Re: Old George and Raw Food

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:30:54 +0100, "M.C. Mullen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:

>I'm not against raw food at all, but what puts you off feeding him some high
>quality wet or dry cat food which has ingredients to help him with his
>arthritis?
>Or what about combining raw food and cat food?

Actually, combining raw with canned (supermarket, always "senior" or
"special diet") is more or less what I am falling into. Figuring out
what to feed him is a work in progress still. I did finally get some
chicken guts. Livers, hearts, gizzards and stuff. 

It's very difficult to feed him "correctly." I don't have very good
control. For example, he has been out all day, and for the past 24
hours he has eaten practically nothing at my house. That means he is
out panhandling again. I feel like a parent trying to get a teenager
to eat a balanced diet. Sometimes you just have to settle for what you
can do and stop worrying about perfection.

But do tell me more about "ingredients to help him with his
arthritis." I pointed out the arthritis to his vet and asked if there
was anything I could do. She said there wasn't really a lot except
pain pills, and that some seemed to benefit from glucosamine and
chondroitin. I know the latter are kind of hit or miss. I have a touch
of arthritis myself, but they did nothing at all for me. My neighbor,
on the other hand, says they really help. And the vet didn't really
say anything about dosage -- I assume if he weighs 1/20 as much as a
human, then 1/20 the usual human dose would be appropriate, but I
don't know if that is accurate. Of course, even if I figure out a
medication regime, getting it into him is another matter.

When my son left for the university I thought the parenthood chapter
of my life was finished. Hah!

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