7/7 Trixie AMBG 153 "+3" 92 PMBG 119

Yesterday

Yesterday I bought a couple new foods to try in Trix's rotation, since she is pretty obviously sick of Fancy Feast and Purina One Turkey. I got Halo Spot's Stew Chicken, and Natures Variety Instinct Chicken. I tried Spot's last night...at first it was well-received! This morning....meh. Argh...typical finicky cat! Her appy itself definitely does seem fine, and she herself seems happy and spunky and very Trixie-like, but she is not happy with what I serve.

I do wonder, too, if she is now too psychologically dependant on the assist feeding. I'll keep going with that as long as she needs it, but I remember my old vetty saying they do prefer to try and avoid it because it can cause psychological food issues....as if the pancreatitis and very limited selection of food options we have weren't enough :roll: ! I wish we could try using cypro, but she had such a bad reaction to it in combination with her BP meds....it scares me.

I feel caught between a rock and a hard place...again. I want to see her eating on her own. I know she feels good and wants to eat.....but she won't commit to eating enough off a plate unless I'm holding it, and there are still days that she STILL won't eat enough off a plate whether or not I'm holding it. If I leave a plate out and just let her be with it in her vicinity, chances are very, very slim she'll eat it. Since I'm limited on time because I'm stuck going to work, I have to do the assist feeding thing to get enough calories into her before I leave...I don't have the time for offering a million little plates. I wish we had more food options to choose from...it's so frustrating to be limited, and that she's not thrilled with any of those limited options.

Argh...just feeling the fuds frustration these last few days - probably because staycation is over and I have to go back to work. It'll pass.

Another interesting thing happened last night that leads me to believe that the whole p-titis thing rattled her self-confidence. She was walking past a kitty cube that Petey was hiding in, and he innocently tagged her on the tushy as she passed by. Before the p-titis, she would have hissed at him and given him a piece of her mind, but last night, you could tell it actually scared her that he did this. She's such a sensitive kitty...she seems to have a lot going on, and I hope that time will fully restore her confidence...and maybe with that, her desire to eat on her own.

It's back to work today....already almost seems like staycation never happened. I have to teach...all that talking will be rough with these mouth ulcers, so I'm sure I will be wiped by the end of the day.

Have a great day, LL!

Amy

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Hi Amy....so sorry to hear of your issues with Trixie and eating. Sending prayers that she will turn a corner and start eating more on her own! Hope you have a great day @work and can come home to find Trixie hungry and wanting food :smile:

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So sorry Trixie is being picky with her fuds. That really stinks. Hopefully she decides eating on her own is a good thing. Poor girl on being skittish too.

Can staycation really be over? It hardly seems like it. I hope your time at tbp goes quick.

Charlie is doing good. Thanks for asking. He is almost done with his antibiotics and isn't panting nearly like he was. It probably helps that he is living the life of leisure inside with the kitties.

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Morning Amy

Love those BG's Trixie! you are being an OTJ kitty in style. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I can remember feeling the same way on the fuds thing with Mannie. It was awful, so many cans, so many rejected offers, and what I would have given to have my "Mr Eat Anything" kitty I had before the P'titis hit him big time. I had the same thoughts you are currently experiencing. Frustration does rule supreme. I am glad to read though that she will accept assist feed. Mannie would not. I have read too that they can become dependent upon it. It is as you say though: one is caught between a rock and a hard place. They need the calories, and what else can one do?

Sorry for the skittish thing too. I hope that in time it will change.

Have a great day Amy. I hope all goes well. Bummer on the back to TBP. I hope that goes well too.

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I totally understand your frustration when our fur babies need to eat but they don't. And I often wonder if they're hungry enough they will eat, but then again would they realize if they don't eat they will not feel well. I keep bringing fuds to the local shelter that are unsuccessfully received by Wonton. Maybe all we can do is try different low-cal ones and will find a variety they like. I hope Trixie starts eating more on her own and that she enjoys what you find for her.
Have a wonderful day!

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Max won't eat NVI in any flavor. He likes Trader Joe's turkey and giblets which is a 10% and I don't know if you want one that high. He said no to Turduken as well. It can take months to get over p'itis, at least with Max it has. I do also think they acquire new habits. That is when Max decided he liked to be under the bed much of the time during the day. It continued even when he recovered and went off all meds except for BP. I hope Trixie finds a new favorite food.

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Having a finicky cat is even more frustrating when you have so many limitations on what you can feed them - low carb, low phos, and in your case, high calorie. ARGH! Are there really cats out there that eat the same thing every day their whole lives and do fine? My vet looked at me like I was crazy when I gave her the list of fuds I serve. She kept asking, "but which does he eat most often?" :lol: :lol: If I don't rotate them enough, another one gets added to the snub list! :YMSIGH:

Sorry staycation went by so fast - they always do. I hope your first day back at tbp flies.

Sending appy vines for Trixie and healing vines for your mouth.

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Pwas crossed that Trixie is just taking her time getting back to normal. They are creatures of habit, but they are also unpredictable! Habits do change for all kittehs. But I sympasize w/ the fuds, as soon as you think you know what they like ………

Trix was waiting at the door for me (along with Frankie and Zen) when I got home tonight. She jumped up on the ottoman for her test, then jumped back down and waited for me to serve dinner...all just like the old days! Ok, she only took a couple licks, but it still made me smile. She WANTS to be in her old routine but just seems anxious to commit to it.

Tomorrow is my first day off this week....woohooo! It was tough teaching today with these mouth ulcers...really wiped me out, so even though I've only been back for one day, I'm already ready for a day off....

I'm sorry things are so frustrating with getting Trixie to eat. It sounds like she is taking baby steps to get there. I hope she will eat more on her own soon. I hope your mouth ulcers heal soon. :YMHUG: :YMHUG:

Amy, I hope that soon all will get straightened out and that Trixie will get into a routine that you and she can live with. It is amazing how relatively quickly they can adapt to new circumstances and then how hard it is for them to get back to their old, long-established routines.

Healing vines for your mouth ulcers. It must be hard trying to work when they are so bad.

Our "Alice" ate the same food all the time. She never complained and we didn't know any better. She ate kibble. (but she supplemented her diet with fresh mouse).

Have a good evening,
Trixie, eat yer fuds!

Ella & Rusty