Chicken baby food for cats question

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Lando demando

Lando demando

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I know many of you feed baby food to your cats as an enticer etc… Lando seems to like it and since he is not eating due to nausea i am encouraging it. What are the drawbacks of chicken baby food? Is it ok for ckd cats? Its beechnut chicken + chicken broth ( those are the only two ingredients

FWIW i just got a blender and will be blending his low carb, low phos food tomorrow
 
Yes, it's OK for short-term use but it doesn't include all the vitamins/minerals that cats need for a complete diet.

It can also be useful for hiding meds if Lando really likes it.
 
I feed a jar of the Beechnut beef beef broth to my boys every morning after there AMPS meal. That's the only way I can get there probiotic in them Proviable DC, I guess it has a taste tried it in there food & they both refused it.
 
Thank you @Chris & China (GA) and @Chrispooky12 . I will make sure beechnut chicken doesnt become his goto food ( i think that is Landos wish right now). With the “broth” in the jar of food, im guessing it has high phos ( for ckd cats). But for a little while eating the not best food is better than not eating
 
I did the same. I used to give Minnie 1/4 jar of baby food every day with her probiotics and b12. I just opened the capsules and mixed it in. It was an easy way to get her to take those meds. I alternated between chicken and turkey
 
As Chris pointed out, baby food isn't nutritionally complete for a cat. It can be fine in the short term or in combination with cat food. Otherwise, you would need to get a pre-mix (e.g., EZComplete) to add to it so all of the necessary supplements to make the baby food nutritionally complete are included.
 
Sienne and Gabby (GA) said:
As Chris pointed out, baby food isn't nutritionally complete for a cat. It can be fine in the short term or in combination with cat food. Otherwise, you would need to get a pre-mix (e.g., EZComplete) to add to it so all of the necessary supplements to make the baby food nutritionally complete are included.
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Thank you Sienne! My hope is to blitz his low carb low phos wet food to the same texture as baby food. I am pretty much using the baby food as an appetite starter righr now. I appreciate the advice
 
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