โDec-11-2013 01:11 PM
โDec-26-2013 03:13 PM
xteacher wrote:Unless it is "Veterinary Dry Diet Urinary SO" prescription food. That has a medication that makes the cat thirsty and want to drink water.
I've heard that dry food is the worst thing you can feed a cat. They don't drink enough water, no matter what you do, so canned is best for them.
โDec-13-2013 10:50 PM
โDec-13-2013 01:38 PM
MrsSoCalToolGuy wrote:
I'm glad that this subject was reopened. We have 3 cats. Sophie, who is about 7 years old, recently started to poop on a rug near the front door. The litter box is in another room.. We keep it clean at all times, changed the litter and when that didn't help we went back to the old litter.. Still didn't help.. She is diffently constipated, so we bought some Laxatone from Petco a couple of days ago. We also added a little tuna fish with oil to her food hoping that would help..
We'll take her to the vet next. Never thought of Metamucil.. Today she used the litter box and seemed to not be so constipated. We'll do whatever it take to solve this problem..She is the sweetest cat and we love her, so we have to fix this problem..
Barb
โDec-13-2013 11:42 AM
xteacher wrote:
Barb, do you feed canned food? I've heard that dry food is the worst thing you can feed a cat. They don't drink enough water, no matter what you do, so canned is best for them.
โDec-12-2013 09:52 PM
โDec-12-2013 09:20 PM
โDec-12-2013 05:09 PM
xteacher wrote:I don't find any legitimate sites that mention anything like that.
I've heard that dry food is the worst thing you can feed a cat.
โDec-12-2013 03:58 PM
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โDec-12-2013 01:57 PM
Campfire Time wrote:
Not sure why this would be so controversial. This is always worth looking into as there can be so many different causes, most of them easy to fix or deal with. Glad you were able to figure it out.
We have an older cat who frequently pees outside the litter box. It took a while to figure out, but the ultimate cause was constipation. He's in pain, so he can't always squat in the box. He stands on the edges of the box with rear hanging outside, then he pees. Not fun. We give him Metamucil twice a day in wet food now and it helps a lot. And we keep those doggy training pads under the litter box and a plastic sheet under that. Makes for easy cleanup when he does pee outside the box.
โDec-12-2013 01:55 PM
Free Range Human wrote:
And since you reopened this topic (thank you! Was very glad to see you didn't take the stupid advice of the folks who simply don't understand cats): No cat has EVER suffocated a baby! That's urban legend. So to the poster who swore it was true, happened to someone he knew, they found the cat sitting on the baby's chest, ya-da-ya-da-ya-da: Never happened.
โDec-12-2013 11:48 AM
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