1/3 Ruby PMPS 116/+2 96/+4 53/+5 68/+6 70

[Katherine&Ruby]

Yesterday was a day of finicky eating. Realized that Ruby does not like to chew on the stringy pieces of chicken in a lot of Weruva foods and prefers pates. Maybe the pet store will let me exchange these cans for something else. The vet said her teeth "were not too bad" so I'm hoping the chicken avoidance is a pickiness thing and not a dental thing.

I would hold the dose longer and see how she fares.

@tiffmaxee ?

Bhooma, thanks for your this. This is the direction I was leaning and wanted some more experienced thoughts on the matter. I don't want to rush things unnecessarily and wind up again with reductions that won't hold.

Healing thoughts to all of the sick kitties and hugs to you beans who love them so. Have a beautiful Sunday, everyone!

 

[JaxBenji]

Surf safely, Ruby

FWIW, my kitties don't like the stringy meat either. They currently eat Wellness Pates (Chicken and Turkey) but note they are veryyyyyy low carb per their website (<1%).

Have a wonderful day, Katherine

 

[Butters & Lyla]

Nice start for Ruby this morning! I hope you can find some LC pates for her that she will enjoy.
Have a great day, Katherine

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

Morning Katherine, nice start this morning, Tyler will only eat pates also
Have a good day Katherine

 

[Adrienne & Molly (GA)]

Nice start this morning! Molly likes pates foods also. If by chance I give her the gravy with the chunks of meat I mash the meat up for her. Have a great day Katherine

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

+3 = 57. Fed 1 oz 8% LC and she polished it off in a jiffy. Am resisting the urge to feed her MC. Will see where she is at in a bit.

FWIW, my kitties don't like the stringy meat either. They currently eat Wellness Pates (Chicken and Turkey) but note they are veryyyyyy low carb per their website (<1%).

I hope you can find some LC pates for her that she will enjoy.

[QUOTE="Diane Tyler's Mom, post: 2711493, member: 24974"Tyler will only eat pates also[/QUOTE]

I have an array of Weruva pates she really likes, but I do like to mixed it up with foods containing whole bits of meat rather than processed pates when I can. Somehow I feel like her body would react better to pieces of meat rather than processed pates because that's what she would eat in the wild.

UPDATE: Ruby just projectile vomited her whole +3 meal. This is the first time in a month she has thrown up. She's happily chomping away at a fresh bowl of food now so I hope it was a scarf and barf. Vomiting and being picky about food isn't a good combo. Keeping an eye on all of this.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

Hopefully it's a case of scarf and barf and the finicky eating just her not liking the non-pate food.

Try giving her a little more food and see if she is interested in eating and keeps it down? Test in 30?

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

Hopefully it's a case of scarf and barf and the finicky eating just her not liking the non-pate food.

Try giving her a little more food and see if she is interested in eating and keeps it down? Test in 30?

Hi Bhooma, I replenished her food after the vomiting and she gobbled it up so I will test her again in a bit.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

Hi Bhooma, I replenished her food after the vomiting and she gobbled it up so I will test her again in a bit.

Great! So hopefully the problem of not eating was her not liking the food!

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

+4 = 55, and I did resort to some MC when I realized she wasn't coming up yet.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

+6 = 55. She refused to eat anything since +4 but just cleaned her bowl so she should be coming up. Looks like she really does want a reducie.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

+6 = 55. She refused to eat anything since +4 but just cleaned her bowl so she should be coming up. Looks like she really does want a reducie.

She's seeing good numbers on this dose. Let's wait for a drop below 50 to reduce? Unless you find you are propping her up with HC too often.

 

[carfurby (GA)]

It sounds like it was just a scarf and barf. I'm glad Ruby ate some for you. I hope she comes up and surfs a little higher.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

She's seeing good numbers on this dose. Let's wait for a drop below 50 to reduce? Unless you find you are propping her up with HC too often.

Agreed! I'm trying hard not to prop her up. Not using any HC only MC and at much smaller amounts than I have in the past. I'm feeding her less of the higher percentage LC foods these days and more under 5%.

 

[JOJI and Kit]

maybe ruby and kit are in a secret finicky eaters club this week.

stringy pieces

or maybe they're just "texture eaters"

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

maybe ruby and kit are in a secret finicky eaters club this week.

or maybe they're just "texture eaters"

I think in Ruby's case she's too lazy to chew. Why bother when you can hold out for pate and then lick?

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

After a day of cruising in some low greens, we get a PMPS of 116. Wish Ruby would flatten out just a wee bit.

 

[Sue and Luci]

I wish Luci were more picky sometimes...she seems to be eternally hungry...and wants to eat everything!

Have a good night Ruby and Katherine!!

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

+4 = 53. Huge drop. Fed her .5 oz 17% MC.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

I wish Luci were more picky sometimes...she seems to be eternally hungry...and wants to eat everything!

Sue, is that because of the hyperthyroidism?

 

[Bandit's Mom]

+4 = 53. Huge drop. Fed her .5 oz 17% MC.

17% is HC. Anything over 10% is MC and over 15% is HC.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

17% is HC. Anything over 10% is MC and over 15% is HC.

Thank you for setting me straight on that! For some reason I thought anything between 10-20% was MC. So I guess I have been propping Ruby up with HC all this time. Testing her again in a few minutes.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

+5 = 68. Not feeding to see if she will go up/stay flat on her own.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

Don't feed and test again in an hour. I would hold the dose. I looked at your SS comments. You are giving her a little HC now and then but it's fine.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

Don't feed and test again in an hour. I would hold the dose. I looked at your SS comments. You are giving her a little HC now and then but it's fine.

Will do! I'm so glad you pointed out my MC/HC misunderstanding. Feel totally silly. I have to track down more 10-14.9% carb foods now as I thought I had a good system going on here but I was over doing the carbs. Hope that hasn't affected her numbers too much overall. That's my primary concern.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

We've all been there, believe me! You are doing great!

 

[katy and mo (GA)]

You're doing a great job, Katherine! Ruby seems to have taken you on a wild goose chase today. Surf safely, sweet Ruby

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

+6 = 70. She's flattened out, thank goodness! Just fed her a nice bowl of 4% LC and am headed to bed. Thanks for supporting me, @Bandit's Mom !

Ruby seems to have taken you on a wild goose chase today.

I've been working hard to steer her away from a lime green number but I might have to face the music soon as she seems to be quite persistent today. Have a great day, Katy!

 

[Bandit's Mom]

Great job steering her with food! Good night!