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Good Evening All!
A quick back story on my fur-baby.
Roman was taken to the emergency clinic back in September of 2013 with UTI with no crystals. This was the first instance of any medical issues I have had with her. Upon further research lack of hydration from a low grade strictly dry food diet was a big contributor. I have switched her to wet food and bought her a great big kitty fountain and we have not had any further issues. So that's great news.
Back in December I had her in for her vaccinations and mentioned she had been having some serious smells coming from her rear end and had even "let loose" (so to speak) some fluid on me when I surprised her. They expressed her anal gland that was full and all was fine again. No serious problems since then but I did notice that odor again today. So i hopped online again and am noticing a lot of anal gland smells occur from people that feed a wet food diet.
So dry food is certainly a no go...and maybe not wet food?
I have always been curious about raw food but never researched into it. Today I have spent 5 or so hours reading over this site and others and I know that I really want to switch her over but there's so much information to read into.
My main concern is obviously her health and providing all of the essential nutrients that she needs to be a happy and healthy baby for her entire life. My second concern is being a student working only part time and already slightly feeling the strain of wet food costs. I simply can not afford a store bought raw food diet. I am willing to put in the time for prepping her meals that is not an issue I'd do anything for my fur-princess!
I am interested in PMR diet because I do not have a meat grinder but anytime I see other peoples sample menus I see them feeding 3 meals and sometimes snacks on top of that. Is three meals really necessary? I also see a different type of animal being fed each day.. is there tried and true recipes that can be used for a month or so and then switch for the variety that I hear is necessary?
The video that I found on youtube that intrigued me was this one
is this type of method okay? It appears to be quite different from what everyone else is doing and that raised a red flag right away.
I would normally just give my Vet a call but unfortunately we are small town folk and their answer is Science Diet for XYZ condition. When asked about fillers in the ingredients he told me that it was a decent food.
He's been great with everything else that has come up but as far as nutrition he only recommends the food that he sells.
And on a final note I apologize for my horrible lack of vocabulary and sentence structure..etc... I'm cross eyed from all of the reading..
A quick back story on my fur-baby.
Roman was taken to the emergency clinic back in September of 2013 with UTI with no crystals. This was the first instance of any medical issues I have had with her. Upon further research lack of hydration from a low grade strictly dry food diet was a big contributor. I have switched her to wet food and bought her a great big kitty fountain and we have not had any further issues. So that's great news.
Back in December I had her in for her vaccinations and mentioned she had been having some serious smells coming from her rear end and had even "let loose" (so to speak) some fluid on me when I surprised her. They expressed her anal gland that was full and all was fine again. No serious problems since then but I did notice that odor again today. So i hopped online again and am noticing a lot of anal gland smells occur from people that feed a wet food diet.
So dry food is certainly a no go...and maybe not wet food?
I have always been curious about raw food but never researched into it. Today I have spent 5 or so hours reading over this site and others and I know that I really want to switch her over but there's so much information to read into.
My main concern is obviously her health and providing all of the essential nutrients that she needs to be a happy and healthy baby for her entire life. My second concern is being a student working only part time and already slightly feeling the strain of wet food costs. I simply can not afford a store bought raw food diet. I am willing to put in the time for prepping her meals that is not an issue I'd do anything for my fur-princess!
I am interested in PMR diet because I do not have a meat grinder but anytime I see other peoples sample menus I see them feeding 3 meals and sometimes snacks on top of that. Is three meals really necessary? I also see a different type of animal being fed each day.. is there tried and true recipes that can be used for a month or so and then switch for the variety that I hear is necessary?
The video that I found on youtube that intrigued me was this one
is this type of method okay? It appears to be quite different from what everyone else is doing and that raised a red flag right away.
I would normally just give my Vet a call but unfortunately we are small town folk and their answer is Science Diet for XYZ condition. When asked about fillers in the ingredients he told me that it was a decent food.
He's been great with everything else that has come up but as far as nutrition he only recommends the food that he sells.
And on a final note I apologize for my horrible lack of vocabulary and sentence structure..etc... I'm cross eyed from all of the reading..