Recent poops:Not very solid and well formed!

**misslinaoh** · 22nd February 2010, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by Tomiam

Probably my last entry into this thread but Id like to post this so that anyone reading it will know what my thoughts are five days after starting a raw only diet. Maybe it will help someone.

*** NOTE: All raw food I have fed my MCs has been from a reputable supplier which breeders & owners currently use. Food 4 Cats. ***

Appetites: Both Loki and Storvenn have definately gained bigger appetites. Yesterday we went through 400g of raw and 300g of cooked chicken fillet + some kitten milk. Loki is confidently eating about twice as much as before.

Poops: All good . They are pooping less than before. When I do see poop it is normal formed and.. here is the bonus.. it doesnt smell! No more coming home from work, opening the door and thinking "ahhhh.. think Id better clean the litter tray right now!".

Weight: A noticeable difference in Lokis weight. Even in just 5 days shes filling out and looks more solid. Storveen was growing like mad anyway so hard to tell if its any difference with him.
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Non scientific test: Wife & kids have been away for 4 out of the last 5 days. I picked them up from train station and they asked how Loki had gotten on with raw only. I said it was going well but would like them to tell me what they thought when they saw both Loki and Storvenn.
When we got to the glass front door both cats came running and my wife + kids immediately commented on how much larger Loki looked.

So if anyone wants a fair amount of Pro Plan Kitten dry food and is willing to pick it up from Bristol, then you are more than welcome to come and have it for free.

So glad you have gotten through this, although I am not surprised as I already said the same happened with us, as soon as we went raw, Lucius was absolutely fine on the poop front thank goodness as it was really stressing us out!

We didn't have much Applaws left over, but if we had we were going to try and donate it to the cats protection league...just a thought...

**Karena** · 3rd March 2010, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by IrishKitty

Thank you all for some interesting feedback.
I have gone back to the tuna for the moment and will try and introduce some more raw food if I can.

There is some form to his poops .They are not runny but they are certainly much softer then they were when he arrived!
We have also had the prob of him stepping back into his poo and has had to be showered straight away after. He was not a happy kitty

This is happening with Simba now too. His poos were solid when we got him and now they are soft, just slightly formed and he is stepping back into it a lot.

Did this resolve it's self Dee? I feed Simba a mixture of royal canin kitten (which he was fed on with his breeder) and Applause kitten - both dry. He is also getting Felix as Good as it looks kitten wet pouches 3 x a day. I think it may be this. His breeder gave him this too but she said he didn't eat it much but now he loves it and wolfs it down. I might try giving him tuna or cooked chicken I think. Can't face the raw food but don't mind cooking it for him.

**WoodsideMaineCoons** · 3rd March 2010, 04:01 PM

Felix kitten food is not good at all - 4% meat products and the rest is fillers and rubbish to make it up.

The kitten biscuit can also become a bit rich for them too.

I would suggest gradually changing over to an adult biscuit and changing to a better quality wet food such as almo nature or applaws. If you can cut out the biscuit altogether, that would be better as this can cause diarrhoea in cats. James Wellbeloved is quite a good dry biscuit too and this one is complete.

Sometimes it is just a case of swapping about and seeing what suits your cat best.

I would always recommend a raw diet with nothing else but I'm not going to get into that particular discussion again!

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