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Post by James on Mar 27, 2017 9:12:01 GMT -5
Hmmmm, here we have three cats hanging around. They are outside cats and do not come in the house, but can come in the garage and outbuildings. We put out dry cat food for them. They can eat as they will. I reckon these cats who have the run of the outdoors catch a few things that they can eat? Occasionally one will bring a trophy and drop it on the rug by the back door. These cats did go to the vet for shots, but get no special treatment. They do well. Occasionally I have seen a yellow cat, possibly the neighbors, eating the cat food I put out. The magpies too like to come grab a few vittles.
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 27, 2017 18:28:21 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 27, 2017 18:35:41 GMT -5
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Post by restless on Mar 27, 2017 18:57:34 GMT -5
The Chairman's ultrasound showed absolutely nothing wrong. We have a very healthy 10 year old cat with perfect blood, perfect urine, perfect intestines, stomach, liver, kidneys, and spleen...he's in perfect health....except for the frequent puking. Thanks for your concern! We decided three days ago to stop feeding him dry food, even the NP/LID stuff and only feed the canned NP/LID stuff. He hasn't vomited since...we are going to see how that goes for a few weeks. Waiting for feedback from our vet now. We had to go to a different practice for the ultrasound.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 27, 2017 22:47:30 GMT -5
Sometime about 4 a.m. today, I woke up to Kitty using my belly as a landing pad, after she had launched herself from hubby's hip. I guess she thought it was time for us to get up. Then she has the nerve to get back on the bed and nuzzle my hair, purring as loud as she can. She was probably trying to decide if I was awake yet. I pushed her off the bed and a few minutes later, I hear her purring, and it's coming from hubby's side of the bed. By this time, I had rolled to my side, so when she launched herself from hubby to me, the landing didn't hurt so much. Apparently, she is not handling this food thing very well.
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Post by restless on Mar 28, 2017 8:25:53 GMT -5
Stay strong, binnylou. Don't let Kitty train you to get out of bed at 4:00 a.m. and feed her. If she is anything like our Easter, she will knock over books, lamps, open and close drawers, etc. to try and wake you up. If you lock her out of the bedroom, she will howl and throw herself against the door. Don't give in. It will be miserable. But don't give in.
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 28, 2017 9:48:10 GMT -5
she will knock over books, lamps, open and close drawers, etc. to try and wake you up. If you lock her out of the bedroom, she will howl and throw herself against the door. Sounds like cats are all the same. Ours also like to take their paws and bat those springy door stops so that they go boing, boing..... Ours don't usually do this at night though unless something is wrong like the power went off or a strange cat is on the porch or something. Our cats have always had access to a self feeder day and night. When we get ready for bed I usually hear the cats crunch a few morsels of dry food, get a drink and then go to bed. One sleeps with us and the other two have their own spots in the house.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Mar 28, 2017 12:00:10 GMT -5
A new tv show, "Bad Cats, What You Gonna Do?".
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Post by gardendmpls on May 29, 2017 8:28:11 GMT -5
Dry food is not a good idea for cats, especially males, where it can cause kidney problems. Cats are usually not big on drinking water and get more from the wet food. A lot of cat foods are made with corn, wheat and other grains. Cats are obligate carnivores and are not made to digest these. Our "lab" cat in the school animal science program was diabetic. I changed his diet to no grain canned foods and he is now 15 and his blood sugar is fine. You have to read a lot of labels as they are always changing formulas. Once, early on, the blood sugar went up and I caught a student smuggling those Temptations cat treats to him. Put a stop to that and the sugar went right back to normal.
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Post by brownrexx on May 29, 2017 9:18:20 GMT -5
Dry food is not a good idea for cats According to our vet dry food is the best thing for keeping tartar off of their teeth. Wet food causes it to build up. Our cats get a combination of both actually but we do not feed them supermarket food. We buy Royal Canin and prescription stuff from the vet for the one with kidney stones. This particular prescription food is designed to make them drink water and thus pee more and keep their kidneys flushed out. It must work too since our cat was diagnosed with this problem at 4 years of age and we were told that she "would not live a full life but might live another couple of years with the special food". She is now 12 1/2. I don't know about diabetic cats. Thankfully we have never had that problem.
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Post by desertwoman on May 29, 2017 11:22:44 GMT -5
Our cat is 18+ and has eaten only homemade cat food with ground turkey, barely flakes and veggies. She still has a spring in her step though she has slowed down quite a bit. What's getting her is skin cancer, not internal disease.
I was told the same thing as gardendmpls that dry food is hard on kidneys- especially males. We were advised to give our cats chicken vertebrae for their crunchies, to help remove plaque. Vertebraes don't splinter like other bones.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 6:51:23 GMT -5
We adopted a 12 year old female cat 18 months ago. She had lived her life in an apartment and was declawed. She was timid about the world outside, but now she goes out on the deck in a harness and leash. I think it does her a world of good to see the life from another perspective.
She arrived with some bargain canned food from Wallyworld and a couple of bags of treats. She threw up every day. So I began reading about those prepackaged, multi coloured kitty treats and there wasn't anything anyone had to say about them that was good. So, I changed her over to a high quality brown rice and chicken dry food and raw chicken cubes as treats. I cut up chicken, bag and freeze it, taking one out every morning. She seems quite content with this arrangement.
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Post by brownrexx on May 30, 2017 9:11:43 GMT -5
raw chicken cubes as treats Lucky kitty but RAW chicken? I know that cats eat raw meat in nature but it does not come from supermarkets. Aren't you afraid of salmonella or Listeria contamination?
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 11:36:46 GMT -5
No. I freeze the cubes and give them to her frozen, which she eats promptly. It's not a complete raw diet, just one little cube of meat per day.
There seems to be more and more recalls for Listeria and Salmonella these days but in human consumables. Does this mean I stop eating salad? No. Common sense and safe handling practices go a long way towards prevention. I have a friend of 25+ years who is a Vet Tech and a Breeder of Champion Show Dogs. She has fed a Raw Diet to her animals for as long as I've known her.
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Post by James on Oct 4, 2017 17:20:36 GMT -5
" If she is anything like our Easter, she will knock over books, lamps, open and close drawers, etc. to try and wake you up."
I am sorry. Cats are outdoor critters. Never let one in the house. Give them a nice bed in the garage or shed where they can come and go, but they don't ever come in the house.
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