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I'm one of the worst when it comes to worrying about my cats, and often I don't even have a clear indication anything is really wrong. So I tell myself to 'Stop worrying and save it for when it's really necessary'. Like others have said here, put it out of your mind until after the retest.
Thanks everyone. I know, everyone is telling me to quit worrying and wait until the re-test is done. I'm like thinking the absolute worst here and trying not to...I suppose it's easier said than done. All of my cats that I've ever owned have always been my babies and I worry. I just want her to be healthy and okay.
Thanks everyone. I know, everyone is telling me to quit worrying and wait until the re-test is done. I'm like thinking the absolute worst here and trying not to...I suppose it's easier said than done. All of my cats that I've ever owned have always been my babies and I worry. I just want her to be healthy and okay.
I so know the feeling! ITA with the responders who said to feed a high-quality diet and keep her indoors, then retest.
Thanks everyone. What high quality foods are recommended? I've got her on Iams Kitten dry food and wet. She also gets Whiskers cat milk twice a day which she absolutely loves.
The most important thing is to feed wet, grain free food, either canned or raw. Avoid dry if at all possible. Since she is young, you have a great opportunity to take away the dry. (Many cats on dry food for years can be difficult to transition off of it.)
I feed ours several brands: Evo, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets, Wellness (grain free varieties, not all are), and Nature's Variety. There are also commercially prepared raw diets too that are excellent.
The most important thing is to feed wet, grain free food, either canned or raw. Avoid dry if at all possible. Since she is young, you have a great opportunity to take away the dry. (Many cats on dry food for years can be difficult to transition off of it.)
I feed ours several brands: Evo, Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets, Wellness (grain free varieties, not all are), and Nature's Variety. There are also commercially prepared raw diets too that are excellent.
How do you deal with the constant switching of foods? I know you need to gradually "introduce" new food into the old to get a kitty's stomach adjusted otherwise they'll get gas and diareah. Also, I'm just somewhat nervous because you constantly hear about cat food re-calls etc and pets getting sick.
How do you deal with the constant switching of foods? I know you need to gradually "introduce" new food into the old to get a kitty's stomach adjusted otherwise they'll get gas and diareah. Also, I'm just somewhat nervous because you constantly hear about cat food re-calls etc and pets getting sick.
Thanks.
Feeding a rotation is not a problem with wet or raw, only with dry.
Feeding a rotation is better, in part because of recalls and such. If a food you are feeding is recalled, since it is not a food she eats every day, the chances of her being affected are reduced.
Rotating brands and proteins helps ensure she is getting everything she needs. Not all foods are created equal. One may have too much of something, another may have too little. The consumer just can't know who to trust. Rotating brands cuts down on the chance of deficiencies.
There is no perfect commercial canned food. Feeding a variety, even if a certain food would be "perfect if not for such and such ingredient" and another food doesn't have that ingredient, but has another undesirable ingredient, it lessens the number of times the cat eats each undesirable ingredient.
Something I do, that may not be feasible for some: I watch for sales and stock up by the case of the foods I feed. I am stocked up months ahead. This way, by the time I get around to the cases I bought last May, if there was going to be a recall on that batch of food, I would have heard about it long before using it.
My cats are fed a combination of raw, both home made and commercial raw, and canned foods. No dry, ever.
One clarification...when introducing a new food, do it in small amounts at first. For instance, this is what I would do. Stop feeding the kibble now, and continue with the Iams canned. Feed smaller portions, more often. In a week or so, introduce a new canned food, just a little, about an eighth of her intake, each day. The next week introduce something else, and so on, gradually making the new foods larger quantities. The goal is to feed a can of something different each day, on a three or four day rotation, three or four meals a day, though while she is a kitten of course she will be eating more than a can a day, depending on the size of the cans. Kittens need up to 9 or 10 ounces of wet food a day.
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