My 2 year old male cat has just been diagnosed with IBS. Has anyone had any experience with this or any advice please
Just mix the probiotic right into canned food and feed that bowl to the one cat separately from the other cats. Probiotics are good for all cats anyways so you can give it to all the cats. A suggested starting dose is 1/4 capsule twice a day.I dont think adding probiotic would be any good as I have 2 other cats so Buzz wont get the amount he requires.
I just looked at Zooplus. Bozita has novel proteins in lamb, elk, reindeer, and rabbit. There's also turkey, beef, and various seafoods. But most of the foods also include chicken. If your cat doesn't also have an allergy to chicken, you could try this brand. Here's the English language web site: Feline Taste | BozitaI am unfamilier with novel protein but will google and will search to see if I can get natures variety. Everything seems to contain chicken as you have found out.
Read what you can online about IBS / IBD treatment online and make notes. Share those notes with the vet and discuss what you feel might be the best way to treat your cat's issues.This infor is great, thank you LTS3 . I will speak to my vet. Any suggestions on this?
Does your cat like canned / tinned tuna or other fish for people? You can mix the probiotic into that and give it as a treat. Or try meat only baby food that doesn't contain garlic or onion. I'm not sure what brands are available in the UK.I would love to give Buzz probiotic but as far as wet food is concerned he hardly eats any, just licks at some gravy, if he eats half a sachet a day thats about it, so it would have to be in the dry food. As he picks at that about 10/12 a day, for him to get sufficient food I have to leave it accessible to him, them the other two eat it also and he then wont get a sufficient amount.
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Food allergies / sensitivities? A vet can test for them. If you suspect a food sensitivity, you can also just eliminate possible culprits from the diet one by one. Common proteins like chicken can cause a sensitivity which is why a novel protein like rabbit is often recommend for IBD.
SureAnother thing I am not sure of. If I get say rabbit in dry but cant get wet in same brand, is it ok to feed two different brands?