I almost don't want to post because I don't want to jinx him.
We've changed two things recently so I'm not sure which one to attribute it to. One, Rumble is on a new canned cat food from Hill's Prescription Diet called i/d Feline Gastrointestinal Health. This is a description from their website: "Dietary indiscretion, food allergies, or lack of digestive enzymes can affect your cat's digestive health. Efficient digestion is essential for your cat to be able to build and repair tissues and obtain energy, and for these reasons it is important to feed a food that is formulated to help support digestive health.
At Hill's, nutritionists and veterinarians have developed clinical nutrition especially formulated to help manage cats with digestive health problems. Due to its easily digestible ingredients, Prescription Diet® i/d® may also be helpful for cat recovering from gastrointestinal upset and routine surgery."
At Hill's, nutritionists and veterinarians have developed clinical nutrition especially formulated to help manage cats with digestive health problems. Due to its easily digestible ingredients, Prescription Diet® i/d® may also be helpful for cat recovering from gastrointestinal upset and routine surgery."
Rumble loves it. He is eating it just as well as he ate the Whiskas Wet Food Packets. I'm really excited. I will shop around to find the lowest price, but our vet carries it all the time for around $30 a case and each case holds 24 cans, I'm guessing. Rumble started eating about a can a day but the last few days, he's eaten 2 cans a day and I'm loving it! EAT, BABY, EAT!
Second, we have started giving Rumble half of his digestive enzymes through a syringe, mixed with tuna juice that I like to call his "slurry". The other half is sprinkled on his food and mixed in; hopefully the smaller amount allows the food to smell and taste a little better. As I've said before, it's not the easiest giving a cat a liquid medicine, but some combination of the new food and the slurry mix have worked because Rumble has had the best, solid poop he has had in months. And, he's only going once, maybe twice a day so the food is staying in his system longer and getting more properly absorbed. YAY! Before this, he was going 4 times a day or more and it was pure liquid.
In my opinion, he has put on weight this week and my husband even commented last night that his coat looks richer and more like it used to. His mouth ulcers haven't bled since my last post. This was a drug holiday week for him so I think that probably helped. He has chemo again on Friday of next week, but that's still another 7 days for him to recover and put on more weight.
Second, we have started giving Rumble half of his digestive enzymes through a syringe, mixed with tuna juice that I like to call his "slurry". The other half is sprinkled on his food and mixed in; hopefully the smaller amount allows the food to smell and taste a little better. As I've said before, it's not the easiest giving a cat a liquid medicine, but some combination of the new food and the slurry mix have worked because Rumble has had the best, solid poop he has had in months. And, he's only going once, maybe twice a day so the food is staying in his system longer and getting more properly absorbed. YAY! Before this, he was going 4 times a day or more and it was pure liquid.
In my opinion, he has put on weight this week and my husband even commented last night that his coat looks richer and more like it used to. His mouth ulcers haven't bled since my last post. This was a drug holiday week for him so I think that probably helped. He has chemo again on Friday of next week, but that's still another 7 days for him to recover and put on more weight.
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