My question is about Cat food
carol asks
I have a cat who has a real food problem and i need some help or suggestions
What kind of food will help my cat gain weight?
I have a hyperthyroid cat who is severely underweight and getting worse everyday. She is on meds, which have also affected her appetite.
I currently feed her Solid Gold Indigo Moon food
. It has the highest fat and protein that I could find in a dry food (and its grain free), but now she is more interested in wet food. Does anyone have any recommendations for a wet food that is high in calories? I plan to ask the vet about Hill’s A/d but are there any over the counter foods I can use, or any supplements?
We plan to do the radioactive iodine treatment but we have to get her thyroid and weight somewhat under control first!
Thanks for the tip Lee. We are going to try out the Hills J/D. Like the calories and controlled phosphorus (her levels are high, but kidney function is good).
As for Wellness, we’ve used it before but it led to stomach upset.
The nutritional value of wet food is so low that it needs supplemented, that is another reason for the prescription diet…the nutrient levels are as high as dry, so she can eat an all wet diet safely!
And…I’d love to go raw, but she won’t have it!
Thanks to everyone for the food suggestions!
Alleycat answers:
First off, I would not recommend to feed any dry food. Cats need to get their water in the food, they will not drink enough to compensate the lack of moisture in dry. This can lead to kidney disease, UTI, renal failure and more.
Wet diet would provide better hydration and nutrition as well, since the ingredients are not over-processed and keep more of the nutrients. Wellness and EVO make some good grain-free, high calorie wet foods. My cat was really thin when I got him even though he was on low quality high carb diet. I switched him to all wet grain-free diet and he is slowly gaining.
I can only recommend to switch to all wet diet, it’s the best. You can include some raw muscle meat and organ to boost up the protein in his diet. My cat won’t eat raw, but maybe yours will. Cooked meat looses the nutrition for cats.
Prescription foods are mostly low quality, I would not recommend that at all. You want your cat to gain the weight in a healthy way, not just stuff him with junk.
Here are some great articles on cat nutrition, which you might find helpful.
Good luck with the food and getting your cat better!
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