Allie & Gen
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Increase day! Fingers crossed that we can maybe get into surfing some lower numbers without diving within a few days.
Gen is officially Not Pleased about the food transition. This morning I put out his wet food with a bit of FortiFlora on top, then went to prepare his shot--I've been giving him his shot between feeding wet and dry--and I'd barely drawn the dose when he was back in the kitchen yelling at me for his kibble. (He got about 1/3 a scoop, along with some freeze-dried rabbit, so I imagine he wasn't super satisfied, but he did chill out after that. Still, I imagine we're up for some serious recriminations when I stop giving it to him altogether.)
I'm pretty sure he'll cope. I'm going to start increasing his dinner portion of wet food as well as his breakfast, also, to help keep his caloric intake stable. Today's breakfast was a little lower than I'd intended; I need to do some pre-set combinations and calculations, I think, so I don't accidentally underfeed him. Especially when he still really needs to put on a few more pounds.
Also, he had some difficulty pooping last night and came and wiped his butt on my duvet ... just as my partner and I were settling in for our first real date night in over a month, too. It was fine, just annoying, but I need to figure out something better for his digestive stuff. I've been giving him 1/4 tsp Miralax and 1 of these probiotic capsules with each meal (he got a token amount of Miralax in his last couple of meals, though, because I'm out of the probiotic - supposed to be delivered today), but he still seems to be having some trouble (not pooping every day). What I find odd is that he's both slightly constipated and all his poop is a bit too soft?? Will be asking my vet for her thoughts, but would also be grateful for anyone else's!
Anyway, happy Friday to all of you! I hope your kitties have a safe and pleasant surf, and that you have delightful weekends planned (whether that means going out or staying in)!
Increase day! Fingers crossed that we can maybe get into surfing some lower numbers without diving within a few days.
Gen is officially Not Pleased about the food transition. This morning I put out his wet food with a bit of FortiFlora on top, then went to prepare his shot--I've been giving him his shot between feeding wet and dry--and I'd barely drawn the dose when he was back in the kitchen yelling at me for his kibble. (He got about 1/3 a scoop, along with some freeze-dried rabbit, so I imagine he wasn't super satisfied, but he did chill out after that. Still, I imagine we're up for some serious recriminations when I stop giving it to him altogether.)
I'm pretty sure he'll cope. I'm going to start increasing his dinner portion of wet food as well as his breakfast, also, to help keep his caloric intake stable. Today's breakfast was a little lower than I'd intended; I need to do some pre-set combinations and calculations, I think, so I don't accidentally underfeed him. Especially when he still really needs to put on a few more pounds.
Also, he had some difficulty pooping last night and came and wiped his butt on my duvet ... just as my partner and I were settling in for our first real date night in over a month, too. It was fine, just annoying, but I need to figure out something better for his digestive stuff. I've been giving him 1/4 tsp Miralax and 1 of these probiotic capsules with each meal (he got a token amount of Miralax in his last couple of meals, though, because I'm out of the probiotic - supposed to be delivered today), but he still seems to be having some trouble (not pooping every day). What I find odd is that he's both slightly constipated and all his poop is a bit too soft?? Will be asking my vet for her thoughts, but would also be grateful for anyone else's!
Anyway, happy Friday to all of you! I hope your kitties have a safe and pleasant surf, and that you have delightful weekends planned (whether that means going out or staying in)!
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situation, hopefully that resolves soon. 
), I wind up mixing it into just a small amount of wet food and topping his dish with it. It's the only thing that works to get him to consume all of it at once/right away. So I'd probably need to do something similar. And given how stubborn he's being right now, I'd probably need to only do it at night (when he has accepted that he only gets wet food), or wait until he gets through the transition ... he's barely touching his morning wet until later on, right now.