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Hello lovely cat lovers! I posted in this forum many times and you have always been more than helpful I have a very special kitty, with s very special set of problems and I have exhausted all the commercial options I have. First of all, I'm in Serbia (central Europe) and I have a limited number of options when it comes to high-quality cat food (ordering online is also not an option for various reasons). Anyway, I'll try to simplify things:
We have been battling food allergies for a long time - chicken, potatoes, fish - and most foods I have available contain at least one of these ingredients. Fish is OK if it's not the main ingredient and river fish is fine. Last summer, I introduced Acana Ranchlands to her diet and it didn't sit right with her. She had smellier, more frequent poops and after about a month and a half, she became constipated, had gastritis and was passing undigested kibble in her stool. This is why I'm reluctant to try any other kind of Acana (the one with turkey, duck, quail, for example), as I'm not sure if the ingredients bothered her, or if it's something in the food itself.
Anyway, since that time, she has issues with passing stool, especially since she had her anal glands removed and now the very end of the bowel is becoming weak and stool gets stuck in her bum very often.
Purely wet food doesn't work (also because of the price), she benefits from some fiber in her diet, but if there is too much of it, the stool becomes too bulky and it can't get out (pumpkin, for example, isn't the right choice here). The same thing happens with smaller stools (from wet food).
Since she is extremely picky, she refuses to eat many things and I was never successful in feeding her cooked or raw meat - she refuses to eat meat that was frozen and meat that isn't absolutely fresh. Ever since the stomach issues started, she has been losing weight and trying to convince her to eat something she doesn't want usually results in her losing more weight (she will eat a bit, but not enough). This is where I need your help Should I try to transition her to cooked food, given the stomach issues and the stubbornness? I feel that ultimately, she would benefit from eating cooked food, as I can design it to her specific needs, but I don't want to make things worse, as I'm already going crazy.
We have been battling food allergies for a long time - chicken, potatoes, fish - and most foods I have available contain at least one of these ingredients. Fish is OK if it's not the main ingredient and river fish is fine. Last summer, I introduced Acana Ranchlands to her diet and it didn't sit right with her. She had smellier, more frequent poops and after about a month and a half, she became constipated, had gastritis and was passing undigested kibble in her stool. This is why I'm reluctant to try any other kind of Acana (the one with turkey, duck, quail, for example), as I'm not sure if the ingredients bothered her, or if it's something in the food itself.
Anyway, since that time, she has issues with passing stool, especially since she had her anal glands removed and now the very end of the bowel is becoming weak and stool gets stuck in her bum very often.
Purely wet food doesn't work (also because of the price), she benefits from some fiber in her diet, but if there is too much of it, the stool becomes too bulky and it can't get out (pumpkin, for example, isn't the right choice here). The same thing happens with smaller stools (from wet food).
Since she is extremely picky, she refuses to eat many things and I was never successful in feeding her cooked or raw meat - she refuses to eat meat that was frozen and meat that isn't absolutely fresh. Ever since the stomach issues started, she has been losing weight and trying to convince her to eat something she doesn't want usually results in her losing more weight (she will eat a bit, but not enough). This is where I need your help Should I try to transition her to cooked food, given the stomach issues and the stubbornness? I feel that ultimately, she would benefit from eating cooked food, as I can design it to her specific needs, but I don't want to make things worse, as I'm already going crazy.