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I forgot to mention, the vet also recommended 2.5mg/day of Pepcid. SO, we took one of the little tablets and cut it into 4 very small pieces. I wrapped it in a bit of Hill's A/D and proceeded to give it to the cat - I held the pea sized bit of food with the tiny piece buried in it. Cat looked...

When picking up the new stuff, we talked to one of the people that worked on HRH the last couple times. She said they did a thorough exam of her mouth and teeth and throat 'cause they had the same question way before it hit me... As for side effects, they don't list a lot, but it doesn't make...

We've been using full doses of the Mirataz for the last 5 days. It got worse. Monday I picked up a can of Hill's A/D and after eating .25 ounce for breakfast, between lunch and overnight she at the WHOLE 5 oz can. Picked up a couple more yesterday and did the same thing. Yesterday, eating...

Two days now with the transdermal Mirtazapine. Gave about a half dose yesterday morning - she at less than three ounces in 24 hours. Today I have close to a full dose about 6 a.m. So far, 5 hours later she's eaten a couple bites. She WAS eating between 5 and 6 ounces a day when we started her...

HOPEFULLY her highness ISN'T as fussy/picky/goofy about her ears as she is about getting OTHER medicine!

I can call the vet when they open and see... CAN'T hurt to try - can't be much worse than the liquid.

Our 13-14 year old cat is now on kidney diet because she has early stage kidney disease. She's been taking Cisapride for over a decade, and still is. Prior to the switch, she wasn’t eating a lot, and was losing weight so we were prescribed Mirtazapine. We started with pills… That did NOT...

Raul - so Hill's and Royal Canin kidney food are BAD for the cat? As for the ingredients in c/d or r/d - we're not looking at feeding those. Are you saying the K/D and Royal Canin is NOT good for a cat with kidney issues? We haven't found some of the less common foods mentioned earlier, though...

I've concluded that the cat is insane... The exact same k/d she gobbled like she hadn't eaten in a week, today is poison! And the Royal Canin that was the best thing EVER a couple days ago is now swill! Goofy Cat!

Thanks for the reply... It looks like all the Royal Canin we'd be using are in the range for phosphorus... Which is good. I'll have to see if I can find "dry" analysis numbers for the Sheba. Or the Blue Wilderness. We just picked up another half dozen of the tiny cans of each to get us...

I have not read that comprehensive guide, but I will... I'll have to see if I can get dry matter information on the Royal Canin, OR if I can find out how the do the measurement - it may be easy to convert one to the other.

Our 14-year-old cat has been diagnosed with early kidney disease. Or vet recommended we try one of the kidney support foods like the Hill’s k/d or Royal Canin Renal support (D, E, T), Purina ProPlan NF. Turns out she eats them both like crazy. Didn’t like the Purina version at all, but eats...

It's ONLY one day, so it's purely anecdotal and unreliable long term, but yesterday she at 6 ounces of food. The WHOLE 5.5 oz can of Blue Wilderness and a small bit of additional FF Creamy Delights we mixed in last night. The Blue Wilderness says a 6 - 8 pound cat should get 3/4 of a can, so...

Now that we know we're not horrid people for mixing "grocery store" brand food with her Hill's, we've been combining things. Seems to be working and she's eating more. Still not up to the vet's 1 oz per pound, but better than she was. Today we picked up a can of Blue Wilderness Chicken and...

Thanks... Yes, Brownie has had her teeth cleaned regularly and a couple pulled during the course of her life. At her checkup last month, the vet recommended a cleaning, so she'll have that done in a couple weeks. She also prefers the wet food, mostly the stew, though she'll also eat pate' -...

I couldn't figure out how to edit the previous entry... I forgot about the Mirtazapine - pills.... We started with those. NO... Would not take the pill. Got a piller. Didn't work. The cat is an absolute MASTER at not swallowing the pill. I don't know how many times we said "That time we...

Thanks for the replies. We've used Fancy Feast in the past. I don't recall what problem we had, but for some reason we went back to the Hill's... Hadn't thought about mixing them. Yes, I know there are many different foods. I was thinking the grocery store brands were all bad (from what...

I don't know what "FF" is. she had Mirtazapine yesterday and ate pretty well. This morning (we're now measuring what we give her and what she eats) she ate less than 1/2 ounce at breakfast. I've read (nor sure if in here or elsewhere) that wet food can sit out for 9 hours, but that seems...

Our 13-year-old tabby isn’t eating enough. I’m putting this here rather than in the “cat nutrition” because that forum seems VERY heavily into the raw and home cooked foods, and the zeal was a bit intimidating… I’m hoping to find advice here for foods that are already prepared and more...

Aha! I stayed away from the gel 'cause I didn't know how it worked. Other than annoying her highness by sticking wet stuff in her ear that sounds pretty easy. We give Brownie .15 ml every other day. As I said, originally it as to be 3.88 mg which was .375 ml but that dosage made her manic...