would also say it's the food as already mentioned. Try a 100% grain fee diet preferebly 100% wet food. That should do the trick.

You can also try some raw chicken or turkey (once or twice a week). But it must be human grade raw Salmonella free - very important. If you fear Camphylobactor freeze it for 48 hours them you should be on the safe side.

This homecooked recipe is very good for cats with stomach problems - should only be fed for max 7-10 days.

gently boiled white fish or chicken
rice boiled very soft (much more that you would like to eat)
cottage cheese
I mix it app. 2/3, 1/3, 1/3
use some of the broth for the fish/chiken to ensure plenty of fluid.
- blend it all together.

You can save it in the fridge for app 12 hours (fish) and 24 (chicken) Serve it at room tempreture.

Louise

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Billie
Baydon Bengal

Please be aware that Applaws is not a complete food!

I have researched a great deal on the raw diet over the past 18 months....the pros and the cons etc etc so when I had the Applaws/MPM sales rep on the phone just a few weeks ago I asked her whether or not they add any suppliements to the food yet as it doesn't make it clear in the ingredients, I also told her that I had also raised this matter some time ago with the owner of the company (which I won't name) who told me it was ok to feed as a complete cat food, even though I expressly told him he was completely wrong on this and explained the dangers involved in feeding a cat on such things as a relatively pure tuna/chicken diet.....what he said was and still is utter rubbish!

However the rep on the phone did tell me they were now aware and the label has been changed accordingly to apparently say it's not a complete food.

We bought some at the weekend to give our stud at a show for a special treat only to discover the label had been only slightly changed, It just listed the ingredients as normal but without the comment about it being a complete cat food.....no mention anywhere of it not being a complete food as the rep previously told me it would have, but it does now list the ash, fat, carb and moisture content.....so maybe they have added/changed something but are being very quite about it.

very misleading!

And also just for the record, it went straight through him in a matter of minutes so he won't be dining on that again.....and we won't be buying any more for the girls thats for sure.

In my opinion you would be no better off than giving your cat normal human grade tuna in a can (spring water, not brine or oil), the fact the they put cheese, rice, pumpkin or seaweed in the applaws means nothing towards it being a complete food....Oh i forgot the all important 6% or so of cooking water!

By the way I have got to say just in case some people reading this don't realise the dangers. **don't feed your cat on a complete diet of human grade Tuna**.....its only ok as a once in a while treat, a cat fed on tuna alone will develop many problems after long term use.... i'e liver, bladder problems and also blindness in extreme cases.

Read a little into the raw diet and you'll discover lots about the dietery needs of your feline, I'm not saying go for the raw diet but it will open your eyes to some of the food claims that are out there....especially with all the recent recalls etc, etc.

I don't mean this to sound harsh against a particular cat food in any way, shape or form....just my opinion on it in general!

Hi

I agree with Meemonkey, you have to be very careful as regards feeding raw and other such "natural" foods including Applaws.

In the wild, a cat would eat small rodents, birds, perhaps fish. They would eat the whole animal/bird/fish. As well as just muscle meat, they would eat feathers/scales, skin, bones, cartilage, intestines and also stomach contents (vegetation, grains, pulses, insects etc.). This is not the same as feeding tinned tuna or a raw chicken breast from Tesco. Cats need a balanced diet. Folk who feed completely raw often do feed whole small animals/chicks or have their own recipe and usually supplement the diet with preparations that are specifically geared for a raw diet eg Missing link or Pet Plus for Cats.

Whiskas, Felix, Royal Canin and the like have been in the cat food game for years, they do research and although their food does contain things that perhaps we would baulk at, the bottom line is that all the things are there for a healthy diet. By feeding your cat say a tin of Applaws or a tin of canned tuna daily then you have reduced her "vitamin/mineral/other essentials" intake for the day. If she gets diarrhoea then her nutritional status for that day is further reduced. I am not saying that the occasional treat is bad, especially if your cat suffers no ill effects but just because we think we are being good buying expensive "treats" doesn't necessarily follow that we are doing the best for our cats.

Perhaps giving "treats" are not really treats if they end up giving your cat diarrhoea, these are the kind of "treats" I personally could do without.

Elsa


PS some human food eg ham, sliced chicken, cooked meats contain a lot of introduced salt so feeding those in large quantities can also be harmful.

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Billie
Baydon Bengal