Re: Old George and Raw Food

in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marek Williams at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/15/03 11:32 PM:

> 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!
> 
> --
> Bogus e-mail address, but I read this newsgroup regularly, so reply here.

Pearl has bad arthritis in her left knee. She used to walk around shaking it
quite a bit. While I can tell it is still not great, after several months of
Cosequin, she rarely does this anymore, so it must be helping. It's pretty
cheap. I just open the capsule and sprinkle it on her food.

Karen