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Cat Food

Jan. 25th, 2007 10:33 am
pt_tangles: (Watching U Shower)
Since Binx had his cold this past winter, I have been steadily worrying about him.  He lost a LOT of weight (which, WD tells me, isn't a bad thing since he was so fat to begin with.  He is just normal cat sized now).  In my fit of worrying (and not wanted to cause him a coronary by taking him to the vet), I finally decided to start switching them over to raw food.

I have been pleasantly surprised by Binx's reaction to it.  He took to it right away.  My first test was to buy a small package of chicken gizzards for him to have as a treat, and he loved them!  I don't think he even eats the krunchies anymore.  He so far has seemed to especially love the chicken hearts.

I am picking up some more krunchies today (more on that later) and I am gonna get some wings so he can practise stripping bone.  My problem has been the Kitten.  Now, firstly, she isn't really a kitten, she is going to be 7 this year (she is one year younger than WD and I have been together), but she didn't like the name we picked for her and only answers to 'Kitten'.

Anyway.  She won't even try anything I have put out.  The best I have been able to do is get her to drink some tuna juice and egg yolk (she wouldn't eat the tuna I put down either).  I had expected that Binx would be the stubborn one, not her.  But, I suppose it is something I should have guessed at.  She has never eaten canned food (and she won't, I have tried that too).  When she was a baby we just gave her moistened krunchies because Binx was so heavy already and we didn't want him to steal her food.  So, she has basically eaten krunchies her whole life.  Thus, why I am buying more, since she won't eat anything else.

This is really frustrating for me.  I am not sure what to do.  I might pick up some pork chops or something while I am out today.  Maybe she just doesn't like tuna and chicken.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :(

--Phae
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Why is it that on the eve of all of my latest planned spells do I wake up sick as a dog? I finally have everything that I need and I am ready to go! Or I would be if my head didn't feel like a brick and I had that ability to take a deep breath. Dammit!

Now, I have to wait until I am feeling better. I was kind of hoping to get this whole thing taken care of ... you know, get some answers and make whatever adjustments are needed or just get back into the regular swing of things. Perhaps that is hoping for too much. I have this sneaking fear that this will only be the beginning and things are about to get weirder and scarier from here.

On another, more mundane note, I think my cat has a cold too. He has been sneezing all over the place the last few days (specifically in my face so that I don't miss it). I am a little worried about him. I didn't know that cats could get colds, and I really don't know what I should do (if anything).

On the plus side, feeling this crappy has allowed me to get some knitting done. I stole [livejournal.com profile] pendamuse's idea and made some dark crimson Opera Gloves and laced them with black ribbon. I love them! They were so fast! Now I am thinking of making myself a new toque. Or a Patchwork blanket ... I do have a lot of scrap yarn.

I promised to teach my brother's girlfriend how to knit, so I am gonna have to find something fun and easy for her to start with too.

Anyway, that is the news (and whining) from me. Enjoy your regularly scheduled day.

--Phae

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