I was wanting to see if anyone may have any food recommendations or food advice for a picky 14-year-old cat with multiple chronic health issues.
My cat has IBD, which the vet and I suspect is food allergy related (we’ve run multiple tests, ultrasound, etc.). But my cat refuses to eat the prescription wet food, or any limited ingredient wet food because he hates pate. Unfortunately all allergy wet food I’ve found is all in pate format. I’ve tried multiple limited ingredient brands and transitioning small amounts and if he even detects pate he will refuse the food.
He will eat the dry version of limited ingredient or prescription food but… he’s also diabetic so he shouldn’t be on dry food due to dry being high carbs. And he has only two teeth for chewing. Still, I’ve tried wetting the food and he won’t eat it soggy.
He has had diarrhea going on a year and a half now, and recently ended up with a severe episode of pancreatitis that was likely brought on by the IBD. I’d really like to get him on some kind of food that is better, but I just don’t know what to do when he refuses to eat pate.
In addition, he also has chronic kidney disease and gets occasional cystitis. Despite his health issues, he’s a happy little senior guy that is still enjoying life, but I think it would be better if we could get the IBD better managed.
Currently, I have him eating Friskies Prime Filet beef flavor, which I know isn’t great quality food but he’s picky with flavors and it’s been one of the few kinds I can get him to eat easily. It also seems to make the diarrhea the least severe. But he still gets episodes of diarrhea where it gets bad and recently lead to pancreatitis, so I’d rather get him on something better.
Any food recommendations or advice is much appreciated!
My cat has IBD, which the vet and I suspect is food allergy related (we’ve run multiple tests, ultrasound, etc.). But my cat refuses to eat the prescription wet food, or any limited ingredient wet food because he hates pate. Unfortunately all allergy wet food I’ve found is all in pate format. I’ve tried multiple limited ingredient brands and transitioning small amounts and if he even detects pate he will refuse the food.
He will eat the dry version of limited ingredient or prescription food but… he’s also diabetic so he shouldn’t be on dry food due to dry being high carbs. And he has only two teeth for chewing. Still, I’ve tried wetting the food and he won’t eat it soggy.
He has had diarrhea going on a year and a half now, and recently ended up with a severe episode of pancreatitis that was likely brought on by the IBD. I’d really like to get him on some kind of food that is better, but I just don’t know what to do when he refuses to eat pate.
In addition, he also has chronic kidney disease and gets occasional cystitis. Despite his health issues, he’s a happy little senior guy that is still enjoying life, but I think it would be better if we could get the IBD better managed.
Currently, I have him eating Friskies Prime Filet beef flavor, which I know isn’t great quality food but he’s picky with flavors and it’s been one of the few kinds I can get him to eat easily. It also seems to make the diarrhea the least severe. But he still gets episodes of diarrhea where it gets bad and recently lead to pancreatitis, so I’d rather get him on something better.
Any food recommendations or advice is much appreciated!