Hi all. I'm in a bit of a bind with my finicky-eating-sensitive-tummy kitty...
-The only food he can eat right now is Royal canin Sensitive CR (wet) and RD (dry)... due to his sensitive tummy.
-The second issue is that he has to eat a fairly high volume of food since he's only 4 months old (he needs kitten-sized calories, but it's regular cat food)
-third issue is that he won't eat the canned food if it's more then a day old (and it's $1.30/can).
-fourth issue is that the amount of wet food I feed him ends up sitting for a few hours and drying out because he's so picky and slow
Ok... so the vet said to try a bit of basil to stimulate him to eat faster/more wet food - and it's working wonders!!!! It also doesn't seem to be upsetting his tummy.
So my questions are:
-if I sprinkle a little basil on all 3 meals every day, is that ok??? (is it one of those things that becomes toxic? I'm not putting much on, but I want to be safe)
-is there anything else that might work? The vet suggested a bit of chicken broth....????
Thanks all!
P.S. if anyone has any other recommendations for "sensitive tummy" foods (especially ones that come in smaller cans), I'd love to hear!! I'm quite baffled about the food choices out there.
-The only food he can eat right now is Royal canin Sensitive CR (wet) and RD (dry)... due to his sensitive tummy.
-The second issue is that he has to eat a fairly high volume of food since he's only 4 months old (he needs kitten-sized calories, but it's regular cat food)
-third issue is that he won't eat the canned food if it's more then a day old (and it's $1.30/can).
-fourth issue is that the amount of wet food I feed him ends up sitting for a few hours and drying out because he's so picky and slow
Ok... so the vet said to try a bit of basil to stimulate him to eat faster/more wet food - and it's working wonders!!!! It also doesn't seem to be upsetting his tummy.
So my questions are:
-if I sprinkle a little basil on all 3 meals every day, is that ok??? (is it one of those things that becomes toxic? I'm not putting much on, but I want to be safe)
-is there anything else that might work? The vet suggested a bit of chicken broth....????
Thanks all!
P.S. if anyone has any other recommendations for "sensitive tummy" foods (especially ones that come in smaller cans), I'd love to hear!! I'm quite baffled about the food choices out there.