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I'm not sure what to feed Joshua anymore. After getting diarrhea from Eukanuba and Performatrin Ultra, I thought he was doing fine on the Nutro's Natural dry food... but he started getting gas.
He actually stopped eating for more than a day, ended up at the vet's and got x-rays... that's how they found out the problem was intestinal gas (I saw the x-rays, and there was a lot of it... no wonder he wasn't feeling good). He got medication and got better. Now (a little over a week later), he was sick again at lunch time. He refused to eat at first and went hiding under the bed. I finally got him out of there, gave him some Laxatone and then he ate some of his lunch.
I do not want to have to constantly medicate him and I don't want him to have to be sick constantly.
I looked into getting better quality, easy to digest food (Natural Balance, Wellness) but both of them are insanely expensive around here. It would cost me at least $60-70 a month to feed both my cats on this. Many other brands are just not available here.
I don't want to have to go back to the prescription food since it is nothing but fillers and chicken by-products.
More importantly, I just want to feed my cats decent quality food without having to take a second morgage on my house (ok, I don't actually have a house but you know what I mean!)
Is feeding homemade food an option? I am more than willing to put the time and effort in researching proper nutrition, finding out which ingredients are easily digestible and so on.
Does anyone here have experience with homemade cat food? Any resources you could recommend?
Or is this just a crazy idea?
He actually stopped eating for more than a day, ended up at the vet's and got x-rays... that's how they found out the problem was intestinal gas (I saw the x-rays, and there was a lot of it... no wonder he wasn't feeling good). He got medication and got better. Now (a little over a week later), he was sick again at lunch time. He refused to eat at first and went hiding under the bed. I finally got him out of there, gave him some Laxatone and then he ate some of his lunch.
I do not want to have to constantly medicate him and I don't want him to have to be sick constantly.
I looked into getting better quality, easy to digest food (Natural Balance, Wellness) but both of them are insanely expensive around here. It would cost me at least $60-70 a month to feed both my cats on this. Many other brands are just not available here.
I don't want to have to go back to the prescription food since it is nothing but fillers and chicken by-products.
More importantly, I just want to feed my cats decent quality food without having to take a second morgage on my house (ok, I don't actually have a house but you know what I mean!)
Is feeding homemade food an option? I am more than willing to put the time and effort in researching proper nutrition, finding out which ingredients are easily digestible and so on.
Does anyone here have experience with homemade cat food? Any resources you could recommend?
Or is this just a crazy idea?