Post Extraction cat food? HELP!

[RedHedd]

Thanks! I have access to Weruva and Tiki Cat - I'll try those although I don't like giving them fish too often and I think Tiki is mainly fish.

Josie did lap up the baby food/Fancy Feast combo I "cooked" up for her tonight (which actually looked and smelled kinda good) and now she's eating the dry Natural Balance, which she has always loved. She seems perkier too.

I got a gander at her gums and they look good, no redness or swelling.

[Freedom]

?? Why don't you like giving them fish too often? Not heard that before.

[RedHedd]

It's not healthy for them; they are obligate carnivores, therefore they need meat

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites...in-source.aspx

[Freedom]

I figured you were heading to the ethoxyquin controversy. That is why you feed a high quality food, prepared in a human food plant.

Anyway, just get her eating once she starts, after a day or 2 or 3 you can mix it up.

Ob

[RedHedd]

Tried the Weruva and Tiki Cat - they do not like it .... at all! They didn't even drink the "juice." I am syringe feeding Josie baby food; she's nibbling some treats and some Natural Balance, but I can tell she's frustrated.

I see the vet first thing Saturday morning - I hope she has some solutions for me. This is SO frustrating as Josie is almost impossible to corral - burrito wrap is out of the question; she's way too wiggly. I have to be really sneaky to get to her with a syringe full of food. Ugh. She's not starving, but she's not getting enough to maintain her voluptuousness. The vet may be pleased that she's lost a little bit as she was getting .... very "fluffy."

[Freedom]

Now that is weird - them not liking it! Odd that it is BOTH of them. Could they be finding food someplace? Paws crossed the vet has some ideas!

[RedHedd]

Of course with my vet appointment today, Josie started eating almost normally yesterday and was completely fine today. The vet was impressed - her gums are healing well - they look so nice and pink. She hasn't lost any weight, so we know she's been getting enough nutrition. The vet did give her an appetitie stimulant to use "just in case" and gave her a dose there. I snuck half a one to Marbles too when I got home as she's been mimicking Josie's picky eating and now they're both eating. I did pick up a can of kitten food that Petco had on sale - good stuff - and they're scarfing it down

I think we're over the hump with this ordeal - at least I hope so. For now all is normal; I have purring and tussling kitties again and Josie has a new nickname - she can now add "Gummy Girl" to the list of different names I call her. You know how we do that.