Hi,
I have a friend whose cat vomits every day, sometimes 2x a day. When I heard this I told her that's not normal but she said that he just had a physical exam and he is perfectly healthy. They did an x-ray and they said that he had no foreign objects inside. I told her that it must be his food if this has been happening for a very long time and he only vomits food. She said she gives him premium food that the vet recommended ever since he was a kitten (he is 4 now). He eats ProPlan dry food. After checking that food it has a very very bad reputation and the ingredients are bad. I told her that. I also told her that dry food is not really good that perhaps she should try some other food and maybe she should switch him to wet food. Well, she said that dry food is good for his teeth so why should she switch? I told her that was BS but she said the vet told her that. So then I sent her some articles explaining wet vs dry. After reading she bought him some canned food (I recommended Wellness as it is better than other brands which can be picked up at Petco). He did not vomit on that for a week but she stated that he won't eat it once he puts the can in the fridge so she needs to throw it out and that is seems like he is starving himself instead of eating it. So I told her that she should probably slowly switch his food until he gets used to the wet food instead of doing a drastic change to his diet. Well so she gave him the dry food again and he vomited. She called the vet told her that the cat vomits every day and she wants to do something about it. The doctor recommended an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed irritated intestines and stomach. The doctor recommended Dry food Purina Vet Diet EN. I checked that food for my friend and again I looked at the ingredients. They are all crap. There is nothing nutritious in that food. I told my friend to ask the vet what specifically is in that food that will make her cat better. I told my friend that dry food is not really what cats eat and they need meat and not grain, veggies which are just fillers. I told her that cats in the wild do not eat grains. She told her vet what I told her but the vet said that she understood my point but that cats today don't live in the wild, they are groomed to live indoors and don't require the raw protein and that my friend should be feeding her cat whatever he likes. Right now he is really hooked on the vet food and he just want to eat that. I think they put something into that food to make the cat hooked on. I told my friend that her vet is an IDIOT and she should probably find a different vet.
I personally feed my cats wet (HealthyPetNet). I gave my friend some of that but she is not convinced. She said the vet told her that she feeds dry her own cat and it has no problems.
What do you guys think about all of this? I want to help my friend and her cat.
Thank you
Maggie
I have a friend whose cat vomits every day, sometimes 2x a day. When I heard this I told her that's not normal but she said that he just had a physical exam and he is perfectly healthy. They did an x-ray and they said that he had no foreign objects inside. I told her that it must be his food if this has been happening for a very long time and he only vomits food. She said she gives him premium food that the vet recommended ever since he was a kitten (he is 4 now). He eats ProPlan dry food. After checking that food it has a very very bad reputation and the ingredients are bad. I told her that. I also told her that dry food is not really good that perhaps she should try some other food and maybe she should switch him to wet food. Well, she said that dry food is good for his teeth so why should she switch? I told her that was BS but she said the vet told her that. So then I sent her some articles explaining wet vs dry. After reading she bought him some canned food (I recommended Wellness as it is better than other brands which can be picked up at Petco). He did not vomit on that for a week but she stated that he won't eat it once he puts the can in the fridge so she needs to throw it out and that is seems like he is starving himself instead of eating it. So I told her that she should probably slowly switch his food until he gets used to the wet food instead of doing a drastic change to his diet. Well so she gave him the dry food again and he vomited. She called the vet told her that the cat vomits every day and she wants to do something about it. The doctor recommended an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed irritated intestines and stomach. The doctor recommended Dry food Purina Vet Diet EN. I checked that food for my friend and again I looked at the ingredients. They are all crap. There is nothing nutritious in that food. I told my friend to ask the vet what specifically is in that food that will make her cat better. I told my friend that dry food is not really what cats eat and they need meat and not grain, veggies which are just fillers. I told her that cats in the wild do not eat grains. She told her vet what I told her but the vet said that she understood my point but that cats today don't live in the wild, they are groomed to live indoors and don't require the raw protein and that my friend should be feeding her cat whatever he likes. Right now he is really hooked on the vet food and he just want to eat that. I think they put something into that food to make the cat hooked on. I told my friend that her vet is an IDIOT and she should probably find a different vet.
I personally feed my cats wet (HealthyPetNet). I gave my friend some of that but she is not convinced. She said the vet told her that she feeds dry her own cat and it has no problems.
What do you guys think about all of this? I want to help my friend and her cat.
Thank you
Maggie