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We took our 17-year-old cat to the vet because she was having bowel problems. That's when a tumour in her chest cavity was found in an X-ray, possibly metastasised from elsewhere, the vet suggested, but none of us thought any further invasive diagnoses were helpful. She's on medication to slow down the tumour's growth and I've moved all the cats over to home-made food in a bid to combat her bowel disorder, which seems to be a late onset food intolerance. The other two cats are losing some of their winter fat but have gorgeous coats. Aged cat is now putting on her winter livery - a bit of extra fat and a gorgeous thick coat. This home-made food seems to suit them, but I'm not sure I've got the 'recipe' right, as it's pretty well made up, though it is based on advice from the vet. Online searches brings up a whole heap of varying advice from stuff I regard as nutty to very restrictive.
Does anyone have any suggestions? No starches (cereals or potato) for the aged cat. It's as if she has IBS, though this only bothers us, not her. I haven't tried peas or pea flour, but am not keen to given the effect of grains and potato. Currently she's having cooked meat (mostly chicken) or fish with a bit of cooking broth and a small amount of cooked carrot or courgette. She's drinking plenty of water. The vet thinks she should be having something like rice, pasta or potato, but the effects are not nice. I might add some winter squash to see how that goes down. Nutritional supplement for cats on order but not yet arrived.
All dietary advice welcomed. The main factor you might disagree with is aged cat putting on weight. But I'm not prepared to put her on a diet, and this is entirely normal for all our cats at this time of year. Their part of the house (the tom is very aggressive with the dogs) is on the chilly side most of time and they do lose the weight in the spring.
Does anyone have any suggestions? No starches (cereals or potato) for the aged cat. It's as if she has IBS, though this only bothers us, not her. I haven't tried peas or pea flour, but am not keen to given the effect of grains and potato. Currently she's having cooked meat (mostly chicken) or fish with a bit of cooking broth and a small amount of cooked carrot or courgette. She's drinking plenty of water. The vet thinks she should be having something like rice, pasta or potato, but the effects are not nice. I might add some winter squash to see how that goes down. Nutritional supplement for cats on order but not yet arrived.
All dietary advice welcomed. The main factor you might disagree with is aged cat putting on weight. But I'm not prepared to put her on a diet, and this is entirely normal for all our cats at this time of year. Their part of the house (the tom is very aggressive with the dogs) is on the chilly side most of time and they do lose the weight in the spring.
I still miss her..
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