Hi again. A few weeks ago I posted that I made the recipe on catinfo for Hershey Rose and she loved it. However, her stools were rock hard, indicating too much bone marrow. I did not use real bones, but used the amount of bone meal specified in the recipe. I posted the problem and was advised to add more meat without any bones or bone meal, which I did. I added 3 lbs chicken breast (with all the goodies except bone meal) to 6 lbs of the food I had made. That didn't help. I then added another 3 lbs of chicken to the mixture. So she now has 12 lbs of raw with bone meal measured for 6 lbs. She is still laying rock hard golden eggs. I tried putting extra Omega-3 oil in her food at feeding time, and since she likes her raw soupy, I always add water to it before serving it to her. But still, 5 days after feeding the new mixture, she has rock hard poop, with a mustard yellow tint (probably from the chicken breast, as her mixture is now half thigh and half chicken breast with some pork thrown in for variety. She is making normal size stools for her, which is about 1/2" -3/4" (surprising for a 11 lb cat?) but I can't even break the poop up with the scooper. If I took a hammer to them, they would probably turn to dust. Her bottom is not red or irritated, but I can see she is not passing as much waste as she usually does. Anyone have any suggestions? This has been going on for about 3 weeks now. Nothing I do seems to help.
Note to those not familiar with Hershey Rose - she is a feral Burmese and cannot be handled. She will rub against my legs, roll around and show off for me, suffer an occasional pet, but usually hisses or bites when touched.
Thanks,
Lei-Ann
Note to those not familiar with Hershey Rose - she is a feral Burmese and cannot be handled. She will rub against my legs, roll around and show off for me, suffer an occasional pet, but usually hisses or bites when touched.
Thanks,
Lei-Ann