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Senior canned food? (UK)

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jmc - 09 Mar 2005 21:13 GMT
Another Meep question:

She's 8 now, and we're having a harder time keeping her weight down.
Additionally, she's had a cystitis attack, and has structure problems
that I believe will predispose her to arthritis (which she may or may
not be starting to have now).  Oh, and she tends toward tarter buildup,
since she eats on just one side of her mouth.  She's also developing a
problem tooth on her chewing side (the one just behind the lower canine)

She'd been on dry food most of her life, because I was told by my vet
that this was healthiest for her, and for her teeth.  Of course, this
has changed now.  She needs more water in her diet to keep the urine
crystals down, needs some dry to help her teeth, and needs to keep her
weight down to reduce stress on her limbs and hopefully stave off
arthritis.  She is getting a glucosamine supplement (purchased from Drs
Foster & Smith in the US) for both the cystitis and arthritis.

The vet's happy with her weight now, though it's a tad higher than
optimal.  I feed her a specified amount of senior/light dry food
(currently James Wellbeloved - is this a good brand?), and 1/3 to 1/2
can of wet each night.

My problem is, I'd like to feed her more canned food - to equal about
half of her diet - but she won't eat it consistently (she's a fussy
thing, but fortunately less so than when she was younger), and I'm
having some problems finding a good-quality senior or light canned.

I'm an American living in the UK, so I'm not sure which brands of canned
are considered high quality, and I've only found a single brand of
senior/light, dede or something, but only in the big "soup" can, and I
don't want to buy that size can - completely wasted if she won't eat it,
and too big for it to be fresh by the time we reached the bottom.

Anyway, I'm babbling a bit.  In short, what's a good brand of
senior/light canned catfood in the UK, that is likely to be accepted by
a fussy eater?  And, where can I buy it online if I can't find it locally?

jmc
Monique Y. Mudama - 09 Mar 2005 21:47 GMT
> Anyway, I'm babbling a bit.  In short, what's a good brand of senior/light
> canned catfood in the UK, that is likely to be accepted by a fussy eater?
> And, where can I buy it online if I can't find it locally?

I think the flavor is just as important as the brand.  Also consistency.

Oscar much prefers wellness turkey & salmon to any other type of canned food
we've tried.  Failing that, she likes wellness turkey, and after that she'll
barely eat anything we give her.

Oscar, also having grown up on dry only, adores dry food and if she had dry
available, she wouldn't eat canned stuff at all.  So I can't let her nibble on
dry; she only gets that as a special treat.

Maybe you could try restricting Meep's feeding to one or the other (like,
three days of canned, then a day of dry) to see if she'll change her mind
about the canned.

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jmc - 09 Mar 2005 22:25 GMT
Suddenly, without warning, Monique Y. Mudama exclaimed (3/9/2005 9:47 PM):

>>Anyway, I'm babbling a bit.  In short, what's a good brand of senior/light
>>canned catfood in the UK, that is likely to be accepted by a fussy eater?
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> three days of canned, then a day of dry) to see if she'll change her mind
> about the canned.

I've heard Wellness is pretty good, but haven't been able to find it
here in the UK, and due to customs laws can't order it on the 'net.

I think if I fed her exclusively canned for any length of time, she'd be
harassing us mercilessly for some dry food, since she either finishes it
off fairly quickly (after the requesite pause), or won't touch it at
all.  Rarely a middle ground.  She's fussy enough too that she'd rather
starve (and thus court health problems) than eat a food she doesn't like.

What I currently do is once she's refused some canned, I won't feed it
to her for a night or two or three, until she comes begging when she
hears me pull a can out of the fridge or cupboard.
Lesley Madigan - 10 Mar 2005 13:38 GMT
> >>Anyway, I'm babbling a bit.  In short, what's a good brand of senior/light
> >>canned catfood in the UK, that is likely to be accepted by a fussy eater?
> >>And, where can I buy it online if I can't find it locally?

