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  1. rivertherb

    Vital Essentials Raw Mini Patties?

    Hello everyone! I am considering switching my gang to the Vital Essentials mini patties. Does anyone have experience with these? I was thinking of doing the frozen ones as I normally prefer frozen over freeze-dried. How much should I expect to go through in a month with a gang of 3? I have a 3...
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    FirstMate canned food

    Has anyone used this food? Is it any good? I was going through a coupon book I was sent from my local natural pet food store and there was a coupon for FirstMate canned cat food. If it's a high quality food I would pick up a few cans for my girl River to try. She has a bit of a sensitive tummy.
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    Raw feeding question

    Looking for some recommendations. My girl River eats Primal frozen raw and has for almost the entire time I have had her, almost 2 years. She is 2 years and 2 months old. After some research, I have realized the Primal frozen cat formulas all have veggies/fruits in them that my girl does not...
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    Canned food recommendations?

    My cat River is a 2 year old Russian Blue female weighing in between 9 and 9.5 lbs. She has been fed a combo of Primal raw nuggets and canned food for over a year now. She has a sensitive stomach. I am looking for some recommendations on wet foods to try for her that are grain-free, carrageenan...
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    Question about home-cooked meat

    My dog was recently diagnosed with diabetes and since then we have been giving her plain boiled chicken because she needs only protein. My cat River has been wanting to get at the chicken as well so my question is, is plain boiled chicken (no salt or anything) okay to give to her?
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    1 year old female with a sensitive tummy

    I struggled for a month or so trying to find my cat River (she is now 1 year old) a wet canned food that worked for her and her sensitive tummy. I wanted her on a rotation but finding her a food that was grain-free and carrageenan free and that worked was hard enough, let alone several foods...
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    Stinky pee!

    Hi guys, I have a concern. We have two female cats and they are both spayed. Their pee is odorless. Our newest addition is a male, 1year, and he was neutered three weeks ago. His pee smells AWFUL. I thought perhaps the pee smelled worse because he wasn't neutered, but it's been three weeks. Does...
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    Suggestions on how to begin transitioning our new cat to wet food

    We have a new rescue cat who is a 15 month old male domestic long hair. He came from a home where he was not well taken care of and was on a horrible diet (low quality dry ferret food) we have gotten him on a healthier dey food diet but when we tried to introduce him to our other cats wet food...
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    Questions about newly neutered one year old male

    We have a new male cat who is about 15 months old that we just had neutered about a week and a half ago. He is a rescue. He wanders into random rooms of the house and meows loudly. We understand this is often a way male cats attract mates. We are wondering if this behavior will go away on its...
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    Is my cat getting enough water?

    When I rescued River at 4 months old, I took her to the vet the day after I got her and they ran blood/urine tests to check if everything was all clear for her to be spayed. Everything came back good except the vet said her urine was some of the most concentrated he had ever seen and he...
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    Feeding amount help?

    I know I have asked questions like this a few times but I am still struggling with it. I feed River who is a female 10 month old russian blue that weights 8.5 pounds 1 nugget of primal freeze-dried raw that I rehydrate at feeding time once a day. That is about 42 calories. I also feed her 1 oz...
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    Question about freeze-dried/dehydrated raw brands.

    I have been trying to find a good dehydrated/freeze-dried raw food that you rehydrate at feeding time for my 10 month old kitty. I went into my local pet food store earlier today to ask if they had an opinion on Stella & Chewy's and Primal, which one they thought was better, as I had seen some...
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    Urgent question about possible food allergy?

    My 10 month old female River eats Tiki Cat and loved it. A couple weeks ago we tried "Beef and Beef Liver", a flavor she had not tried before. She vomited immediately after so I figured she was allergic to beef and decided not to feed her anymore of that. This morning we tried "Chicken and...
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    Suggestions for a good wet canned rotation?

    I currently feed my 10 month old female a mainly wet canned food diet but I want to get a good rotation going. Tiki cat is her favorite and what I mainly feed, occasionally Weruva. Can anyone suggest a good rotation for her wet food? She is allergic to beef and I don't like her to have much...
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    Ear Mites question

    We just took in what I consider a rescue cat. He is a 1 year old, long haired, orange tabby that we got from a family member who did not take good care of him. We took him to the vet the day after we got him from my family member and discovered he has ear mites, we started treatment immediately...
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    Correct amount of food for our cats?

    I was reading the back of a can of Tiki Cat yesterday and saw it said to feed something like 2 3 oz. cans a day. Then I also saw on here someone saying to feed 1 oz. per pound that your cat is. We have a 7.7 lb 2 year old cat and an 8.3 lb 9 month old cat, how much should we be feeding them? The...
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    Grooming tricks for heavy shedding cats?

    We have a 2 year old female domestic short hair calico who sheds an unbelievable amount. Between the two of us, we have had multiple cats but have never had a cat, let alone a short hair, shed this much. We brush her daily. Anything we can do to help with her shedding issue?
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    Ideas on how to switch 2 year old cat off of dry kibble?

    My significant other and I currently have two cats, River, who is a 9 month old female Russian Blue, and Zoey, who is a 2 year old domestic short hair. River is eating an 80% wet canned food diet (Tiki Cat and Weruva) and just gets about 1/8 cup of dry Orijen over night. I am also working on...
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    Cat got I to house plant and now has diarrhea, help!

    It looks like my 9 month old cat got into a house plant. She vomited a little bit of it up and now has diarrhea. She missed the litter box a bit so as I was cleaning some up I saw some plant residue in her stool as well as a little bit of blood. Am I okay to just watch her and see how she does...
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    Some health concerns with taking in one year old cat?

    I am getting ready to take in a younger family member's cat. My family member has been irresponsible with the cat from the very beginning. She received him from a friend of hers who's cat had a litter of kittens. She has never been able to give the cat the attention he needs and has asked me to...
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