I currently have my cat (about 8 mo.) on Wellness, which is a great dry food, but am thinking of switching him to a raw diet. I’ve done some research and a lot of the recipes I’ve found online call for bone, which I then have to grind. Unfortunately, I don’t have a meat and bone grinder and its too expensive for me to buy at this point in time. Is there something I can use as a substitute for bone? Maybe bone meal or some sort of vitamin? And if not, is it better to just stay with the Wellness dry food rather than feed my kitty a recipe without bone?

My little angel sake has blocked twice in the past six month… Not sure what brought this, my guess is dry cat food diet and stress of moving to a new home with new kitty rules as well… either way i never want my little baby to go through this again. It was hard enough for me to see him go through this I can only imagine what he went through. Unfortunately my vet (a local VCA) wasn’t very clear on how to prevent this from happening again (i asked a lot of questions). With the research I have done I know a raw food diet or a more better pricey brand of cat food is the best thing, the only problem is the lack of funds (lets just say my cats probably eat more than me). What I have been feeding them is purina special diet, it say it helps reducing urinary ph. I know that it is not the best but I figured it is the next best thing to dry food. So finally my question is are there any better canned foods or recipes to feed him that will make his urine is less crystally and also be affordable for me as well…

something you should know…

first:
I have two cats both boys. Sake (salmon in japanese) the one with flutd and Samson, he does not but we want to make sure he never does.

second:
I spend about 2.00 a day feeding them which come out to dollars a month, but if budget more I can spend up to to 0 dollars.

third:
For the past three month we have only feed them both canned food and created a less stressful environment, and since then he has not blocked but I am very paranoid.

Thank you all so much!!!
just if i happen to be unclear (which happen a lot) i now only feed them purina canned cat food…

sorry if t was confusing
also when looking into raw food recipes i can not find most o the supplements to add and also what meat is the best and least expensive…

i have a 13 weeks old kitten who is very picky eater and very sensitive. i used to feed her locally made wet cat food but it made her poop a lot and lethargic so i switch to friskies and whiskas kitten food ( i alternate) and she is gaining weight, becoming very active and poop a lot less ( a poop a day). but i heard that both brand is a low grade food and bad for the cat in long term and frankly speaking a little too expensive. so i was thinking os switching her to raw diets, but the problem i’m having is not procuring the chicken carcass (we own a chicken farm) but the supplements needed for it (psyllium, salmon oil, glandular supplement and vitamin e and b complex). i cannot simply buy it online since all of the sites do not deliver it to my country and it is not easily available in shops. i do however have bought ‘excel kittyvite vitamin paste’ could i use that in lieu of the all the supplements listed. i’ve checked the ingredients, i contain vitamin a and b , taurine and cod liver oil. could anyone check if this is possible. and how much should i used. my kitty and i is forever grateful.

Aaaalright. I’ve posted a billion times about my cat Jezebel who was throwing up.. we took her to the vet… then she was throwing up green bile… then she seemed better….

So. I’m trying really hard to find the source – the vet didn’t feel any obstructions and I’m hoping not to get an x-ray (I’m in college… I don’t exactly have money – I’d have to borrow, steal, or beg to pay for that).

Anyways, I have a clip-on toilet cleaner in my bathroom. I keep my toilet lid down at all times because my cats sleep in there and the box says to keep animals away from it. Sometime last week.. or possibly this week… I can’t remember, my mom cleaned out the litter box before I was awake and I guess used my toilet too because the lid was up (Even though she knows to keep them down since she has a clip-on in her bathroom too).

I’m wondering if this is what is ailing Jeze – because she was super affectionate this morning, not lethargic at all. I let them out of the bathroom around 5 this morning while I was studying and she spent all morning curled up with me – and even did her kneading routine where she kneads the bed, purrs, and stares at me with loving eyes and yells at me if I stop petting her. She really seemed better! She sniffed her food, still didn’t want to eat, but she didn’t throw up when she smelled it. And she was able to keep water down.

DIDN’T THROW UP ALL DAY, which is why I didn’t take her back to the vet.

Then… our handyman came over to stick a kitty-door in our kitchen door, leading to the garage so I can get that litter box out of my bathroom….
I was gone for a few hours, came home, greeted the cats, and within 5 minutes of being home Jeze puked all over the floor. This stuff smells worse than diarrhea… I didn’t know something so nasty could come out of that beautiful face.
I went into the bathroom and saw that the handyman had put the toilet seat up (both parts of it, ick) ! I was infuriated… not at him, just at the situation.

Okay, all this to say… if the chemicals from the cleaner is what’s ailing my kitty is there something I can do (other than getting rid of the stupid clip thing) to help her – besides another vet visit (that’s obvious, i hate when that’s the only advice people give).

This could totally not even be it, but I’m considering anything at all right now.

Thank you :-)
More home-made tummy-help suggestions would be appreciated – as soon as this monsoon stops outside I’m going to try to find the oils someone was talking about and possibly the yogurt, though she won’t even eat the hairball medicine she loves…
… that’s what I said – BESIDES removing the cleaner. I’ve already done that.
Kia – thanks. I’ll try that. I reeeeeally hope this is it – it’s a lot harder watching an animal suffer than suffering through it yourself!!

Hi there,

I’m interested in switching my cat over to a raw food diet. I currently feed him Innova kibble during the day and Wellness wet food at night.

Is it best to switch my cat over to raw gradually or should I just go "cold turkey"?

Any tips you have about switching kitty over would be much appreciated!

Also … I’ve also read about some commercial brands of frozen and freeze dried raw foods. Are these brands any good and if so, what would you recommend?

Thanks!

She’s been to the vet a lot & she (the vet) doesn’t think the cat is seriously ill. She thinks it may be irritable bowel syndrome. Right now kitty is on Hills ID prescription food. She seems better on this food, but they say it should only be fed short term & she’s been on it 3 mos. Also, it contains a lot of bad ingredient including corn gluten & chicken bi-products YUK :( My vet doesn’t seem at all knowledgeable about food. I’m planning on going to a holistic vet, but wanted to get input from members who feed the raw food diet. Thanks!