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Post by Linda_Wells on May 28, 2002 11:41:31 GMT
Ben is much better. He's continuing to put on weight. It's hard to gauge just what is the proper diet for him. If I keep him exclusively on the rabbit he'll get constipated. If I give him too much cat or kitten food he gets diarrhoea. He did yesterday and I was nearly frantic again! He had rabbit and sensitive again all yesterday, some kitten food this morning, and he's OK again. He's not right yet, and it will take some time for him to put all his weight back, especially as his diet is low fat at present. He still wants feeding at 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., then 9 a.m. 12 etc.
Also, he's grown. His legs are getting really long.
Linda
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Post by Ann on May 28, 2002 12:18:00 GMT
Glad to hear Ben's still improving. You must be so relieved. Perhaps the other food is still too rich for him?
As an adult cat Alexander lived on a diet of raw meat all his life, with very few supplements. Whenever I gave him tinned cat food (every morning), likely as not he wouldn't eat it. He was about 5 years old before he developed a taste for cat biscuits. His diet was what the breeders had recommended and it certainly didn't seem to do him any harm throughout his 18 years, as I can only recall 2 occasions when he was actually ill and needed veterinary help. I don't recall him ever being constipated.
When the boys went on their hunger strike a few weeks ago and I was doing the rounds of the pet shops looking for something to tempt them, I mentioned on several occasions that there seemed very little variety in the flavours of the Senior food. I got the same reply from every shop. That cat's digestions were more sensitive than ours and it was best to stick to giving them the same food all the time otherwise there was a risk of upsetting their stomachs.
Ann
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Post by Daisy on May 28, 2002 21:30:51 GMT
:-*Lots of love to little Ben Tuli. We had trouble with my Oriental daughter when we moved into our new home here. Her tummy was very poorly and our new ladyperson said she didn't know if she could stand the smell! However she settled down and is fine now, still very small but I'm nice and chubby to make up for it.
Misty is allergic to chicken and has to have special stuff from the vets called Cappalin and Tapioca (not sure I've spelt that right). We both have dried food apart from twice a week, on Thursday when our ladyperson has gone shopping we have a little foil pack of cod and haddock in jelly - that's lovely, Misty eats the jelly and I eat the meat then on Sunday we have delicious poached coley, oh we smack our chops then!
At Christmas and birthdays we're allowed a very small amount of chicken or turkey but we seem quite happy with the dried stuff - personally I don't bother to crunch I just swallow! It was how we were first brought up and so it's what we're used to.
Could little Ben Tuli have an allergy? You have to watch our food so carefully don't you.
Anyway, we'll be watching the notice board to see how he gets on.
Lots of love
Daisy
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