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Double Trouble - 20 Jan 2004 04:44 GMT

I am hoping that you remembered my post! Tigger could not keep food down
very well! I just wanted to update all of you, because you were so kind as
to respond with all kinds of suggestions for him.

I have switched to soft food. And it is shaped so that he can easily
swallow it if he decides not to break it down with his remaining teeth. So
far so good. We have not had one mess to clean up. He is one happy baby
also. I have noticed a change in him sinse I switched him to this. He
purrs more and has been more lovable to other people.

Thank you for all your replies. Tigger and I both appriciate it. To be
honest, I didn't know that there was soft food, thought only hard and
canned. Yay!

DD and Tigger :))

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Hope Munro Smith - 20 Jan 2004 16:14 GMT

> I am hoping that you remembered my post! Tigger could not keep food down
> very well! I just wanted to update all of you, because you were so kind as
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> DD and Tigger :))

If you have to, cats do well on baby food. So if he stops
eating the soft cat food try that.

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---MIKE--- - 21 Jan 2004 00:18 GMT

That is rather poor advice. Baby food would not provide the proper
nutrients for a cat - taurine in particular. Also, some baby food
contains onion or garlic both of which are poisonous to a cat. Good
quality canned cat food would be better.

-MIKE

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Hope Munro Smith - 21 Jan 2004 02:52 GMT

> That is rather poor advice. Baby food would not provide the proper
> nutrients for a cat - taurine in particular. Also, some baby food
> contains onion or garlic both of which are poisonous to a cat. Good
> quality canned cat food would be better.

My grandmother fed her cat baby food because of a health problem
Despite that her kitty lived to be 22!

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Chris Street - 21 Jan 2004 18:25 GMT

>> I am hoping that you remembered my post! Tigger could not keep food down
>> very well! I just wanted to update all of you, because you were so kind as
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>If you have to, cats do well on baby food. So if he stops
>eating the soft cat food try that.

Not for any length of time! It's good to keep a cat eating if they
cannot tolerate normal food but they will end up with nasties like
taurine deficiency (which is eventually fatal) before too long. Keep
them on a complete cat food.

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Hope Munro Smith - 21 Jan 2004 22:41 GMT

> >> I am hoping that you remembered my post! Tigger could not keep food down
> >> very well! I just wanted to update all of you, because you were so kind as
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> taurine deficiency (which is eventually fatal) before too long. Keep
> them on a complete cat food.

When I said that I meant of course for a cat who cannot eat anything
else and is already elderly.

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Chris Street - 22 Jan 2004 03:09 GMT

>> >> I am hoping that you remembered my post! Tigger could not keep food down
>> >> very well! I just wanted to update all of you, because you were so kind as
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>When I said that I meant of course for a cat who cannot eat anything
>else and is already elderly.

Like most if not all of the world I'm not equipped with telepathy. Even
for an elderly cat, taurine deficieny will almost certainly occur and is
not pleasant for the cat in the slightest

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Hope Munro Smith - 22 Jan 2004 16:00 GMT

> >> >> I am hoping that you remembered my post! Tigger could not keep food
> >> >> down
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> for an elderly cat, taurine deficieny will almost certainly occur and is
> not pleasant for the cat in the slightest

How long does it take for taurine deficiency to develop?

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Chris Street - 23 Jan 2004 13:54 GMT

>>>> >> I am hoping that you remembered my post! Tigger could not keep food
>>>> >> down
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> How long does it take for taurine deficiency to develop?

It depends really on how much the cats getting. Taurine is present in all
animal protemic food to a certain point - if you cut out all food
containing taurine then the cat would die of other reasons long before
tuarine was a problem. From what I remember cats fed solely on tuna will
end up going blind in as little as two months from lack of taurine.

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philo - 22 Jan 2004 00:25 GMT

Over the years...I;ve had a few older cats that almost died of kidney
failure from eating
dry food. After I switched them over to canned food, they made miraculous
recoveries
and lived for many years

however, there is a downside in that they can suffer from gum disease, and
tooth
decay...so now i am sure to give my cat those "treats" that stop tartar
buildup

and alittle bit of a good quality dry food (even though i once swore i
would
never feed a cat dry food again)

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