Yes the Metacam was prescribed by the vet, but I don't want to give it to him long term. That's why I was wanting to try the Cosequin. As far as I know there should be no ill effects from it, right?

I feed all the cats the Purina Indoor formula. After much trial and error, this is the one food that they actually eat and don't toss up afterwards.
An exception is that Bandit tends to get allergies with vomiting spells and occaisionally has to eat Hills Prescription Diet i/d and Cocoa will finish off what is left in the bowl. This is only occaisionally.
Treats are few and far between and are Whisker Lickens, at the most one or two a week. I was giving Cocoa one after his Metacm, just to help him get it down and relieve any after taste he would have from it. Oh, I should mention that when I say one treat, it is actually a half, because I break them in half so they are easier for him to chew as he has no molars for chewing. But he can still eat dry food...go figure.

The vet had me try him on Purina Prescription Diet O/M canned, but he would vomit that quite often. I have to say these two Snowshoe cats have been the most challenging cats I have ever had when it comes to finding a food that agrees with them. So he said as long as they are doing well on the Purina Indoor, lets leave it alone.

I have been feeding less through measuring and trying to set scheduled feeding times, so hopefully this will help get him to loose those extra pounds.

Both these Snowshoes are tall cats and Cocoa is just a big cat, big head, big shoulder and paws, but he still needs to loose about 10lbs according to the vet.

Here is Cocoa in his bed, as you can see he really fills it up.


And here is Bandit in his bed, he only takes up about half of the bed.