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Hi everyone,
My mom's cat, Lois, was into the vet quite some time ago and the vet mentioned that she was getting "round" and that she should be on a vet prescribed diet, she ended up putting her on Medical Hypoallergenic. I'm still confused as to why you would put a cat with apparent gastro problems (which Lois has never had) on a hypoallergenic food, but that's beside the point.
The only problem this cat has is that she's slightly overweight and occasionally gets hairballs. After 6 months of telling my mom that the vet was ripping her off she listened to me and we began researching good cat foods (I previously used this vet for my dogs, our family has been going to them for over 15 years now but since they built a new office about 7-10 years ago they've been very money grabbing). I feed my dogs raw but my mother is not willing to do that for Lois, and I completely understand why. My mother isn't elderly (65), inactive or poor, but the time and research to properly create and prepare raw meals for cats is too much for her and in her mind too expensive. We decided to put her on Wellness Core, she's been doing good on it and I'm now working on convincing my mom that Lois doesn't need to eat as much as she's letting her.
To get to the point, in your opinion, is Wellness Core a good diet for this cat? I know a lot about dog food and nutrition but nothing about cats, lol.
Thanks for any help!
My mom's cat, Lois, was into the vet quite some time ago and the vet mentioned that she was getting "round" and that she should be on a vet prescribed diet, she ended up putting her on Medical Hypoallergenic. I'm still confused as to why you would put a cat with apparent gastro problems (which Lois has never had) on a hypoallergenic food, but that's beside the point.
The only problem this cat has is that she's slightly overweight and occasionally gets hairballs. After 6 months of telling my mom that the vet was ripping her off she listened to me and we began researching good cat foods (I previously used this vet for my dogs, our family has been going to them for over 15 years now but since they built a new office about 7-10 years ago they've been very money grabbing). I feed my dogs raw but my mother is not willing to do that for Lois, and I completely understand why. My mother isn't elderly (65), inactive or poor, but the time and research to properly create and prepare raw meals for cats is too much for her and in her mind too expensive. We decided to put her on Wellness Core, she's been doing good on it and I'm now working on convincing my mom that Lois doesn't need to eat as much as she's letting her.
To get to the point, in your opinion, is Wellness Core a good diet for this cat? I know a lot about dog food and nutrition but nothing about cats, lol.
Thanks for any help!