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My cats have been eating Taste of the Wild Rocky Mountain dry food, but it turns out it is stocked with peas and sweet potatoes and I'm trying to get away from legumes and potatoes in their food. Do you have any recommendations for a legume-free, potato-free, and ideally grain-free high-protein dry cat food? Ideally a price point at ~$2.50/lbs ...
It's a probiotic, meant to be sprinkled on food after the cat has had a course of antibiotics, to help reestablish gut bacteria. But supposed it's made of the same flavoring powder that they use to make dry food super-palatable to cats -- so (again supposedly) it can help make any food more palatable if you sprinkle it on. Might be worth a try.
Canned food helps, but I can't afford to feed them exclusively canned. The cheapest canned is pricier than the most expensive dry food I've seen. I've started checking labels on food, but every list is 9 billion ingredients long, with some things I can't immediately identify. I'm a bit worried I'm overlooking things used as coloring.
Dry cat food bags start to get a collection of "dusty" scrapings from the kibble on the bottom of the package (just from kibble bits rubbing against each other during normal handling). My cats are really bothered by it and won't eat the last 1/10 of the bag.
You could assemble a large enclosure with a cat flap for your cat to eat inside. You could try a motion activated feeder that closes as soon as your cat walks away. If the lid seals well enough, when it's closed the flies should instead go to the numerous traps you've set up away from the food. posted by oneirodynia at 1:56 PM on September 13, 2023
Fun fact: I called the pet poison control line b/c I was unsure whether my cat had eaten a 1/2" by 1/2" piece of diced onion. According to them, for a ~10lb cat, they would need to eat something like a pearl onion or a shallot to be in trouble. But I'm still paranoid and super careful about onions. posted by Medieval Maven at 7:17 AM on March ...
People pool food and have pantries and freezers full of defrosting stuff you need to eat or throw away, but water is a problem. Yes, you can survive on 2l per person per day for drinking, but if you want to cook food and wash your hands and do anything other than survival you want at least 5l per person per day, and several days' worth.
Dip your finger in butter, tuna oil, whatever and hold it out for the cat to sniff, when it licks administer the medication. Don't be rought but don't be afraid to firmly control the cat. There is no need to hold or comfort the cat, you may even be better off approacing it cold. I know my cat is smart enough to realise something is about to happen.
I've used the burrito technique to get medicine into the mouth of an angry cat. It definitely works on cats. I'd suggest an old towel instead of a blanket. Less problematic if it gets "dirty" and the terry cloth provides more friction, so it's less likely to come loose. posted by Deathalicious at 5:51 AM on January 3, 2011
The best mattress i did this with was one of the just-foam ikea models(and a cheapie, too.) with an ElCheapo walmart or something brand-you've-never-heard-of thin memory foam topper. It was nothing to write home about, but it was serviceable. "real" mattresses seem to pretty much expect box springs in the same way that gigantic laptops expect a ...