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Yesterday morning I had to take one of my cats to the vet as an emergency. He managed to get a hold of one those lickable treats that come in those long foil pouches. He ended up ingesting some of the packaging and then had coughed up or vomited some blood with pieces of the foil mixed in.
The vet took some x-rays and it looked like there was evidence of some gastric material.
The vet sent him home with a few cans of Hills canned food that is high in fiber. I guess the idea of the high fiber diet is to help push the foreign objects out of the GI tract. The problem is my cat, like most cats I guess can be quite finicky in what he eats. He'll mostly only eat Fancy Feast or Friskies. I offered him the new food and he took on sniff and walked away. I know he has an appetite because he meows for food and tries to eat my other cat's food.
I tried things such as putting tuna water on top, but he'll just lick of the tuna water and leave the rest of the food. I tried mixing a little bit of his regular food with it, but that doesn't work.
Any other suggestions? Any other high fiber alternatives I should try? I see pumpkin puree is often suggested.
TIA
The vet took some x-rays and it looked like there was evidence of some gastric material.
The vet sent him home with a few cans of Hills canned food that is high in fiber. I guess the idea of the high fiber diet is to help push the foreign objects out of the GI tract. The problem is my cat, like most cats I guess can be quite finicky in what he eats. He'll mostly only eat Fancy Feast or Friskies. I offered him the new food and he took on sniff and walked away. I know he has an appetite because he meows for food and tries to eat my other cat's food.
I tried things such as putting tuna water on top, but he'll just lick of the tuna water and leave the rest of the food. I tried mixing a little bit of his regular food with it, but that doesn't work.
Any other suggestions? Any other high fiber alternatives I should try? I see pumpkin puree is often suggested.
TIA