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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2004Hills Prescription Diet
At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to give this food to our cat? Can someone recommend a suitable alternative? Thanks, Mike >At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down >ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Thanks, >Mike You could try gradually changing to a premium quality cat food. You could also feed both, side by side. Unless there is another reason for giving W/D, aside from "holding it down", it shouldn't be necessary to continue it, in my personal opinion. IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there are over-the-counter additives if the food doesn't already contain them. I would certainly ask your vet for an opinion, changing food is a deceptively important issue. >From: fan none@none.com >Unless there is another reason for >giving W/D, aside from "holding it down", it shouldn't be necessary to >continue it, in my personal opinion. Check with your vet first before taking stranger's advice about changing from a Prescription Diet to something else. >IF the problem was hairballs, >there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there >are over-the-counter additives if the food doesn't already contain >them. To my knowledge, there aren't ANY "hairball foods" that have additives in them with the express purpose of controlling hairballs. >>From: fan none@none.com > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >To my knowledge, there aren't ANY "hairball foods" that have additives in them >with the express purpose of controlling hairballs. Are you simply agreeing with my statement in this post that said "I would certainly ask your vet for an opinion, changing food is a deceptively important issue." ? My reason for asking is that you quoted almost all of my post, but left that out. It is vitally important to check with the vet, not just a good idea. I did an Internet search for +"cat food" +"hairball control" and got 996 hits. These are the first four of them. They include big names and small companies. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=1&pCatId=10076 http://www.epetpals.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?search=action&keywords="hairball_foods" http://www.petco.com/search/mercado_search_results.asp?PN=default&CatEntry=&log= 1&entry=Pet%20Gold%20Adult%20Cat%20Food%20Hairball%20Control%20Formula&cm_ven=ni k&cm_cat=12&cm_pla=fm4258389930&cm_ite=1665530 http://www.chateau-animaux.com/product-product_id/632 Obviously, with that many hits there are many more hairball control foods out there. I have seen several major brands at the local pet food stores. Also, I do not know how effective any of them are, I just know they exist. > >From: fan none@none.com > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Check with your vet first before taking stranger's advice about changing > from a Prescription Diet to something else. In the OP's case, I think it would be fine to slowly phase in a small amount of their desired food and see if the cat resumes vomiting. Given that the cat's problem was vomiting, if the introduction of the new food does not lead to vomitage - well, then Bob's your Uncle. If the intro leads to vomiting, then revert to the W/D. It's not rocket science. Unless your cat is intending to go to Mars. > >IF the problem was hairballs, > >there are premium cat foods with additives already in them. Also there [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > To my knowledge, there aren't ANY "hairball foods" that have additives in > them with the express purpose of controlling hairballs. Your knowledge is incomplete. Iams, at least has a 'patented fibre source' in their anti-hairball food. This claimed to assist in hairball problems, oddly enough. Does it work? Who knows? IME, it seems to be no more effective in this respect than any other food I've fed my cats. Steve. >From: news@stevethepsycho.co.uk (Steve G) >> To my knowledge, there aren't ANY "hairball foods" that have additives in >> them with the express purpose of controlling hairballs. > >Your knowledge is incomplete. Iams, at least has a 'patented fibre >source' in their anti-hairball food. No, "psycho"---yours is. I'm waiting for you to make the argument that everything in food is an "additive". The post was insinuating that additives such as petromalt, etc. may be in hairball controll foods. Most all hairball foods use higher levels of fibre as their "cure". > >From: news@stevethepsycho.co.uk (Steve G) > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > No, "psycho"---yours is. I'm waiting for you to make the argument that > everything in food is an "additive". Hope you've got a nice sleeping bag and supply of doughnuts for the wait. > The post was insinuating that additives > such as petromalt, etc. may be in hairball controll foods. Most all hairball > foods use higher levels of fibre as their "cure". fan said: "IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods with additives already in them" I guess petromalt must be written in a really small typeface there, eh? The Iams food has a specific, patent-pending fibre source ADDed (hey, there's a clue for you!) to the food for the purpose of controlling hairballs. But you think it's not an 'additive'. Maybe you'd prefer me to called it a 'augmentative'? Now, whether these fibre additives actually do anything is another matter. Steve. >From: news@stevethepsycho.co.uk (Steve G) >> No, "psycho"---yours is. I'm waiting for you to make the argument that >> everything in food is an "additive". >Hope you've got a nice sleeping bag and supply of doughnuts for the >wait. >The Iams food has a specific, patent-pending fibre source ADDed (hey, >there's a clue for you!) to the food for the purpose of controlling >hairballs. See? That didn't take long at all! You made my point for me. Actually all "hairball" foods have fibre to control hairballs--not just IAMS. > > >From: news@stevethepsycho.co.uk (Steve G) > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > No, "psycho"---yours is. I'm waiting for you to make the argument > > that everything in food is an "additive". > Hope you've got a nice sleeping bag and supply of doughnuts for the wait. > > The post was insinuating that additives such as petromalt, etc. may be > > in hairball controll foods. Most all hairball foods use higher levels > > of fibre as their "cure". > fan said: "IF the problem was hairballs, there are premium cat foods > with additives already in them" > I guess petromalt must be written in a really small typeface there, eh? > The Iams food has a specific, patent-pending fibre source ADDed (hey, > there's a clue for you!) to the food for the purpose of controlling > hairballs. But you think it's not an 'additive'. > Maybe you'd prefer me to called it a 'augmentative'? > Now, whether these fibre additives actually do anything is another > matter. > Steve. Hi, I usually lurk but felt I had to say that my cat Sophie has hills senior as her normal food (along with some wet food as treats which she licks off the gravy or jelly and leaves the meat) but when i gave her Iams for a change she would later let out the Awawawaw yell and be violently sick. Since I stopped feeding her the Iams she hasn't had this problem. It just didn't suit her. Judith  SignatureJudith Latham Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK. circa Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:21:11 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Michael B Allen (mba2000@ioplex.com) said, > At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down > ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D > and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's > necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to > give this food to our cat? Can someone recommend a suitable alternative? Is your cat prone to chubbiness? Hill's makes Science Diet as well as their prescription diets; if your cat likes the W/D, SD may be a good switch. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down > ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D > and we've been buying it ever since (several years). Do you think it's > necessary to keep buying this food? Is there any harm in continuing to > give this food to our cat? Can someone recommend a suitable alternative? You might try Science Diet Sensitive Stomach -- same company, somewhat less expensive line, sold at pet stores rather than just at vets. Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." > At one time our cat (Mozart) had a little problem with holding down > ordinary food so the vet sold us Hills Prescription Diet Feline W/D [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks, > Mike Mike, You need to discuss this with your vet so you can understand exactly why the vet prescribed Prescription Diet w/d. There are almost no commercial foods which exactly match the nutrient profile of a therapeutic diet. As your cat ages, it will be necessary to change the diet to match the changes brought on by ageing. It may be that w/d is no longer needed, or in fact may be contraindicated as time goes by.
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