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So bare with me - I'm in a horribly cranky mood. My ADHD/anxiety meds have a national shortage going on and I haven't had them for a week. So if this post sounds negative, I apologize in advance.
Ive got three food related issues for kitty.
1) what to feed her? I've been feeding her "mature" wet cat food. Science Diet, Blue, and one that I always think of as Wilderness. She's always begging for food anyway. I want to be sure her food begging isn't related to being fed wrong food. She has two slow growing masses on her liver, jaundice so bad my vet isn't sure why she's not on an IV, and is literally going bald. She's also prone to nausea. So whatever I give her has to be able to get her nutrition through her failing liver. (before you judge, she had a vet trip two weeks ago and the vet is absolutely stunned and says she still looks amazingly good and has great quality of life. Her conditions are mostly managed with meds)
2) even if she's on the right food... How the heck do I get her to eat it?! She used to take her canned food out of a dish. Now she only licks her food (probably due to a tooth issue) and creates a GIANT mess all around the food dish. She will only actually eat maybe a teaspoon out of half a can, but the rest is garbage because it's now been on the floor so she won't touch it. I've tried deeper dishes, cups, pots and pans.... She's now taken up insisting on being able to eat with her paw. She will claw a tiny bit out and lick her paw. She also only wants gravy. If I give her some food without gravy she has no interest. So I have to give her a new can EVERY TIME. it's expensive!
3) If she IS getting the right nutrition and is just being fussy, what can I do to get her NOT thinking about food?? It's all she does. She follows me around meowing for food and rubbing her head on things in insecurity. If I wake up at night, she wants food. If I get up from the couch to pee, she wants food. Doorbell? She wants food. It's honestly starting to stress me out to the point where I've left the house to avoid her. She's always been incredibly insecure and clingy, now it seems she's doing it with her food. If she is truly hungry she will eat the solid food I have for the other cats, so I know she's not starving to death. She's just obsessed with food. I had to send her to mom's today because I can't get anything done without her underfoot asking for food. The last vet trip she actually put on an ounce so I know she's not just starving to death. I don't know if she's just not getting enough food with her weird eating habits or what. I tried a set schedule for food, but she's always begging in-between and her brain doesn't seem to understand that she can't waste six cans of food a day.
Ive got three food related issues for kitty.
1) what to feed her? I've been feeding her "mature" wet cat food. Science Diet, Blue, and one that I always think of as Wilderness. She's always begging for food anyway. I want to be sure her food begging isn't related to being fed wrong food. She has two slow growing masses on her liver, jaundice so bad my vet isn't sure why she's not on an IV, and is literally going bald. She's also prone to nausea. So whatever I give her has to be able to get her nutrition through her failing liver. (before you judge, she had a vet trip two weeks ago and the vet is absolutely stunned and says she still looks amazingly good and has great quality of life. Her conditions are mostly managed with meds)
2) even if she's on the right food... How the heck do I get her to eat it?! She used to take her canned food out of a dish. Now she only licks her food (probably due to a tooth issue) and creates a GIANT mess all around the food dish. She will only actually eat maybe a teaspoon out of half a can, but the rest is garbage because it's now been on the floor so she won't touch it. I've tried deeper dishes, cups, pots and pans.... She's now taken up insisting on being able to eat with her paw. She will claw a tiny bit out and lick her paw. She also only wants gravy. If I give her some food without gravy she has no interest. So I have to give her a new can EVERY TIME. it's expensive!
3) If she IS getting the right nutrition and is just being fussy, what can I do to get her NOT thinking about food?? It's all she does. She follows me around meowing for food and rubbing her head on things in insecurity. If I wake up at night, she wants food. If I get up from the couch to pee, she wants food. Doorbell? She wants food. It's honestly starting to stress me out to the point where I've left the house to avoid her. She's always been incredibly insecure and clingy, now it seems she's doing it with her food. If she is truly hungry she will eat the solid food I have for the other cats, so I know she's not starving to death. She's just obsessed with food. I had to send her to mom's today because I can't get anything done without her underfoot asking for food. The last vet trip she actually put on an ounce so I know she's not just starving to death. I don't know if she's just not getting enough food with her weird eating habits or what. I tried a set schedule for food, but she's always begging in-between and her brain doesn't seem to understand that she can't waste six cans of food a day.