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Dorene continues to be eating poorly. She'll eat a bit of kibble that's left over out of Lars' or Ra's bowls, but barely touches that which is in her own bowl. I started her back on Fancy Feast Gravy Lover's wet food about a week and a half ago and she was at least eating that with gusto, but now she seems bored with more than a couple of flavours of that food, too. Two days in a row she ignored the Salmon flavour, so when she rejected it this morning I gave her chicken liver and liver flavour and she ate about 3/4 of the half a can I gave her. Because she's barely touching her kibbles, that's not enough food to sustain her. The last thing I need is for fatty liver to set in because she's not eating enough food... :/
Lars' kibble bowl has lower sides than Dorene's kibble bowl, and she eats his leftovers, so I decided to buy her a bowl similar to Lars' bowl to see if that would change her kibble eating habits. It really didn't change anything; she still pretty much ignored her evening kibble feed last night with the new bowl. :/
A call to the vet was in order. Veronica the tech asked if I knew if Dorene was pooping properly--come to think of it, it's been at least a few days since I've seen a Dorene like poop in the box. :/ Could she just be constipated and not being fussy? And if she *is* constipated, is it her Science Diet Adult formula that's making her so? I've been wondering for awhile if that could be the culprit for constipation in our cat household.
I think what's going on is a combination of factors. She's decided she really doesn't like the Science Diet Adult kibble, she doesn't like eating locked in the safe room (but I'm unsure of what to do about that, because if I don't lock her in there she *totally* ignores all her food and wants to run around and bother her brothers while they're eating. I guess I could try feeding her in the office with me in there with her with the door closed...That way she'll be in a different environment but no one will bug her and she won't be able to bug them because the door will be closed and I'll be in there with her to keep her company.
I'm simply at a loss. She's acting normally otherwise--her usual zippy, spastic self, questionable pooping as of late aside. I think it's past time to change up the kibble situation for sure. Hopefully the boys will like whatever new kibble I try out for them; they seem to like Science Diet Adult just fine, although Lars does leave a bit of his in the bowl every feed.
Sigh. It just isn't life at our house if we don't have a broken cat... :/
Lars' kibble bowl has lower sides than Dorene's kibble bowl, and she eats his leftovers, so I decided to buy her a bowl similar to Lars' bowl to see if that would change her kibble eating habits. It really didn't change anything; she still pretty much ignored her evening kibble feed last night with the new bowl. :/
A call to the vet was in order. Veronica the tech asked if I knew if Dorene was pooping properly--come to think of it, it's been at least a few days since I've seen a Dorene like poop in the box. :/ Could she just be constipated and not being fussy? And if she *is* constipated, is it her Science Diet Adult formula that's making her so? I've been wondering for awhile if that could be the culprit for constipation in our cat household.
I think what's going on is a combination of factors. She's decided she really doesn't like the Science Diet Adult kibble, she doesn't like eating locked in the safe room (but I'm unsure of what to do about that, because if I don't lock her in there she *totally* ignores all her food and wants to run around and bother her brothers while they're eating. I guess I could try feeding her in the office with me in there with her with the door closed...That way she'll be in a different environment but no one will bug her and she won't be able to bug them because the door will be closed and I'll be in there with her to keep her company.
I'm simply at a loss. She's acting normally otherwise--her usual zippy, spastic self, questionable pooping as of late aside. I think it's past time to change up the kibble situation for sure. Hopefully the boys will like whatever new kibble I try out for them; they seem to like Science Diet Adult just fine, although Lars does leave a bit of his in the bowl every feed.
Sigh. It just isn't life at our house if we don't have a broken cat... :/
