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Does anyone know of an alternative to fish oil when making home-made raw cat food? If there is not a good alternative, what is the lower limit per pound of meat? Can I skip fish oil entirely? Tim has been doing extremely well on his diet of mostly raw and some canned. I would say the proportion...

Those of you who know Tim's story are familiar with his issues - extremely sensitive stomach, intolerance to certain ingredients in food. Tim has done marvelously well on his current diet of approximately 75% commercial raw and 25% canned. Even Abby is eating more raw. I want to keep Tim on...

Hi everyone, I know I am probably posting in the wrong sub-forum and this may get moved, but I thought I would start here because Tim eats mostly raw food and I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for the knowledge in this sub-forum. I am afraid Tim is exhibiting signs of FHS and...

As the title indicates, Abby and Tim loved the first bag of Primal freeze-dried turkey. Each time I fed it, they gobbled it and begged for more. This made me happy, because I am trying to expand Tim's food variety and I am trying to get Abby to eat more raw. Because the first bag was such a...

I am hoping the raw feeding experts can share their thoughts. I recently purchased a two-pound chub of smallbatch rabbit bend. For those that may be familiar with Tim's story, we've got him at about 65% raw. He's not at 100% because he doesn't seem to care for any of the raw rabbit brands I've...

Some of you might know Tim's history: He had a couple of serious constipation episodes that required multiple enemas. After the second one in June 2013, vet put him on cisapride. With the help of a new (holistic) vet, we weaned him off. Last dose was June 27. Month of July spent making sure all...

Hi Dr. Kris, Thank you for your time and expertise this week! I currently have two almost-five-year old cats, but have had cats previously. I had the sad misfortune to lose most of them to kidney disease, and two were quite young when we lost them. At the time, we managed with sub Q fluids at...

My cat Tim has occasional problems with excess stomach acid. He's seen our holistic veterinarian for this, who prescribed Pepcid AC but warned us that we don't want him on this long-term if we can avoid it. We completed a short course of the Pepcid AC earlier this week and it appears the stomach...

Some of you might remember when I first joined this site, our cat Tim was a mess. He was on cisapride for constipation, was vomiting frequently, had urinary crystals, was thought to have mild asthma, and had been diagnosed with mild HCM (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). Our veterinarians kept...

Many of you know I've been here for the past couple of months, chronicling Tim's journey to get off cisapride. He was put on this medication last June after a terrible constipation episode. My husband and I believe the constipation was due to diet - he ate primarily kibble - and we have since...

Warning: detailed description of cat poop follows. This morning, my girl Abby dropped what I can only describe as a "double-decker" poop. The primary piece was nearly two inches in length while a smaller .75" piece was attached at one end, so it looked like a double-decker bus with a smaller...

Background Information: My male cat, Tim, has experienced constipation, urinary crystals, mild asthma, frequent hairballs, and occasional then very severe vomiting. He saw three different veterinarians in February, two at our normal place and one emergency veterinarian, who could not pinpoint...

Yesterday I introduced my cats to a new food: Lotus Just Juicy turkey. This food advertises on its label that it contains no carrageenan, guar gum, or xantham gum. Great! Because my cat has food sensitivities and these are all suspect ingredients, I thought I found a nice food to add to our...

For more of Tim's history, see these two posts. http://www.thecatsite.com/t/272867/food-for-a-cat-with-issues-constipation-urinary-crystals-food-sensitivites-asthma http://www.thecatsite.com/t/274087/litterbox-behavioral-changes-while-weaning-off-cisapride-should-i-be-concerned When Tim had...

I first wrote about Tim and all of his issues here: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/272867/food-for-a-cat-with-issues-constipation-urinary-crystals-food-sensitivites-asthma. To summarize, Tim had two really bad constipation episodes. After the first one in March 2011, we added a water fountain, as...

Hello, I've read many, many posts on this site and appreciate everyone generously sharing what they've learned regarding their cats. I have a young male cat (Tim) with many issues (and I wonder if they're all connected): - constipation - has had struvite crystals - mild asthma - possibly...