Pyewackett

Pyewackett, my 17 year old domestic short hair cat, had not been eating with his usual gusto for a few days. I was concerned but not to alarmed, since it is common for cats to go off their food occasionally. He always had bad teeth so I just figured that they might be bothering him. That was my first visit to Furballs & Fleabags, Inc., a holistic pet shop near me, hoping that the would have something to help his teeth. They did. Then I heard about the food recall. We had moved from New York, where he was eating a food that I couldn’t in South Florida, so I switched him to another brand that was suppose to be a high quality food. Well, guess what was one of the first foods to be on the recall list? Now I knew why he hadn’t been eating for the last 10 days. I brought him the emergency pet hospital, where he was treated, weighing just under 4 lbs., his normal weight was between 10 and 12 lbs. After having fluids, he was released within 24 hours, but now what do I feed him? I wasn’t going back to the food that poisoned him and with pet food being added daily, the only thing that I thought of was baby food which isn’t nutritionally correct for felines. So, I went back Furballs & Fleabags, Inc., where I was introduces to Aunt Jeni’s Raw Diet. I had email Aunt Jeni about the high levels of protein in the food. One of the vets had said to look for low protein, low phosphoreus food. I was told that other pets with similar kidney problems had done well on Aunt Jeni’s since the protein was natural and it should be ok. Slowly Pyewackett started to eat. I also have him on the Go Healthy! supplements to help with his recuperation. It took several weeks but Pye is now eating several times a day, walking around, jumping on the couch and wants to be held, petted and cries for food!