I have a 16 year old female cat, that has lost, look below?

Question

her teeth. She no longer eats DRY cat food, and very finicky about moist cat foods. now with all the deaths of these poor animals that ate everthing from Iams, to Walmart brands, are either dying or the vet bills are sky rocketing. My question is, what other types of food can I feed my cat. Other than her teeth, she's still heathy and playful. Tuna gets expensive after awhile.

I meant she's still very healthy.I just dont know what else to give her.

Answer 1

great question. Lucky for you I have some answers.
Safe Homeade meals for your dogs or cats

Sauteed Liver:
Heat 1 teaspoon corn oil in pan. Add 1/4 lb beef liver. Fry on both sides. Add 1/2 cup water and mix with the brown bits. For dogs cut in to pieces and serve. For cats grind liver and juices in a blender

"Chicken Soup"
Combine 1 each chicken liver, giblet, neck, and chicken heart with 2 cups of water and 1 tablespoon of finely chopped parsely. Cover and simmer on stovetop until giblet is tender. Remove neck bones. For Dogs: chop meat and serve as is or mix in with small amount of dry food. For Cats: grind mixture in blender.

Mackerel Dinner:
Heat 1 teaspoon of corn oil in skillet and fry 1 small mackerel until it flakes. Remove and cool. Pour 1/2 cup hot water into pan and mix with the browned bits. Remove the bones from the fish. For Dogs: Serve as is. For cats grind up with pan juices.

For just cats:
Mix in a blender: 2 cans of sardines packed in oil. 2/3 cup cooked rice, 2 chicken livers cooked in water and drained and 1/4 cup chopped parsley. Blend well


I hope this helps.

Answer 2

You can moisten dry food or canned food with warm water to make it into a gruel so your cat can eat it. There is a cat food called a/d that the vet sells that is for finicky cats that will not eat much else, it is used as a supplement to get some nutrients into your pet. Try a couple of cans and see if your cat likes it, you may be able to mix it in with his regular diet to get him interested. It is very soft and sort of pudding like so he should not have trouble eating it.

Answer 3

Raw, human grade, fine mince, boiled shredded chicken (they love that) you can cook up a variety of meats and give her. Also soak the dry food in water to soften it, you can use the blender to puree things for her. Buy a quality multi vitamin and mineral supplement for cats and add a little to the meat.

If you want something in a can, meat babyfood is fine.

Tuna shouldn't be a major part of cat's diets, it causes yellow fat disease (steatitis) and also Thiamin deficiency because it contains an antithiaminase enzyme. Cats need taurine and fish doesn't have it in sufficient amounts.

Answer 4

home made food as listed above or go to a real pet store often called a pet botique and get foods that contain NO preservatives, NO chemicals, NO by-products of any kind the first 3 AT A MINIMUM should be REAL meats NOT by products or "meal" listed as "chicken meal" for one example.Talk to them the owners are often very highly educated in what is best for animals. Google or yahoo search "whats in cat foods" it will shock and scare you but is very important to know expecially in kittys later years

Answer 5

If you have any of her dry cat food left, have you tried maybe adding a little warm water and breaking it up for her. The warm water should soften the bits. Not sure if it would work but it's an idea.
If they've recalled all the tainted food, shouldn't what's left be okay to eat?
Also, you might ask your vet.

Answer 6

Just feed her one that isn't packaged by that company, like Friskies or Fancy Feast. They've not been affected at all.

Also be aware that only the meat & gravy types were affected -- the processed mushy ones are fine ;) Though personally, I wouldn't use anything packaged by Menu Foods.

Answer 7

My 10 year old cat LOVES lunchmeat and chicken breast.
But keep in mind that cats need ALOT of protein so call your vet to look into a protein supplement.
Good luck!

Answer 8

This may sound gross, but you can feed your kitty chicken hearts and chicken livers, and other types organ meat. You don't have to cook it though, because cats can digest raw food. It's actually a lot healthier for them. And make sure they don't eat cooked bone.

Answer 9

Have you ever considered a 'raw' diet? I've never -personally- done raw diets,but they can be wonderfully healthy for geriatric kitties like yours. I'd suggest you look into those. Tuna really isn't a good all-around base for a cat's diet. ^_-

Answer 10

Well first off you can make your own cat food. Second you can buy bumblebee salmon,it wont kill your cat or give it any disease.It is cheaper and it has more and yes it is for humans.Third you can buy hard food and put a little bit of hot water in it to make it soft.