Cat Won't Eat Hills KD Food - Any Ideas?
Larry Cooper
been placed on Hills KD food. She does not like the soft food, and eats very
little of the dry food. With the vet's blessing, we started mixing in a LITTLE
food that she does like, but she still is not eating that much.
Has anyone out there had a similar problem? If so, how was it resolved?
Thanks in advance.
Andrea D Dorn
>Thanks in advance.
My cats didn't like it at first because they knew what good food tasted
like. I tried many different things including mixing it with water (either
the canned or dried KD, I never tried the soft version) or their favorite
foods. I think what worked best was zapping the canned version in the
microwave for 10 to 20 seconds (my microwave is very low voltage so your
times may vary).
Good luck, they will take to it after time. Keep reminding her that it is
for her own good (yeah, like you'll like it, its good for you!)
Anne Sinclair
: Our 11 year old cat was recently diagnosed with kidney problems, and has
: been placed on Hills KD food. She does not like the soft food, and eats very
: little of the dry food. With the vet's blessing, we started mixing in a LITTLE
: food that she does like, but she still is not eating that much.
There is another company that has prescription diets out now, and one
of them is similar to K/D nutritionally, but has a different taste. A lot
of cats that won't eat the K/D will eat this diet. It is put out by a
company called KenVet. I can't remember the name (they are all called by
Rx 231, Rx251, etc). You might want to ask your veterinarian if they
could get it for you. Good luck.
Anne
Chessie, Oliver, and Callie
Quaker Sue
diet. I thought it was normal for her to be losing weight with the kidney
problems, but when we took her back to the vet after a few months she was
so skinny, he said feed her whatever she will eat, it's more important for
her to put weight on. She really hadn't lost her appetite, she just hated
the KD diet. So she put most of the weight she lost back on, and it's a
year and a half later, and she's still perking along on the regular food.
Obviously I don't recommend this, if you can get your cat to eat the KD
diet, by all means do so, but my cat would literally rather starve.
Linda S. Robeck
My 20-year old (Siamese) was diagnosed with kidney problems at about age
15... she absolutely refuses the canned stuff, but will eat the dry stuff.
I had to resort to just not making any other food available. She eats it
now because she's hungry, not because she likes it. After a year or so,
my cat actually came to like the stuff, especially from a freshly opened
bag.
My suggestion is just let your cat get hungry. And give her a treat
maybe once a week. My vet also suggested that you can cook your own
version of the "KD diet", and was willing to give me recipes, but it sounded
more time consuming and expensive than I was really willing to commit to.
Good luck!
- Linda Robeck
(The standard disclaimer about my employer applies here.)
Elizabeth Schwartz
My cat liked the Hills K/D but HATED the W/D. We had some luck buying those
little cans of expensive food, mixing 1/2 a little can with 1/3 cup of the
Hills and a little water, and letting it "marinate" for a while. If your
cat likes Brewer's Yeast, that might help too.
good luck,
Betsy
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Dyan Campbell
vet gave us a recipe (which we alternated with the Hill's diet), and it
was a mixture of skinned roasted chicken mixed half and half with boiled
rice. There is probably a vet in your area who knows other recipies of
this sort, but basically you want to keep her on a low-salt, low-fat,
lowish protein diet (cats hate this, they like bacon, chicken skin and so
on, all forbidden foods if there is a kidney ailment).
They prefer their food warm, like someone else said, and if it's slightly
heated that might make quite a difference. Make sure she has access
plenty of water always (I'm sure you do, but just in case, it's crucial)
and remember if she's really sick with this she'll be nauseous and
headachy, which means she'll be off her food full stop.
Don't give in to her hunger strike for tastier food - if you keep her on
the recommemded diet she'll live much longer and in much more comfort.
Good luck.
Dyan
Harry Baldwin
>There is another company that has prescription diets out now, and one
>of them is similar to K/D nutritionally, but has a different taste. A lot
>of cats that won't eat the K/D will eat this diet. It is put out by a
>company called KenVet. I can't remember the name (they are all called by
>Rx 231, Rx251, etc)....
My cats heartily loathe canned K/D (it must taste awful to them)and will
only reluctantly eat the dry version; the A/D, an appetite enhancing
variation, doesn't fool them a bit.
Someone recently posted an 800 number for KenVet. Any chance of having
it reposted (my vet never heard of them) so we can call for distribution
data? Thanks
Harry Baldwin
(Still looking for vet recommendations in the Pasadena area)
Jim Marco
>Someone recently posted an 800 number for KenVet. Any chance of having
>it reposted (my vet never heard of them) so we can call for distribution
>data? Thanks
1-800-7KENVET
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