My oldest cat Estelle is very overweight. We adopted her that way and it is very difficult to keep her weight lower. Someone had declawed her and when she arrived she seemed to be tender footed. That stopped after a year but I believe it's always affected her confidence and willingness to play.
All of her blood tests are very good, but she's still as a pillow most of the time and shows only mild interest in playing. Her passion is eating.
The vet suggested Science Diet DM because of the protein content versus the carb. However, I noticed corn gluten. How can this be any better than wheat gluten for a grain based protein source? Plus other ingredients like "beef tallow" seem poor.
It seems like it would be better to offer her other brands of canned that don't have grain. She enjoys Wellness and Innova canned, and these seem better than the Science Diet DM. I suspect vets recommend prescription Hills primarily because its something they sell as prescription diets.
The other cats have varying appreciation of canned and varying weight. What about EVO canned as a quality canned food? I was thinking splitting one5.5 oz can into two meals for her each day.
The cat should weigh 15 pounds and weighs 19! (big kitty overall). She's a pound rescue but has very muscular build. She's freakishly strong and when motivated---say by the sound of rattling cans---can run pretty fast.
For a year, she's not received dry food. The other cats get Innova dry to supplement canned (some don't like any canned foods). Their dish is up high and Estelle the big cat can't jump up to where the dry is. None of them get treats. But she will snuffle the remaining canned from the dishes of the other and obviously is getting too much food.
I feed them a combination of Nutro canned, Wellness canned, California Naturals Canned and Homestyle by Prairie and Evangers. The others like the Nutro and the Praire and Evengers.No one likes Merricks.
Ideas? Suggestions?
All of her blood tests are very good, but she's still as a pillow most of the time and shows only mild interest in playing. Her passion is eating.
The vet suggested Science Diet DM because of the protein content versus the carb. However, I noticed corn gluten. How can this be any better than wheat gluten for a grain based protein source? Plus other ingredients like "beef tallow" seem poor.
It seems like it would be better to offer her other brands of canned that don't have grain. She enjoys Wellness and Innova canned, and these seem better than the Science Diet DM. I suspect vets recommend prescription Hills primarily because its something they sell as prescription diets.
The other cats have varying appreciation of canned and varying weight. What about EVO canned as a quality canned food? I was thinking splitting one5.5 oz can into two meals for her each day.
The cat should weigh 15 pounds and weighs 19! (big kitty overall). She's a pound rescue but has very muscular build. She's freakishly strong and when motivated---say by the sound of rattling cans---can run pretty fast.
For a year, she's not received dry food. The other cats get Innova dry to supplement canned (some don't like any canned foods). Their dish is up high and Estelle the big cat can't jump up to where the dry is. None of them get treats. But she will snuffle the remaining canned from the dishes of the other and obviously is getting too much food.
I feed them a combination of Nutro canned, Wellness canned, California Naturals Canned and Homestyle by Prairie and Evangers. The others like the Nutro and the Praire and Evengers.No one likes Merricks.
Ideas? Suggestions?
