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I've been housesitting for most of the year for two older cats, one male Norwegian Forest cat and a female Burmese. All went well for the first four months of the year and I've taken care of these cats in the past without incident. The problems began when the house owner returned for few months and the male cat got sick.
Without going to much into detail, the male cat has recovered fairly well from some serious dehydration and diarrhea issues and is almost 100% but still has frequent diarrhea and a very finicky appetite. The owner has tried a number of things but is very preoccupied with work issues and not a natural when it comes to animal husbandry to begin with. He is now buying natural cat food from Whole Foods which seems to be okay and also wanting the cat to be fed several small meals per day which makes sense as well. But he is also wanting to feed the cat a lot of meals which consist of just meat...i.e....boiled chicken or canned salmon.
I am concerned the cat is going to get too more protein than his his older kidneys can handle. I've tried mixing chicken with cooked white rice and boiled zucchini, etc with mixed results. I am also very pressed time-wise and working on starting a business and find a part time job. Any basic suggestions for feeding this cat in the most optimal yet not too complicated manner would be greatly appreciated. I've tried googling this but there are so many opinions out there, I figured I'd just try a cat forum. Thanks!
Without going to much into detail, the male cat has recovered fairly well from some serious dehydration and diarrhea issues and is almost 100% but still has frequent diarrhea and a very finicky appetite. The owner has tried a number of things but is very preoccupied with work issues and not a natural when it comes to animal husbandry to begin with. He is now buying natural cat food from Whole Foods which seems to be okay and also wanting the cat to be fed several small meals per day which makes sense as well. But he is also wanting to feed the cat a lot of meals which consist of just meat...i.e....boiled chicken or canned salmon.
I am concerned the cat is going to get too more protein than his his older kidneys can handle. I've tried mixing chicken with cooked white rice and boiled zucchini, etc with mixed results. I am also very pressed time-wise and working on starting a business and find a part time job. Any basic suggestions for feeding this cat in the most optimal yet not too complicated manner would be greatly appreciated. I've tried googling this but there are so many opinions out there, I figured I'd just try a cat forum. Thanks!
