Re: To Gina: Re: OT: Re: Question #3: Supplements

2006-08-30 Thread Gina WN
Hi Marissa and Everyone,Pippin has started eating the Innova wet food again, but not with the interest she showed before.  She is 4 1/2 months old and weighs 4.6 pounds.  Does anyone know what the growth rate should be for kittens her age?  I tried to look online but I couldn't find a growth chart.

Re: To Gina: Re: OT: Re: Question #3: Supplements

2006-08-29 Thread Marissa Johnson
I feed Slinky Innova Evo wet and dry too.  It took me a while to get him really interested in the canned, and I did have to take away the dry when I gave it to him.  Then I just went away for a few days and had to leave the dry in an automatic feeder and have my coworker who was coming to take care

Re: To Gina: Re: OT: Re: Question #3: Supplements

2006-08-28 Thread Gina WN
Hi Wendy,   I've been offering her the dry food as a supplement to the wet food (as was recommended by my vet) for about two months.  She never turned her nose up at wet food before.  She was on Science Diet (wet and also dry seperately).  When I transitioned her over to Innova (wet) she loved it

Re: To Gina: Re: OT: Re: Question #3: Supplements

2006-08-27 Thread wendy
Hey Gina, What do you think made her start turning her nose up at the wet Innova? Do you think it was putting the dry out? Can you see if taking the dry will help? I would try that, especially since she needs the lysine. I don't think there's any way to add lysine to the dry. As far as other

Re: To Gina: Re: OT: Re: Question #3: Supplements

2006-08-25 Thread Gina WN
Wendy,   I've been feeding Pippin Innova wet food and mixing in the L-lysine.  She seemed to like it.  I was supplementing with Innova Evo dry mixed with Science Diet dry (to transition her over from Science dry that she was eating.)  Now, she won't eat the wet Innova at all.  She turns her nose

Re: To Gina: Re: OT: Re: Question #3: Supplements

2006-08-22 Thread Tad Burnett
I have noticed that Purina ONE and Science Diet and probably others have L-Lysine in their food... Does anyone know what the equivalent amount per serving is.. My guess is that it is much smaller than the 250 mg. but it would be interesting to know... Tad wendy wrote: Hey Gina, I am not sure h

To Gina: Re: OT: Re: Question #3: Supplements

2006-08-22 Thread wendy
Hey Gina, I am not sure how much is too much lysine, but from what I've read, if kitty is asymptomatic, then 250 mg. per day is good for maintenance. If kitty has symptoms or is ill, then 500 mg. per day is not too much. That's what I gave Smookie when she had a corneal ulcer. If she tests nega