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Also not sure if this poor fat digestion is a medical concern or just how he is? I might ask the Vet about it next week...
As weird as it may sound, the food he digests the best has a whole 33% carb and every single canned food I have tried before has given him loose stools:/ I've literally tried everything; LID, very low carb, premium brands, etc etc. After good results feeding him some Weruva canned, I am convinced it is the fat in the canned food giving his tummy a hard time! Perhaps there is something off with his digestive enzymes but I just have to go with what works for him until I figure out what's wrong. I was thinking about trying Hounds and Gatos because of the simplicity of their ingredients but I have a feeling the high fat will upset him. I will look into Rawz now thanks!!Rawz is a great recommendation: all too many wet foods have ingredients derived from potatoes and peas, ingredients that cats' bodies aren't really designed to process well. They also raise the carbs in foods, which means there are multiple reasons to avoid them! (One of our cats barfs if she eats potato so I'm very conscious of this!) Any processed food has lots of ingredients with the potential to cause problems but I'd look at blaming carbs/veg before blaming fat and look for the simplest recipes possible -- Rawz is very good for that purpose -- and see how those go.
Yes, distance can definitely be an issue! It might be worth asking the feed store what they could do for you since the store most likely uses distributors that sell dog and cat foods. That's how it is at the dog wash and pet food store where I buy most of our cat food: they only have a small area devoted to cat food but can and will order just about anything I want. They've now started carrying more cat products regularly -- they learned about some of them from me.They only problem is I live in the middle of nowhere and there are no pet stores around. I order most of my pet food online to save me the 45 minute drive into the city to Petco. There is a feed store that sells dog food. It's about 30 minutes away. I may have seen dry cat food there. I could ask them, but they aren't really a pet store. Oh well. Maybe they'll start selling directly from their website.