Wet food problem
Wet food problem
Hi, I have two eleven yr old boys. I want to put them onto wet food but they both hav very delicate tummys & if the food is too high in protein they get diarhea (pretty sure thats not how you spell it). Im hopeing a more carniverous diet will help get them a few extra yrs (they come from intebred stock & have other health problems). Are they any dry/moist foods as good as wet or would it better to do a slow ween and mix the wet with dry?
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Re: Wet food problem
Hi there. You definitely need to do make any dietary changes very slowly, esp if your boys are prone to sensitive tummy's. What dry food are you feeding now?
The problem with high quality meat food is that the protein probably will be quite high as well. I think the one thing to make sure is that you feed a cereal free food. One of my cats is cereal intolerant but does well on a combination of Felix As Good as it Looks pouches and also Sainsbury own brand pouches in gravy.
If you do decide to start feeding your boys wet food, then I'd probably give them 1/4 pouch each to start with in the morning and again at night - obviously still feeding the dry food - and then depending on how their tummy's do with that increase the wet to 1/2 pouch each and then eventually they can have a whole pouch each twice a day. When you get to the point where you're feeding them 1/2 pouch each per session think about cutting down the dry food. Do you feed them a set amount of dry or do they have 24 hour access (ie free feeding)?
The problem with high quality meat food is that the protein probably will be quite high as well. I think the one thing to make sure is that you feed a cereal free food. One of my cats is cereal intolerant but does well on a combination of Felix As Good as it Looks pouches and also Sainsbury own brand pouches in gravy.
If you do decide to start feeding your boys wet food, then I'd probably give them 1/4 pouch each to start with in the morning and again at night - obviously still feeding the dry food - and then depending on how their tummy's do with that increase the wet to 1/2 pouch each and then eventually they can have a whole pouch each twice a day. When you get to the point where you're feeding them 1/2 pouch each per session think about cutting down the dry food. Do you feed them a set amount of dry or do they have 24 hour access (ie free feeding)?