Hi Caroline,
First, thank you and your mother for taking in the emaciated kitty. I'm
glad she has an appointment at the vet, but it sounds like she is
improving and that with good care hopefully she'll recover completely.
There is always the danger of weakened organs from malnutrition, and
they don't gain the weight back overnight, but the fact that she's
eating more normally and is getting perkier is a very good sign for
her. What a smart kitty to have found her way to you! What's her name?
I've used Brewer's Yeast in the past for my ferals because it's suppose
to help ward off ticks and fleas. I hesitate to mention anything I
can't find substantiation on, but I remember some sort of precaution
about using it with cats. It could have been something about a build up
in their systems. I don't think I'd give it to the skinny girl, there
are plenty of alternatives for vita supplements that we know to be safe
and more effective, but sprinkling it on the feral's food for parasites
seems worth any potential risks. I did a quick Google on it and didn't
see any reason not to use it. The following article is geared toward
human consumption, but it does suggests using 1 tsp daily for cats, (I
think that seems like a lot).
http://www.answers.com/topic/brewer-s-yeast?cat=health It also talks
about gas and bloating or possible allergic reactions to watch out for.
I do remember thinking that the ferals seemed less plagued by scratching
when I was using it.
You guys were talking about First Born, Transfer Factor and
colostrum... I just wanted to remind everyone that they do sell
colostrum in health food stores and that can be added to food as well.
Misty, the emaciated pregnant girl I took in a couple of months ago is
doing very well, (I had her on TF, colostrum, homemade kitten formula
and canned/wet kitten food). She's finally started to gain back some
weight, and she's even prancing and playing now, (she had babies to deal
with so her come-back has been very slow).
Bless your hearts for caring,
Nina
On Aug 8, 2007, at 9:49 AM, Caroline Kaufmann wrote:
I hate to do this to you guys again because I know there's been
discussion about this before, but who uses Brewer's Yeast and what does
it do? I bought some yesterday and want to try it out my outdoor Lil
Girl that I feed, my foster cat- Izzee, my mom's cat Tally and the
malnourished rescue we are currently treating. I know it says it's a
supplement and packed with vitamins, but is there anything in particular
it is good for? I also thought someone said to be careful with it and
very gradually introduce it to the cats food? Or am I making that up?
Insight from people currently using it is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Caroline
