We have Lamborghini, age 14, basically toothless (FORL), was hyperthyroid then I-131 treated and now hypothyroid on levothyroxin, and along with all of that he was bordering on diabetes, which we got under control by changing his diet as recommended here, to Fancy Feast Classic Pates, the fish flavors because cat #2, Maggie, is allergic to chicken. As Lamborghini has only 3 canine teeth, maybe a total of about 6 incisors, and one weak old molar left, he has to have soft mushy canned food, and diabetic-diet type low carb flavors. Lamborghini is a big cat, 13 pounds (not fat, big), and with all he went through with the thyroid disease, he walks, he climbs onto furniture, but he does not jump or climb high anymore. This is helpful in controlling which food he can get to.
Cat #2 is Maggie, 2 years old. Allergic to chicken--she gets the stinkiest diarrhea if she eats anything with chicken in it. Maggie is also a Maine Coon mix, so diarrhea in a fluffy-butt cat is not a pretty sight, nor any fun for all involved in cleaning her up afterwards. Maggie is a medium size cat (9-10 lbs).
Cat #3 is Yeti, approx 7 months old, appears to be a Turkish-Van/Siamese mix (has siamese coloring marks on an everything else matches Turkish Van parameters exactly.) He's almost as big as Maggie, tho he is only about 7 pounds so far, so there's no separating anyone by size. Yeti is our problem:
Yeti has suddenly, recently, developed diarrhea. Brown, smelly to the ends of the earth, diarrhea. Which he poops in front of the litterbox on the vinyl tile floor, which happens to be marbled, mottled, cat-crap brown tile, perfect camouflage, to make things even worse. Started with a new shipment of our usual FF cans, we use 9-12 little cans a day so we buy by the case, in bulk. Took him to the vet, had him checked, nothing obviously wrong, but she put him on an antibiotic that helps with stool, a gel probiotic, and a bunch of Hills bowel food, which was all chicken flavor so a nightmare to feed him without letting Maggie get to it.
We got some FF beef pate for him, and her. Lamborghini would eat his fish flavors (as we have cases of it on hand), Yeti and Maggie would eat beef. Things got mostly better, tho Yeti still poops in front of the box, but at least it was solid poop only 1-2 times a day. We have also had a small daily portion of Tiki Cat Fish Luau dry food out, up high to keep Lambors away from it, as Yeti is still a growing, very active kitten, and Maggie is almost as active, and we have to make sure they are not shorted on food. We feed the wet food 4 times a day, but Lambors will eat everything in sight if he can, so we cannot trust the younger cats are getting enough.
Lambors started crossing over and eating the beef flavors, leaving more fish flavor out and Yeti may be eating it sometimes. We finished the antibiotic, and finally ran out of the gel probiotic. Suddenly, Yeti is back to full-on diarrhea, several to many times a day.
I have vision problems, severe double vision and other issues, running rampant right now. I cannot keep cross-referencing the food chart here and available cat foods (we prefer to order from Chewy) that I need to to find a diabetic-approved (Lamborghini), chicken-free (Maggie), possibly fish-free (Yeti?) wet food at reasonable cost (we use close to 12 cans, 3 oz, per day. Plus thyroid meds, plus 2 dogs on 2 different meds. Cost is becoming an issue.)
So, can someone please help me? Food suggestions? Maybe time to go to novel proteins, but which are less expensive brands? And if someone can suggest a dry food that's not too bad (carb-wise) that meets the limitations, so we can leave some of that up high for the younger cats to make sure they get enough calories to keep growing properly, that would be such a help, too. (They prefer the wet food, but nibble on the dry when Lambors eats up all the wet food. Our cats don't eat their meals all at once, they eat a bunch when it's first put down but then leave the rest and keep coming back to nibble.)
I just don't have the vision capabilities to do my own research. I'm sorry to impose on you, but would appreciate the help. If Lamborghini develops diabetes and needs insulin, I'm afraid it will be too much for hubby to deal with, he now has to do all the animal care plus help me out with my disabilities now. But I need my furbabies to be okay, and stay healthy.
Cat #2 is Maggie, 2 years old. Allergic to chicken--she gets the stinkiest diarrhea if she eats anything with chicken in it. Maggie is also a Maine Coon mix, so diarrhea in a fluffy-butt cat is not a pretty sight, nor any fun for all involved in cleaning her up afterwards. Maggie is a medium size cat (9-10 lbs).
Cat #3 is Yeti, approx 7 months old, appears to be a Turkish-Van/Siamese mix (has siamese coloring marks on an everything else matches Turkish Van parameters exactly.) He's almost as big as Maggie, tho he is only about 7 pounds so far, so there's no separating anyone by size. Yeti is our problem:
Yeti has suddenly, recently, developed diarrhea. Brown, smelly to the ends of the earth, diarrhea. Which he poops in front of the litterbox on the vinyl tile floor, which happens to be marbled, mottled, cat-crap brown tile, perfect camouflage, to make things even worse. Started with a new shipment of our usual FF cans, we use 9-12 little cans a day so we buy by the case, in bulk. Took him to the vet, had him checked, nothing obviously wrong, but she put him on an antibiotic that helps with stool, a gel probiotic, and a bunch of Hills bowel food, which was all chicken flavor so a nightmare to feed him without letting Maggie get to it.
We got some FF beef pate for him, and her. Lamborghini would eat his fish flavors (as we have cases of it on hand), Yeti and Maggie would eat beef. Things got mostly better, tho Yeti still poops in front of the box, but at least it was solid poop only 1-2 times a day. We have also had a small daily portion of Tiki Cat Fish Luau dry food out, up high to keep Lambors away from it, as Yeti is still a growing, very active kitten, and Maggie is almost as active, and we have to make sure they are not shorted on food. We feed the wet food 4 times a day, but Lambors will eat everything in sight if he can, so we cannot trust the younger cats are getting enough.
Lambors started crossing over and eating the beef flavors, leaving more fish flavor out and Yeti may be eating it sometimes. We finished the antibiotic, and finally ran out of the gel probiotic. Suddenly, Yeti is back to full-on diarrhea, several to many times a day.
I have vision problems, severe double vision and other issues, running rampant right now. I cannot keep cross-referencing the food chart here and available cat foods (we prefer to order from Chewy) that I need to to find a diabetic-approved (Lamborghini), chicken-free (Maggie), possibly fish-free (Yeti?) wet food at reasonable cost (we use close to 12 cans, 3 oz, per day. Plus thyroid meds, plus 2 dogs on 2 different meds. Cost is becoming an issue.)
So, can someone please help me? Food suggestions? Maybe time to go to novel proteins, but which are less expensive brands? And if someone can suggest a dry food that's not too bad (carb-wise) that meets the limitations, so we can leave some of that up high for the younger cats to make sure they get enough calories to keep growing properly, that would be such a help, too. (They prefer the wet food, but nibble on the dry when Lambors eats up all the wet food. Our cats don't eat their meals all at once, they eat a bunch when it's first put down but then leave the rest and keep coming back to nibble.)
I just don't have the vision capabilities to do my own research. I'm sorry to impose on you, but would appreciate the help. If Lamborghini develops diabetes and needs insulin, I'm afraid it will be too much for hubby to deal with, he now has to do all the animal care plus help me out with my disabilities now. But I need my furbabies to be okay, and stay healthy.
. ugh