sparkle Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) Hey all knowing Fugees Sparks keeps on being sick not ALL the time but at least once a week, other than this she is absolutely fine and showing no signs of being under the weather, it is just liquid/odd bit of food not hair balls ... In any case at the moment she is on a mixture of GoCat indoor dry food and GoCat duck dry food with the odd wet pouch here and there (Whiskers) she isn't sick after any particular food so I think I just need to put her on a dry natural food and was hoping a Fugee could suggest one?? Many thanks! EllieSparkle xx Edited November 17, 2009 by sparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycas Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 (edited) Oh yes, been there. Go for a higher grade food, it makes all the difference! My older cats are on James Wellbeloved dry light/senior fish, and the younger ones are currently having Meowing Heads Salmon: both of those seem to be pretty good, and the Meowing Heads is surprisingly cheap. However, the problem with feeding cats just dry food is that they often don't drink enough to go with it: cats seem to be designed to get a lot of their liquid from food. Definitely worth doing everything you can to encourage drinking - fountains, multiple bowls in different spots etc. If you want a wet food, Applaws is about as good as you can get, but expensive. Forthglade do a cat-and-dog naturediet style meat that my cats really like (I think it looks foul, but then I don't have to eat it!). There's a brand called Feline Porta at zooplus, that seems to be quite similar to Applaws but not quite so expensive. I like the Porta because it does big tins, and with 6 it's handy to only need to open 1 tin to feed the lot of them, but I think you can get it in smaller quantities too. Edited November 17, 2009 by cycas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkle Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Thanks hun When do cats become "senior" ?? Sparks is 5 and a half now, not sure if that qualifys her?! I was thinking about James Wellbeloved in any case as I know that I can get it in P@H - I don't do on-line shopping which makes it difficult to get the really good ones! Plus she is a little bit podgy I may well try the Forthglade one, or something similar, she does love wet food so want to keep it in her diet, would just like to stop having to worry about the little ginger miss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycas Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 At 5 she's still a youngster, all my older ones are in double figures now. But the senior recipe won't do her any harm if she tends to podge up : that's why I feed it, it's a bit lower calorie than the standard JWB adult food so good for Porky Pants Perl and her chubby buddies. It's worth looking out for Meowing heads in pet shops : my local one stocks it, that's where I buy it. The ingredients look really good and it's about 3 quid a bag cheaper than the JWB. If you get the forthglade, this sounds stupidly obvious, but look carefully at the packs - some are supplemented to be suitable for cats as well, some are just for dogs - but the packaging is almost identical apart from this one extra cat in the picture so it's easy to pick up the wrong one. Not that that will disappoint the dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslass Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 My middle-aged boys (11 and 10) are doing well on Arden Grange dry, which seems to be free from additives, etc. I do give them Applaws as well, though, so they're not exclusively on dry food. Tried the Porta tins, but they didn't appreciate them. They're both fit and active, and never sick; I don't really notice any difference from when they were younger. I also have a very elderly cat here (a recent arrival, aged 19) who's not able to cope with dry food at all. I keep Chrissie on Applaws and the Porta which the boys rejected, mashed up with warm water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I have a 15 yr old who does a similar thing,I sometimes wonder if she does it because she's either eaten to much in one go, or eaten it too quickly, when she does it it's always dry food that comes up, I use either Orijen or Royal Canin dry and Natures Menu, Applaws and Gourmet Gold wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessy Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I have a cat that does that, she is an indoor cat and we now have her on Royal Canin indoor 27 which she likes and is rarely sick now. She does get a little natures menu cat every day too. I have found that it also helps if i don't let her dry food dish get empty as if it does then i fill it up she stuffs herself and is then sick! Jessy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkle Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thank you lovely Fugees All very good tips and will be trying a combination of them Will let you know how I get on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kats n greys Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 We have a couple who use to be sick regularly and we've found a couple of things have helped. 1) Feeding them little and often (can't free feed unless they are locked away from the others). 2) Feeding them Natures Menu Nuggets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimthecat Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 kim has wet food such as Natures Menu. She has James Wellbeloved dry as treats. Look for a food that doesn't have colourants and artificial preservatives. If it says on the label Anti-oxidents : EC or EEC permitted, than these are artificial. Alison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Has anyone tried Sanabelle dry food from Zooplus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts