I've always free-fed dry stuff and serve various healthy wet stuff
twice a day for all my cats. But my current two main boys (Espy and
Nipsy) are really ignoring the wet stuff and lady Jackie is just about
not eating anything. So I really have two issues here. Jackie has to
eat, she is around 5 pounds and going downhill. That is mostly because
of the IBD. So, since the Feline IBD group suggests a raw diet without
grains, it looks like Nature's menu is the choice since a local place
stocks it. My vet is not in favor of a raw diet but really doesn't
have too much to offer for Jackie at this time. We're already on
prednisone.

I bought a three pound bag yesterday. It suggests giving the cats a
tablespoon of yogurt a few hours before feeding so they get some
healthy bacteria in their gut. Well, Jackie has just started a round
of antibiotics because of mouth drooling so that compounds the issue
but I can't do anything about it and I'm getting pretty desperate for
her to eat more than a tiny bit.

Anyway, this morning I gave her just a bit of the raw stuff. She loves
it. Nipsy sniffed it and walked away. Espy ate some. Nobody got too
much.

I let the dry food start running out yesterday. I got some complaints
this morning but left it empty. Should be an interesting scene when I
get home tonight. Hopefully Jackie will really like the raw stuff and
it won't get her sicker.

Odd thing though. The raw food is for cats and dogs. And I didn't
notice anything special about Taurine (sp?). I'll have to look into
that.