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Two years after losing my 21 year old rescue Girlgirl, I adopted Wolfgang from a shelter in 2020 as a kitten. He had been found living in a wheel well. I adopted Brünhilde two weeks later from the same rescue. She’d been found by herself at about 9 weeks on a farm and still has issues around food as a result of her early deprivation. Wolfgang and Brünhilde have grown up together and are best friends. These cat’s are so beautiful, sweet and expressive!
I have gotten them settled on a raw prey diet for nearly a year, love their poops on this diet (no smell! very light and quickly drying) but need to diversify as some things I’ve read suggest beef isn’t the best for cats on a full time basis. They seem to like rabbit but HareToday has been out of it recently. I’m trying to find a third protein they both get excited by, possibly pork, as Brünhilde needs to put on weight. She is a sensitive, nervous girl who is an antenna for any stress I’m feeling or any newness in her environment; yesterday new tennis shoes was the big disturbance for her. I’m researching best methods for helping her with this so she is more free to cat.
While controversial, both are toilet trained, which I did for me and them, ultimately because it allows us to travel easily and for them to have a clean place to eliminate when i'm working double shifts. If they indicate this no longer works for them, I will provide a litter box but nearly 2 years in, all is well.
Looking forward to learning and contributing here!
I have gotten them settled on a raw prey diet for nearly a year, love their poops on this diet (no smell! very light and quickly drying) but need to diversify as some things I’ve read suggest beef isn’t the best for cats on a full time basis. They seem to like rabbit but HareToday has been out of it recently. I’m trying to find a third protein they both get excited by, possibly pork, as Brünhilde needs to put on weight. She is a sensitive, nervous girl who is an antenna for any stress I’m feeling or any newness in her environment; yesterday new tennis shoes was the big disturbance for her. I’m researching best methods for helping her with this so she is more free to cat.
While controversial, both are toilet trained, which I did for me and them, ultimately because it allows us to travel easily and for them to have a clean place to eliminate when i'm working double shifts. If they indicate this no longer works for them, I will provide a litter box but nearly 2 years in, all is well.
Looking forward to learning and contributing here!