I've made posts like this before, but this time I'm truly at my wits end.
I have five cats. Two of my cats have dietary issues.
Sam is over weight and Jasper has had two UTI's in the past two months. The vet suspects it was due to the food I've been feeding him (Acana - which we've since stopped feeding him.) and wants him on Hills C/D. The thing is that since we've been feeding the cats the C/D dry food, I've noticed Sam put on the weight he'd previously lost.
Feeding them separate never works, for the record. I've tried.
I've also tried to transition them to a just wet food diet, but that won't work either. They flat out ignore most wet food and they never seem to care for it when it's reheated. The only wet food they EVER seemed to consistently enjoy was Merrick's but I had stopped feeding them that out of concern that it was causing Sammy to gain weight.
I try really hard to get them to eat Tiki and I've found that Tiki After Dark produces the best results with them, though sometimes they snub that too.
I do not... 100% do not... want them on a purely dry diet. But I'm having such a hard time finding wet food they'll eat and now I'm having second thoughts about using the Hills C/D as my dry food for them, because clearly it is causing Sammy to gain weight.
Is Tiki Cat Dry Food okay for a cat that has had UTI issues? My vet seems to be dead set on the C/d so it's hard to talk to him about the food.
I've never had such picky cats before...
Does anyone have any wet food suggestions for weight management but that would also be good for UTI's?
I actually sat and cried earlier because trying to find food that's affordable, nutritious and safe for all of them seems like it's impossible.
I have five cats. Two of my cats have dietary issues.
Sam is over weight and Jasper has had two UTI's in the past two months. The vet suspects it was due to the food I've been feeding him (Acana - which we've since stopped feeding him.) and wants him on Hills C/D. The thing is that since we've been feeding the cats the C/D dry food, I've noticed Sam put on the weight he'd previously lost.
Feeding them separate never works, for the record. I've tried.
I've also tried to transition them to a just wet food diet, but that won't work either. They flat out ignore most wet food and they never seem to care for it when it's reheated. The only wet food they EVER seemed to consistently enjoy was Merrick's but I had stopped feeding them that out of concern that it was causing Sammy to gain weight.
I try really hard to get them to eat Tiki and I've found that Tiki After Dark produces the best results with them, though sometimes they snub that too.
I do not... 100% do not... want them on a purely dry diet. But I'm having such a hard time finding wet food they'll eat and now I'm having second thoughts about using the Hills C/D as my dry food for them, because clearly it is causing Sammy to gain weight.
Is Tiki Cat Dry Food okay for a cat that has had UTI issues? My vet seems to be dead set on the C/d so it's hard to talk to him about the food.
I've never had such picky cats before...
Does anyone have any wet food suggestions for weight management but that would also be good for UTI's?
I actually sat and cried earlier because trying to find food that's affordable, nutritious and safe for all of them seems like it's impossible.