Humans v Cat, round 352 of umpteen thousand

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We have been having various adventures in cat-feeding over the last few weeks, as we try to find a diet that Mira likes but which suits her digestion (i.e. doesn't lead to straining and blood in her stools). The latest veterinary advice was to have a course of antibiotics - and getting those into her wasn't fun - followed by a fortnight on home-prepared chicken and rice.

Well, she'll make an effort at eating that, but tended just to pick the chicken bits out and leave the rice. So tonight I tried to see if I could make the dish a bit more kitten-palatable. I cooked the chicken in a bit of water to get weak chicken stock, and poured that over the rice, then put the cooked chicken through the blender to get it to a sort of breadcrumb consistency which I then mixed with the rice.

I won't say that Mira actually licked through the plastic in an effort to clean the bowl, but she came very close. Fingers crossed we may have found a way to get her eating this for a fortnight.

(The vet's idea is that this will clean her out and see if she has some sort of gastric hypersensitivity that shop-bought cat food is triggering. It's not a long-term plan on its own, as chicken and rice apparently isn't a complete diet for cats, but she should be fine on it for a fortnight.)

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, something that is a major amount of faff for the humans to prepare? Excellent, I think I'll eat that. None of this easy rubbish...."

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

Hope all goes well

[anef.livejournal.com]

Yes, this happened with Freddy. After a fortnight on plain steamed chicken, we found that Freddy could digest Hills venison and green pea cat crunchies, and he has been on them ever since with no ill effects. There is definitely hope!