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Giant Cat!
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Our two rescue cats, Thomas (semi long haired) and Alfie (grey). Both three years old, were brought up together but are not related. We have lived together for almost seven months now and they are both little sweethearts with big personalities.
On what to feed your cats and reading some inaccuracies on this thread, I would like to share a few tips. We fed our previous cat Georges, who died at the good age of 16, dry food, Hills or Royal canin, most of his life. He had mild asthma for years, ie he coughed a few times a day. We changed to wet food the last few months of his life and the coughing stopped. So possibly an allergy to the ingredient: grain and a lot of it. Dry food is highly calorific so a wet diet is preferred and if you cannot do otherwise then check carefully and do not think that because it is sold by your vet that it is the best (we did!). Wet food can be confusing too but check ingredients and contact the manufacturer for the calorie count so you get a better idea than the 4 pouches a day/1 tin a day. You want high meat content and little filler and no sugar. You can buy wet food elsewhere than the supermarket. Check zooplus and happykitty websites for example. Raw meat is great too but you need to know what you are doing. I give the boys raw meat regularly which they absolutely adore. Its great for their teeth and jaw muscles.
Of course you have to do what is convenient and buy what you can afford but it is really worth doing a little research for yourself to have a better understanding. I think a good variety of food is probably the best rather than the same food every day with high quality meat. Tuna should apparently not be given to cats. Our boys are food monsters so it is really easy to feed them as they eat in the same way. I struggled figuring out how much to feed them but once I got the calorie count it became a bit easier.
As to adopting a cat, don't go for a kitten if you work full time. Kittens need your full attention. If you want a breed, check breeds websites. You'd be surprised how many bengals, for examples, are to be re homed.
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We fed our previous cat
See? Thats where you went wrong, you should have let a better person take control.
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Anyone had experience of smilla?
http://m.zooplus.co.uk/shop/zooplus_exclusives/cat_food_treats/smilla/smilla_wet/450190
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such cutie.
back to the subject of pet insurance. I was very worried about how much the premium would change once Sam reached 9 as everything i had read said it would rise horrifically. But so far i neednt have feared- the renewal has come through and it is the excess which has risen from 87 to 125 -still not too bad. hopefully it stays like this.
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OMG that's amazing!
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My poor Moses cat has lost his meow! Can't see a blockage/obvious abscess but not sure if he is in pain when he tries.
To use a scientific description, he currently sounds raspy/squawky, like he's got a sore throat...?!
While I await my sister's reply and before I go searching the Internet for a diagnosis - can anyone on here advise?
Many thanks!
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Nope, all else is normal...
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It depends if they were cooked or not. If we're talking raw chicken, probably nothing much happens other than a dead chicken and a satisfied cat. But if they are cooked chickens, then there's a chance that the bones can crack and splinter in the cat's mouth and cause lacerations of the mouth, throat, and digestive tract, which would be painful and may require surgery to repair.
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Were they cooked?
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Er yeah, what Boffers said.
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