Hello everyone,
I apologize if this question has been asked. I tried using the search function to find something but it kept coming up with no results. I'm at my wits end here with my kitties. I apologize for the long post but want to explain well.
I've got 3 cats, and 2 of them require separate prescription diet food. My 10 year old, Angus, needs s/d food for urine crystals. He's already been blocked once. I originally fed him s/d, and then actually went to w/d (I will explain why in a minute). He's got crystals again and the vet said he absolutely must eat s/d now, likely for the rest of his life.
My other cat, Russel, requires w/d food because he has pancreatitis. When Angus originally got s/d, I fed all 3 s/d. Russel has always had health issues, and the the higher fat content triggered the pancreatitis. Or that's what my vet figures anyway. So he got w/d, and my vet said it was okay for all 3 to eat w/d and that it would help Angus some but not nearly as much as the s/d would. Russel absolutely must not eat the s/d food. My third cat, Mattie, generally eats the w/d too just because she has a really sensitive stomach.
So to sum up, Angus must be eating the s/d, and Russel must not be eating the s/d. They've always had free feeding. Now they only want each others' food and don't understand why I don't leave food out for them to eat whenever they want. They're waking me up in the night, every 2 hours. Mattie is the only one eating normally. She doesn't care what she eats.
Neither Russel nor Angus are eating nearly the amount they usually do. I have to referee meal time. If I have to separate them completely, like putting Angus in the bedroom with his bowl, then I have to sit in the bedroom with him or he won't eat. He'll sit at the door and wait for me to open it. And if I leave food out for Russel while I'm sitting in the room with Angus, Russel will sit at the door wanting in instead of eating the food I left out for him. The same thing happens if I shut Russel in the bedroom. They know the other one is getting some different kind of food and they want it.
They're meowing at me constantly for food. They've been trying to chew open the bags when I'm gone, so I know they're hungry, but when I put the food out in front of them, this is what they do.
What in the world am I supposed to do?
I apologize if this question has been asked. I tried using the search function to find something but it kept coming up with no results. I'm at my wits end here with my kitties. I apologize for the long post but want to explain well.
I've got 3 cats, and 2 of them require separate prescription diet food. My 10 year old, Angus, needs s/d food for urine crystals. He's already been blocked once. I originally fed him s/d, and then actually went to w/d (I will explain why in a minute). He's got crystals again and the vet said he absolutely must eat s/d now, likely for the rest of his life.
My other cat, Russel, requires w/d food because he has pancreatitis. When Angus originally got s/d, I fed all 3 s/d. Russel has always had health issues, and the the higher fat content triggered the pancreatitis. Or that's what my vet figures anyway. So he got w/d, and my vet said it was okay for all 3 to eat w/d and that it would help Angus some but not nearly as much as the s/d would. Russel absolutely must not eat the s/d food. My third cat, Mattie, generally eats the w/d too just because she has a really sensitive stomach.
So to sum up, Angus must be eating the s/d, and Russel must not be eating the s/d. They've always had free feeding. Now they only want each others' food and don't understand why I don't leave food out for them to eat whenever they want. They're waking me up in the night, every 2 hours. Mattie is the only one eating normally. She doesn't care what she eats.
Neither Russel nor Angus are eating nearly the amount they usually do. I have to referee meal time. If I have to separate them completely, like putting Angus in the bedroom with his bowl, then I have to sit in the bedroom with him or he won't eat. He'll sit at the door and wait for me to open it. And if I leave food out for Russel while I'm sitting in the room with Angus, Russel will sit at the door wanting in instead of eating the food I left out for him. The same thing happens if I shut Russel in the bedroom. They know the other one is getting some different kind of food and they want it.
They're meowing at me constantly for food. They've been trying to chew open the bags when I'm gone, so I know they're hungry, but when I put the food out in front of them, this is what they do.
What in the world am I supposed to do?