I think Whiskas do a canned food for seniors- don't know if its any
good but their kitten version caused upturned noses even from
Sarrasine (who usually inhales food. Iams is excellent for seniors
(I'm told by a friend) but I;ve never seen the canned variety in the
UK

Lesley

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Alison - 10 Mar 2005 22:18 GMT
>> Anyway, I'm babbling a bit.  In short, what's a good brand of
> senior/light canned catfood in the UK, that is likely to be accepted by
> a fussy eater?  And, where can I buy it online if I can't find it locally?
>
> jmc>>

Kim tends to get Feline Idopathic cystitis and I keep her on a total
wet diet. Unfortunately there doesnt seem to be many good quality
canned foods around in the UK.  She has Denes canned food which I buy
from a local pet shop. It's a bit dry but she's not fussy fortunately
. Its not easy to get hold of. She sometimes had Yarrahs which is
organic . You can buy it from Waitroses.
if you do a  search on those two name shoild come up. She also has
cooked fish amd chicken for a change as a treat.
JWB is a good brand  and so is Burns dry food. I soak them first.
Alison
Judith Latham - 11 Mar 2005 22:40 GMT
> Another Meep question:

> She's 8 now, and we're having a harder time keeping her weight down.
> Additionally, she's had a cystitis attack, and has structure problems
> that I believe will predispose her to arthritis (which she may or may
> not be starting to have now).  Oh, and she tends toward tarter buildup,
> since she eats on just one side of her mouth.  She's also developing a
> problem tooth on her chewing side (the one just behind the lower canine)

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> Anyway, I'm babbling a bit.  In short, what's a good brand of
> senior/light canned catfood in the UK, that is likely to be accepted by
> a fussy eater?  And, where can I buy it online if I can't find it
> locally?

> jmc

My cat Sophie is now about 12 years (we don't know exactly as she was a
rescue cat from the RSPCA) She can be a fussy when the mood takes her. She
had cystitis when she was about 5 years and our vet recommended we fed her
on Hills Science diet dry food as it helped to neutralise the acid in her
urine. WE had only fed her canned food up until than so I started to give
her a meal of canned food (with gravy or Jelly) at her usual feeding times
and then leave the Hills dry food in a dish in the sitting room and one in
the spare bedroom. She then thought that the dry food was a treat and ate
it eagerly. Now I feed her the senior wet food instead of normal cat food.
Namely, Whiskas and Felix with occasional Arthurs adult. This is of course
besides the Hills dry, senior, light. She hasn't had cystitis since.

The canned food can be bought in most supermarkets and I get the Hills
from my local independent pet shop. You may be able to buy it elsewhere, I
know our vet's used to sell it.

I forgot to say the Whiskas also sell little chews which are supposed to
reduce tartar.

I Hope this helps.

Judith

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Judith Latham - 11 Mar 2005 22:42 GMT
> Another Meep question:

> She's 8 now, and we're having a harder time keeping her weight down.
> Additionally, she's had a cystitis attack, and has structure problems
> that I believe will predispose her to arthritis (which she may or may
> not be starting to have now).  Oh, and she tends toward tarter buildup,
> since she eats on just one side of her mouth.  She's also developing a
> problem tooth on her chewing side (the one just behind the lower canine)

snipped..

> Anyway, I'm babbling a bit.  In short, what's a good brand of
> senior/light canned catfood in the UK, that is likely to be accepted by
> a fussy eater?  And, where can I buy it online if I can't find it locally?

> jmc

I should also tell you that I tried Iams senior but it upset her stomach.
A lot of people recommend it though.

Judith

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Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

jmc - 13 Mar 2005 00:27 GMT
Suddenly, without warning, Judith Latham exclaimed (3/11/2005 10:42 PM):

>>Another Meep question:
>
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>
> Judith

I'm trying Hill's senior tonight, she has eaten a bit.  We went on a
shopping trip, and I found a variety of light and senior cans to try.
We'll see which ones she'll accept.  I'm only giving her a smidgen of
dry, to try to encourage her to eat the canned.

She certainly despises the Whiskas packets - even when she was out of
dry, she wouldn't even touch the other stuff.  Not food, according to her.
 
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