Re: Hold off the candles for KFC

CatNipped wrote:
"Christina Websell" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Thanks for the purrs. She is much better today, has hardly sneezed
at all. I was at home with her all day today so I know that for sure.
Not only that, she ate a few tablespoons of "cat food" last night
and some this morning. I've been longing to get her back on to cat
food as her exclusively roast chicken diet isn't good for her, but
what can you do if she won't eat anything else? I'm just glad she
eats anything (the vet says the same.)
I was in Tesco yesterday and I saw in the cat food section a small
foil tray (new for them) called Nature that is 60% turkey so I
bought one to try for her. I lurk in the cat aisles of every shop,
hoping to find something that will tempt her. I thought I would
give it a go. Well, she liked it last night so much that she could hardly
breathe
while she was eating it, she was gulping it down. This morning it
wasn't quite so much the favourite. She ate some and left a lot. Tonight
she ate every piece of the smaller than usual portion of
roast chicken. When humans are ill and off their food the worst thing to
do is to
present them with a big meal and expect them to eat it, it puts them
off. A small tempting meal is the way to go. I've found the same
thing with with CRF dogs and now Kitty.
Realistically, I am never going to be able to put a plate of cat
food in front of KFC twice a day and expect that she will eat it. She's
not going to, any more, but it worries me that she doesn't get
taurine from her solely chicken meat diet.
I forgot to mention that when I was at TED's. I suspect I know what
he would have said. "you have a cat that has exceeded her life
expectancy by many years that has CRF - keep her eating what she
will and forget about the taurine at this stage." In the same way I
do not have to worry about her teeth by giving her the rehydration
fluid that has a lot of sugar in, do you all know what I mean?

Tweed

The problems that come with lack of taurine take *years* to develop -
blindness is the main effect. So I think that's why the vet is not
worried about that as much as he's worried that she eat something. Chicken
certainly isn't bad for her - feral cats here in the US have
been know to kill and eat chickens when they can get access to them.

Purrs are continuing for KFC. There was a cat who lived to be 38,
http://www.cat-world.com.au/CatRecords.htm, so as long as she's in
reasonable health and happy, I hope KFC can be with us at least that
long!
Hugs,

CatNipped

I knew about, ***, who died age 36 in 1939, I didn't realise that record
had been broken.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk


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