Elderly cats

McKneff

catkins wrote: »

My girl was 20 when she had to be pts earlier this year. She had got incredibly fussy as she got older. I found she quite liked Wilko cat food. It comes in small tins and I know one is tuna loin in sauce. The small tins were ideal for her as she didn't like eating the same food morning and evening or even the next day so the big tins would get wasted.

She also liked M&S cat food in pouches, Sheba and Gourmet. She wouldn't touch Whiskas or Felix.

She did drive me slightly mad with her fussiness but I gave in to her because of her age

Do you still miss her like crazy, like the very thiught of her a dozen times a day can bring you to tears. We had Tinker pts in june at 17 years and i dont seem to be able to get over it. I say sorry to her every day even though i know she would be gone by now anyway. Not a day goes by without me being in tears at least once. When will it get better

seven-day-weekend

GwylimT wrote: »

A complete cat food.

https://www.naturalinstinct.com/raw-cat-food/natural
Something like that?

spirit

McKneff wrote: »

Do you still miss her like crazy, like the very thiught of her a dozen times a day can bring you to tears. We had Tinker pts in june at 17 years and i dont seem to be able to get over it. I say sorry to her every day even though i know she would be gone by now anyway. Not a day goes by without me being in tears at least once. When will it get better

I tis awful isn't it. Did you bring her home to bury her or leave her at the vets?


I brought Athina home. They'd wrapped her in a towel and I just sat outside with her cuddling her and going over the good times. Only then was I able to bury her.


I found it quite therapeutic, I think of her every day and talk to her when I'm in the garden, but whilst it's sad, I don't get upset.

GwylimT

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

https://www.naturalinstinct.com/raw-cat-food/natural
Something like that?

Yeah thats fine, they sometimes send a free 5kg trial pack if you enquire and say how good you have heard it is etc.

seven-day-weekend

Good. I had thought of feeding them on something like that anyway

McKneff

spirit wrote: »

I tis awful isn't it. Did you bring her home to bury her or leave her at the vets?


I brought Athina home. They'd wrapped her in a towel and I just sat outside with her cuddling her and going over the good times. Only then was I able to bury her.


I found it quite therapeutic, I think of her every day and talk to her when I'm in the garden, but whilst it's sad, I don't get upset.

She got stressed very easily being part ferral and the ride to the vets was not what we wanted so we paid for the vet to come to the house, it was very qick, she was laid on the back of her favourite chair on her blanket. Sjust fell asleep with us strokin her. The vet took her away, wrapped in her blanket and we collected her ashes a few days later.

calicocat

Mine is an old girl now, 15ish. A few months ago she went off all her food and got even skinnier than she was (she's always been a lean cat anyway so when they get old it's a nightmare keeping weight on).

I was cooking up cat chicken bone broth for days on end in the slow cooker....which did kick start her eating again. This worked really well for a time and she was scratching at the freezer door for it initially (and she had never been anywhere near the freezer before but worked out that was where it was doing from). She got fed up of that though eventually.

Ended up trying Lilly's Kitchen wet food which she loved for weeks ......then stopped. :eek: , found a box of the old stuff she wouldn't eat before, put that down and she scoffed the lot....really? ..????

I came to the conclusion she gets bored in her old age (possibly a bit senile too). There has been lots of food she won't eat in recent years, so if she goes off those two which I alternate now I have no clue what I will do next.

When she wasn't eating , I gave her the cat vitamin supplement from Holland and Barret to make sure she at least got that.
Even that she liked the 1st couple of days and now I have to hide it in a lick-e-licks sachet.


However.....I have noticed when at work for a 12 hr shift, that at times she will eat what is there when the human isn't on demand.

She was a dream to feed when young, clearly before I was properly trained.

HarryAzhar

You are doing a good job Actually there is no perfect food, because every older cat has its set of problems. Feeding a senior cat requires tailoring the diet with the help of your veterinarian to address any specific health problems your pet may have.
But still it is great learning for all of us with your experience :rotfl:

borkid

Having had cats aged from 16 to 19 the only one I've had to get different food for was the 16 year old who had a kidney problem , she had food prescribed by the vet. I tend to go for a mix of food so they don't get bored.

donnac2558

Yes, my girl has now be diagnosed with kidney problems so is on the K/D food, the vet did say it can be difficult to get them to eat it. She actually is really good with it. I do give her cooked chicken at the weekend as a treat.