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Hi everyone,
Scamp, my 13 year old calico, has been a picky eater all her life. She was my husbands cat for the first 7 years of her life before I came into the picture. For a long time she ate nothing but chicken flavored Iams dry cat food, that was the only thing she would eat until recently. For the past few months now, she has been very picky about food to the point where I noticed she had gotten very skinny really fast. We took her to the vet about a month and a half ago where they diagnosed her with being dehydrated and gave her subcutaneous fluids and also gave us an appetite stimulant to help her eat more. They also tested her for anything that might cause her problems such as liver disease or kidney problems, but they said they didn't find anything and that she is mostly healthy, just really skinny. The appetite stimulant seemed to work the first couple of times, but the last time we gave it to her, she seemed very lethargic and not herself at all. We're not sure if we can keep it up with the stimulant because of that and have now looked all over for a good food for her to have. For a while she loved the Fussy Cat Tuna and clams wet food, but suddenly turned her nose to it. She still eats some dry food, but usually it's very sporadic and has been showing more interest in wet food. She seems to enjoy cooked chicken on occasion too, but it really depends on her mood.
So does anyone have any suggestions for food that might entice her more and help get her weight back up? I have a friend who recommends probiotics which I ordered online. Do they work in wet food?
Scamp, my 13 year old calico, has been a picky eater all her life. She was my husbands cat for the first 7 years of her life before I came into the picture. For a long time she ate nothing but chicken flavored Iams dry cat food, that was the only thing she would eat until recently. For the past few months now, she has been very picky about food to the point where I noticed she had gotten very skinny really fast. We took her to the vet about a month and a half ago where they diagnosed her with being dehydrated and gave her subcutaneous fluids and also gave us an appetite stimulant to help her eat more. They also tested her for anything that might cause her problems such as liver disease or kidney problems, but they said they didn't find anything and that she is mostly healthy, just really skinny. The appetite stimulant seemed to work the first couple of times, but the last time we gave it to her, she seemed very lethargic and not herself at all. We're not sure if we can keep it up with the stimulant because of that and have now looked all over for a good food for her to have. For a while she loved the Fussy Cat Tuna and clams wet food, but suddenly turned her nose to it. She still eats some dry food, but usually it's very sporadic and has been showing more interest in wet food. She seems to enjoy cooked chicken on occasion too, but it really depends on her mood.
So does anyone have any suggestions for food that might entice her more and help get her weight back up? I have a friend who recommends probiotics which I ordered online. Do they work in wet food?