After a recent urinary blockage and catheterization, Willy was sent home with some Purina Hydra Care packets which I am supposed to give him twice a day to make sure he is well hydrated.
The problem is, he won't touch the stuff. It's liver-flavored, and he's never cared for any wet food with liver in it, so that's probably why.
My vet also said I could try mixing the stuff in his water, but it turns water into a gross-looking liver-sludge that Willy seems to find just as unappealing as I do. He won't drink any of it.
He's not drinking much water right now, nor is he eating any wet food. Normally he eats mostly wet with some dry, but I've been going through some dry-food-fixation spells with him, where he starts refusing wet, and he has chosen now to do so again -- when his hydration is extra-important.
I have ordered a new water fountain even though I gave them up in the past (I didn't find that he cared one way or another, and he would drink the same amount from a bowl; since a bowl is easier for me to clean, I stopped using fountains). It's been a couple of years since he's used a fountain, so maybe he will find one more interesting now, and drink more readily.
Other than trying to get him to eat more wet food, does anyone have any other tips for getting more fluids into him as soon as possible? Other products similar to Purina Hydra Care? I want to make sure his kidneys stay healthy and his urination remains problem-free.
The problem is, he won't touch the stuff. It's liver-flavored, and he's never cared for any wet food with liver in it, so that's probably why.
My vet also said I could try mixing the stuff in his water, but it turns water into a gross-looking liver-sludge that Willy seems to find just as unappealing as I do. He won't drink any of it.
He's not drinking much water right now, nor is he eating any wet food. Normally he eats mostly wet with some dry, but I've been going through some dry-food-fixation spells with him, where he starts refusing wet, and he has chosen now to do so again -- when his hydration is extra-important.
I have ordered a new water fountain even though I gave them up in the past (I didn't find that he cared one way or another, and he would drink the same amount from a bowl; since a bowl is easier for me to clean, I stopped using fountains). It's been a couple of years since he's used a fountain, so maybe he will find one more interesting now, and drink more readily.
Other than trying to get him to eat more wet food, does anyone have any other tips for getting more fluids into him as soon as possible? Other products similar to Purina Hydra Care? I want to make sure his kidneys stay healthy and his urination remains problem-free.
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