Suggestions for solving kitty barfing

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Amy

To begin with it is NOT recomended to give cats tuna all the time<ie what you give her every nite.> A

also Maine Coons need a high proten and high fat type cat food. Ians HAS CHANGED their percentages of those 2 items in their dry food. I used to feed my Maine Coons<yes I am a breeder, restarting and no it is not a money making deal, just an expensive hobby> LOST weight on it and I fed it to them ALL the time. Now I go with Purina Cat chow. Not the best brand true but better than some. Try a mixture of Iams and whatever brand of other cat food. Also Iams does have a "hairball" Iams cat food. But first of all cut out the tuna fish.That is very important.

Otherwise the rest is up to you. Also MCs do not reach their full growth<meaning the body is preportioned properly etc> till the age of 5 years.

HTH

Lynne<just speaking from exprerience with the breed>

 

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Amy Newell

Herbal Remedies

Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:06 AM

[herbal remedies] Suggestions for solving kitty barfing

 

Hi guys,

 

Silly, my 12 year old cat, is barfing on a daily basis. It has been a *very* gradual progression. She is long-haired and used to be sick now and then because she got hair in her tummy from cleaning herself, so she'd be sick to get rid of the hair. (At least that's what I assumed was going on.) I find now that she's getting sick just about every day.

 

She's a pampered girl - gets a spoonful of tuna every night along with ice water (she *loves* ice) and her normal Iams dry food.

 

 

I'd rather not take her to the vet as my past experience is that my pets have gotten poked, prodded and drugged. I wouldn't subject myself to it, so I'd rather not put her through it. I don't know much about treating pets with herbs. Any suggestions for me? Perhaps she needs a diet change? Or supplements of some sort?

 

Any help would be most welcome. Silly and I thank you.

 

Best,

AmyFederal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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First check her hydration. Pinch an inch of skin up between your thumb and forefinger on her back and lift gently. Let it go. It it falls right back she is fine, if it stands there or is slow to fall back, she is dehydrated. Switch over to chicken and rice. You can make it yourself or look for an organic brand at your pet store. Get some Udos oil and add a tablespoon a day to her meals too. No scraps or treats at all for her. Ice is fine though lol.

 

Janet

 

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Amy Newell

Herbal Remedies

Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:06 AM

[herbal remedies] Suggestions for solving kitty barfing

 

Hi guys,

 

Silly, my 12 year old cat, is barfing on a daily basis. It has been a *very* gradual progression. She is long-haired and used to be sick now and then because she got hair in her tummy from cleaning herself, so she'd be sick to get rid of the hair. (At least that's what I assumed was going on.) I find now that she's getting sick just about every day.

 

She's a pampered girl - gets a spoonful of tuna every night along with ice water (she *loves* ice) and her normal Iams dry food.

 

 

I'd rather not take her to the vet as my past experience is that my pets have gotten poked, prodded and drugged. I wouldn't subject myself to it, so I'd rather not put her through it. I don't know much about treating pets with herbs. Any suggestions for me? Perhaps she needs a diet change? Or supplements of some sort?

 

Any help would be most welcome. Silly and I thank you.

 

Best,

AmyFederal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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Hi Amy

 

I know how you feel about vets poking and prodding. Invariably they

end up giving antibiotics as a ¡¥just in case¡¦ or should that read ¡¥I

don¡¦t know what¡¦s wrong so I¡¦ll give antibiotics¡K¡¦ ƒº

 

When is she being sick? Time of day? Is it after grooming,

particularly? Does she throw up after eating, or before eating? I¡¦m

quite new to treating cats herbally for something like this, but I

can see what I can find out from my books. If she stops eating and

is lethargic then take her to the vet as it could be something

serious.

 

First and foremost, you need to take her off the dry food. Dry food

is very dangerous to cats and can cause cystitis, bladder stones,

FLUTD, kidney failure, diabetes, irritable bowel disease and

obesity. Dry food is carbohydrate laden, which is extremely hard on

the metabolism of an obligate carnivore, who gets the majority of

it¡¦s protein from meat. The cat doesn¡¦t know what to do with these

carbs and so turns them into fat and stores them. This includes

rice.

 

Equally, the cat gets 75-80% of it¡¦s moisture intake from its prey

source, and so they are not wired to drink water. Dry food provides

about 5-10% of moisture, so not only does not provide any thing near

the required amount, by it¡¦s nature it also sucks moisture from the

inside too, leading to chronic dehydration. Cats will never drink

enough water to compensate for this.

 

A friend of mine has just written an open letter to the Veterinary

Profession regarding this, and has done such a fantastic job of

explaining it, as a lay person, that I hope you don¡¦t mind but I¡¦ll

send it on to you, so you can further explore this. I¡¦ll also add

her attachments that offer good wet food alternatives, and she also

talks about feeding a home made raw diet. I don¡¦t want to send these

attachments on this list, as I¡¦m not sure if it crosses any

advertisement policies by discussing particular brands, but if anyone

else is interested please email me privately and I¡¦ll gladly forward

you the information.

 

A species appropriate diet is the optimum food you can give any

animal, but if you can¡¦t do that, switching to wet food will help

enormously. Many people I know who feed raw to long haired cats

report that it has helped tremendously with hairballs.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Take care

Becky

 

 

 

herbal remedies , " Amy Newell " <anewell@f...>

wrote:

> Hi guys,

>

> Silly, my 12 year old cat, is barfing on a daily basis. It has

been a *very* gradual progression. She is long-haired and used to be

sick now and then because she got hair in her tummy from cleaning

herself, so she'd be sick to get rid of the hair. (At least that's

what I assumed was going on.) I find now that she's getting sick

just about every day.

>

> She's a pampered girl - gets a spoonful of tuna every night along

with ice water (she *loves* ice) and her normal Iams dry food.

>

> I'd rather not take her to the vet as my past experience is that my

pets have gotten poked, prodded and drugged. I wouldn't subject

myself to it, so I'd rather not put her through it. I don't know

much about treating pets with herbs. Any suggestions for me?

Perhaps she needs a diet change? Or supplements of some sort?

>

> Any help would be most welcome. Silly and I thank you.

>

> Best,

> Amy