We have to do whatever it takes to keep them eating. When they get stronger, then we go back to the preferred diet.
---- Ardy Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much for the ideas……..I too have had to toss out a lot of the > $3.00 cans to who-knows-what outside where we live. > > > > I will look for some of these brands…………my vet told me to keep on with the > salmon flavor since he will eat it. She also said the chicken-flavor dry Blue > Buffalo is okay for him as long as he eats it. I’m just taking it one day at > a time, and supplementing with liquid vitamin/minerals including iron. I > don’t give him the full dose, not sure why. > > > > Thanks again everyone! > > Ardy > > > > > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Margo > Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 2:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share? > > > > Remember that baby food is NOT a "complete and balanced" diet. > > The only time I have ever had a cat voluntarily eat something I so lovingly > prepared, was when I had a cat with IBD who could only tolerate raw. And I'm > a GOOD cook <g> > > I have hesitated to respond to this, because my practice is often frowned > upon. I like to feed canned foods with no grain, no carbs and (gasp) > by-products are allowed. I avoid fish for most of them, but only because I do > think it may be a trigger for stone-formers. Of course, my two blockers are > also my two FeLV+'s. So most of the time, I don't offer fish based foods. > > I also tried many of the gourmet, grain free, special, amazing (ly expensive) > options that Chewy had to offer. I have now decided that feeding Fancy Feast > Classic pates (they're currently eating beef or chicken) and/or Sheba pates > (same flavors) is fine. Some would eat one kind, some another, but hundreds > of $ worth of the "Good Stuff" went to the ferals and raccoons. I don't feed > dry (the stone forming thing again) often. If you have only a few cats, I had > pretty good luck with Hound and Gatos and Wild Calling carb free varieties. > > Good Luck :) > > Margo > > > > -----Original Message-- > --- > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Jan 8, 2016 10:55 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share? > > If you use Gerbers, make sure you use stage 2 only. the small 2.5 oz jars > because they are strictly meat and water with a tad of cornstarch in it. > > No onions or garlic in these. The ones you want are Ham (no salt added), > Chicken, Turkey or Beef with gravy. > > > > Nancy & the gang > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dlgegg <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > To: felvtalk <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Thu, Jan 7, 2016 5:00 pm > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share? > > I have used baby food, just make sue that it does not have any garlic or > onioin, Gerbers is pretty good. > I have also boiled chicken for my soup and held out some before I put in > garlic and onion. > > ---- Ardy Robertson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > My FeLV+ cat Tigger is doing very well at the moment, however, he did have a > > swollen lymph node, and even though he is past the initial period of > > illness, he is still positive. He does seem to be cold quite often even > > though we have the thermostat turned way up for him, and he also seems to > > sleep a lot more than he ever did before so I am now giving him a liquid > > vitamin/mineral supplement with iron in it. > > > > > > > > When he was very sick and not eating/drinking, the vet told me to feed him > > anything he wants. What he chose was Friskies salmon pate canned food. Now > > that he eats better, he has really cut down on eating the Blue Buffalo dry > > food. In my reading I have heard that it is not good for him to have any > > "fish-based" food. I have seen this mentioned in several articles. I think > > it has something to do with bacteria but I'm not sure. > > > > > > > > I am wondering if any of you make your own cat food. I once had to boil > > chicken and rice together for a cat who was sick, and as I remember she > > didn't like it much. So - I am looking for a way to make something out of > > "people quality" meat and maybe put a little rice in it, but I am thinking > > it will have to have a "pate" consistency and be fairly flavorful. This > > kitty doesn't seem to think he should eat any people food, whereas my other > > one believes she should only eat people food. > > > > > > > > Any ideas would be appreciated - I will go to whatever lengths needed to > > make a good food for him. (I have tried the fresh cat food at Pet Food Plus > > and he won't touch it. I have also tried all the other canned stuff, even > > the super expensive kinds.) > > > > > > > > Thanks!! > > > > Ardy Robertson > > > > Osseo, WI > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
