First of all, boy cats are way easier than girl cats. We're never getting another girl cat again. :)
Secondly... well, the reason that General is barfing up the dry food, is that he can't actually digest most of it. Chip used to do it with his dry food also. He would cram it down, and then it would come up undigested about two minutes later. Most dry food is filled with stuff that is a) not good for cats and b) not digestible for cats. Imagine eating piles of sand every day mixed in with your breakfast cereal. It's sort of the same thing.
I'm not going to lecture about this, because up until Chip got diabetes, we've always given our cats a mix of dry and wet food. Not every cat will develop diabetes, but as an overweight male cat, unfortunately General is at high risk (and for FUS, as well). If you can pull him off the dry, he will feel better, stop puking, lose weight, and dramatically decrease his risk for diabetes.
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Date: 2008-08-12 11:42 pm (UTC)Secondly... well, the reason that General is barfing up the dry food, is that he can't actually digest most of it. Chip used to do it with his dry food also. He would cram it down, and then it would come up undigested about two minutes later. Most dry food is filled with stuff that is a) not good for cats and b) not digestible for cats. Imagine eating piles of sand every day mixed in with your breakfast cereal. It's sort of the same thing.
I'm not going to lecture about this, because up until Chip got diabetes, we've always given our cats a mix of dry and wet food. Not every cat will develop diabetes, but as an overweight male cat, unfortunately General is at high risk (and for FUS, as well). If you can pull him off the dry, he will feel better, stop puking, lose weight, and dramatically decrease his risk for diabetes.
Good luck!