets from that same batch without incident, but I threw the rest of them away. Just don't want to take any chances when it comes to my kitties. So for now, I'd rather cook her a bit of turkey myself. becca -- "I like that people say it's harder to quit smoking than to kick heroin. This makes me feel really good because now I know I can develop a heroin addiction and quit it. Obviously I'll be able to." -Pamie |
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Sherry wrote:
On May 14, 11:41 pm, whirlygirly wrote: Gobo had to have an abscessed tooth removed over the weekend. Her appetite's ok but she's having trouble eating her normal dry food. I softened some with some warm water but she didn't seem too interested in that, she just licked off the liquid and left the food alone. Can't say I blame her- yuck! But, I don't trust any of the commercial wet foods right now. So I bought some ground turkey and cooked it for her and she ate some of that, and I gave her a couple spoonfuls of plain yogurt for a treat. Any other suggestions, or anything else I should be adding to that? TIA~ Cats generally like turkey or chicken baby food when they're not feeling well. (be sure there's no onion in it). Ground turkey is good, or you could run most any kind of meat through a foodchopper and puree it, but don't get her spoiled! She needs the nutrients in her cat food. We've discussed this to death on here, but I see no reason to distrust all canned foods. Just use common sense in choosing one. You'll be surprised how quickly her mouth heals and she's back eating regularly. Hope it all goes well with her. Thanks! Baby food without onion powder in it is surprisingly hard to find, as it turns out (at least at my usual grocery store). So I threw some of the turkey I'd cooked for her into the blender and made her a turkey smoothie.. yum! The hub got her to eat some crunchy treats today, so I think she's about ready for the dry food again. It seems like the trouble is not so much eating it, but figuring out how to pick it up with that tooth missing. Other than that, she seems to be back to her old self! becca -- "I like that people say it's harder to quit smoking than to kick heroin. This makes me feel really good because now I know I can develop a heroin addiction and quit it. Obviously I'll be able to." -Pamie |
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