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Back in December my cat was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and it's been a huge struggle to get her back to her normal self, but I've made it and I'm so so proud of my little Nalita Chiquita. For about 4 days she went without eating (except for Delectables Squeeze-ups, which she would have about 2-2.5 packages a day). Eventually, she started to get syringe fed, and after a few weeks, she started eating VERY happily on her own again.
Nala is a 10 yr old DSH/possibly Bombay (about 12.5 lbs) who was adopted at 3 y/o in college-- she would have Blue Buffalo dry to graze on throughout the day and half a tin of fancy feast around 5 pm. Before the pancreatitis, she was (stupidly on my part) on dry food only. After basically a month of scouring these cat sites and google, I've switched her to primarily wet food with dry food to graze on throughout the day (she's a bit chonky and enjoys her food). Luckily, she only lost about 2-3 ounces during this pancreatic month.
My questions are:
I've attempted all of the "best for pancreatitis" cat foods--Publix brand and Fancy feast are the only ones she'll eat--how horrible is this?
The box says to give her two cans a day based on her body weight--but even at one tin, she seems to be gaining weight... should I be giving her two tins, even with dry food to graze on?
I've started adding digestive enzymes AND cosequin (one day on, one day off) into her food-- anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks in advance!
Nala is a 10 yr old DSH/possibly Bombay (about 12.5 lbs) who was adopted at 3 y/o in college-- she would have Blue Buffalo dry to graze on throughout the day and half a tin of fancy feast around 5 pm. Before the pancreatitis, she was (stupidly on my part) on dry food only. After basically a month of scouring these cat sites and google, I've switched her to primarily wet food with dry food to graze on throughout the day (she's a bit chonky and enjoys her food). Luckily, she only lost about 2-3 ounces during this pancreatic month.
My questions are:
I've attempted all of the "best for pancreatitis" cat foods--Publix brand and Fancy feast are the only ones she'll eat--how horrible is this?
The box says to give her two cans a day based on her body weight--but even at one tin, she seems to be gaining weight... should I be giving her two tins, even with dry food to graze on?
I've started adding digestive enzymes AND cosequin (one day on, one day off) into her food-- anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks in advance!