home made pet food

[Norse]

Beth, our 17 year old kitty is also hyper-T. Last fall, we had her all scheduled to go in for the iodine treatment - they did a complete physical first to make sure they thought she could handle it. What they didn't tell us was that they wouldn't let her have her raw food diet while there. Two weeks off her diet, that she was doing well on, going back to eating crap food for two weeks, the stress of the treatment and two weeks in a strange place ... well, that was enough for us to decide not to go through with it. She gets a daily 1/2 pill instead along with a 1/4 pill for her recently diagnosed high blood pressure! We use a "pill popper" to get both pills down at once.

[badger]

my kitty's 11, so even though it set me back $1700 it's worth it. I wouldn't do it for my 17 year old because, as hard as it is for me to say it, she's not going to live all that long. 11's still young, and I caught his very early so he was a perfect candidate for it (except now I find out he might be asthmatic due to his obesity :\).

I wouldn't give up on your kitty, though. There are things you can still do. My guy didn't do well on Tapazole at all (uncontrollable vomiting, another reason why I felt I had to do this treatment). You can try it, though, most kitties tolerate it well, and it's cheap.

Or, you can try either one of these.

[NoNo]

I'm going to the vet tomorrow and am going to discuss raw food with her. Watching Ruthie get fat on "weight control" food is enough of a sign that something's off. She's only 4, we have a long time to go together, and I want to make sure it's quality time. About a month ago I switched her to the Blue Buffalo food, and I really think it's helping her. She was getting very lazy, and I thought "Oh, the kitten phase is finally over!" But now she's getting very frisky again, definitely has more energy. Maybe a raw diet will have a bigger impact and hopefully drop a few pounds.

[Biciclista]

yeah that dry cat food killed too many of my cats. Interesting, I have a hyper T cat too. She's so much better since they gave her the iodine. and of course, if you look, you can find some really good canned cat foods too.