Poor Molly IS really sick! *UPDATE*

[Catlady711]

I have always given her Iams dry cat food and the vet explained how dry cat food is really not good for cats. WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL ME THAT A FEW YEARS AGO! If I had known that...I wouldn't have given it to her all this time.

I think dry/wet food is a matter of preference. Where I work all the vets recommend dry food only or with occasionally wet food as a treat only. I think they mostly do that for the hundreds of overweight pets we see. Also because dry is better for the teeth and we have ALOT of pets with bad teeth and owners who don't believe in dentistries. That could be a regional or personal vet preference though.

What food do they have you feeding now? I/D, D/M??

[KittyCrazy]

"What food do they have you feeding now? I/D, D/M??"

They sent us home with 4 cans of the I/D but she won't touch it. I've also tried offering her (per the vets suggestion) tuna and also a dish of hamburger, chicken, and chicken broth and she won't touch any of them.

[Craftlady]

I bet tomorrow she will want some food. Today was a stressful day for poor Molly by tomorrow all the medications they gave her today will have kicked in and eating will be more agreeable.

[Catlady711]

"What food do they have you feeding now? I/D, D/M??"

They sent us home with 4 cans of the I/D but she won't touch it. I've also tried offering her (per the vets suggestion) tuna and also a dish of hamburger, chicken, and chicken broth and she won't touch any of them.

Hmmm usually cats seem to like the I/D canned. Have you tried warming it just a bit in the microwave so it's good and stinky?

[CultureJunky]

I am so sorry to hear Molly is unwell. I hope she gets better soon, It is stressful for us when our cats are not feeling good and have problems, I have been through this with Jack the past month, and have felt emotionally drained so I know how you feel.
We are thinking of you molly!
One thing I've heard before for a cat that is ill is to either feed Tuna, plain white fish or Chicken as these are easy to digest. Just Chicken you would eat yourself, either boiled or cooked in the oven.

[Medusa]

I talked w/Dr. Lee about wet or dry cat food just yesterday because of Puddy and her CRF. He said that he attended a seminar that taught if you're just starting a kitten on solids, to give it canned and a little bit of dry for teeth cleaning. But if you have cats and they've been raised on dry, keep it that way. He also said that diabetic cats and cats w/bladder problems should not have dry food, at least this is what was taught in the seminar. He said that research has shown that outdoor cats just do not have kidney problems. They just don't. The reasoning behind this is that cats by nature should be outdoors, that it's too stressful for them to be indoors and this causes kidney problems. He said "You'd think it would be the other way around. There are so many dangers outdoors for cats but it's their natural environment." I told him "Well, there's no way I'm letting my cats out" and he said "Oh, of course not. I'm just telling you what the seminar taught". So I don't know whether this would have anything to do w/the pancreas as well, since they're sort of interrelated. Just a thought.......