1/8 Alska AMPS=130 PMPS=260
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nckitties3
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Re: 1/8 Alska AMPS=130
Just pondering....could it be that the raw is TOO low carb? Since you found that he does better with a little more carb for a snack. Just wondering. I do understand that the raw, almost zero carb, should be the absolute best for a cat, but ECID, maybe he needs just a tad more. Since I don't make raw, don't know how you could adjust the carb level and keep it steady. Just something I was thinking about when you said you weren't feeding it right now. Ignore me, I'm half asleep. :lol:
He looks great today!
Just pondering....could it be that the raw is TOO low carb? Since you found that he does better with a little more carb for a snack. Just wondering. I do understand that the raw, almost zero carb, should be the absolute best for a cat, but ECID, maybe he needs just a tad more. Since I don't make raw, don't know how you could adjust the carb level and keep it steady. Just something I was thinking about when you said you weren't feeding it right now. Ignore me, I'm half asleep. :lol:
He looks great today!
RobinCot
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Re: 1/8 Alska AMPS=130
Well, but the raw is not his only food. It is really just a healthy appetizer and always followed by a can of Tiki. Then Alska gets his snack left in a bowl in his room, on his shoebox. Since the raw's protein content tends to fill them up, they don't usually eat all of the Tiki thus leaving a lot of it behind to graze on during the day. It took a lot of experimenting to get to this routine. Two courses per meal = lots of plates :lol:
So when the raw is on hiatus, they just get a little extra Tiki.
Well, but the raw is not his only food. It is really just a healthy appetizer and always followed by a can of Tiki. Then Alska gets his snack left in a bowl in his room, on his shoebox. Since the raw's protein content tends to fill them up, they don't usually eat all of the Tiki thus leaving a lot of it behind to graze on during the day. It took a lot of experimenting to get to this routine. Two courses per meal = lots of plates :lol:
So when the raw is on hiatus, they just get a little extra Tiki.
MommaOfMuse
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Re: 1/8 Alska AMPS=130
You know too low in carbs has been discussed before. And yes for some cats as well as human diabetics there is a too low point. Even though Maxwell has been OTJ a long time he does much better on 7-9% carbs than he does on 2-5% He is more alert and playful on the higher carbs.
Autumn I rotate her carbs she gets the low low stuff for breakfast so she only has the lowest possible before onset, then at lunch she gets the 6-8% stuff to slow her roll once onset has occurred.
I have a sharpie in the cat food cupboard that I mark the tops of all the cans with the carb percentages. So I know at a glance what I'm feeding when.
Then there is Casey who carb percentages don't seem to mean a thing as much as volume. If I can keep him from eating his body weight times 2 does great but like yesterday he got away with eating his food as well as nearly a full can that I put out for Maxwell and Lady Jane last night so he's shooting the moon today.
Mel and The Fur Gang
You know too low in carbs has been discussed before. And yes for some cats as well as human diabetics there is a too low point. Even though Maxwell has been OTJ a long time he does much better on 7-9% carbs than he does on 2-5% He is more alert and playful on the higher carbs.
Autumn I rotate her carbs she gets the low low stuff for breakfast so she only has the lowest possible before onset, then at lunch she gets the 6-8% stuff to slow her roll once onset has occurred.
I have a sharpie in the cat food cupboard that I mark the tops of all the cans with the carb percentages. So I know at a glance what I'm feeding when.
Then there is Casey who carb percentages don't seem to mean a thing as much as volume. If I can keep him from eating his body weight times 2 does great but like yesterday he got away with eating his food as well as nearly a full can that I put out for Maxwell and Lady Jane last night so he's shooting the moon today.
Mel and The Fur Gang
RobinCot
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Re: 1/8 Alska AMPS=130
Yep Mel - me thinks me knows that now. So I have the raw, 2% Tiki and 8% Wellness in his diet. I hope this does the trick - seems good so far. We get so carb sensitive - in fact I was initially afraid to feed him the wellness because it was so close to that 10% bar - ah we learn. And I now have myself quite the chunky FD cat. I am cutting back his portion sizes. Don't want Casey to surpass him down the scale
Hope you are feel less sore today.
Yep Mel - me thinks me knows that now. So I have the raw, 2% Tiki and 8% Wellness in his diet. I hope this does the trick - seems good so far. We get so carb sensitive - in fact I was initially afraid to feed him the wellness because it was so close to that 10% bar - ah we learn. And I now have myself quite the chunky FD cat. I am cutting back his portion sizes. Don't want Casey to surpass him down the scale
Hope you are feel less sore today.
nckitties3
Member Since 2013
Re: 1/8 Alska AMPS=130
That's not so strange, another cat covering I guess. I didn't know it happened to others.
When I was a kid, we had 2 cats, 1 that wouldn't cover and 1 that would either cover or just kick it out into the floor. :lol: Saw her do it many times right after the boy cat went potty. :lol: Crazy kitties!
That's not so strange, another cat covering I guess. I didn't know it happened to others.
When I was a kid, we had 2 cats, 1 that wouldn't cover and 1 that would either cover or just kick it out into the floor. :lol: Saw her do it many times right after the boy cat went potty. :lol: Crazy kitties!
nckitties3
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Looks like Alska came to see Lucian.
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