Dakota
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One of my felines (which is not my cat) was diagnosed with IBS some years back and put on prescription cat food. She eats Royal Canin Gastrointestinal food dry and canned. We get this via auto-ship but haven't seen a shipment in a month. I have almost 1 full bag of dry but zero cans. I ran out yesterday.
This cat is actually my youngest son's cat and because he was traveling so often, he opted to leave her with us when he moved to another state. IBS is not just triggered by food but also by stress. The stress of being alone for a few days will cause her to crap everywhere. Not just that, the smell of her poop is awful and we have never found a house sitter that will house sit a second time because of it.
Now recently, his girlfriend moved in, and she found what she thought was a kitten but later learned it is 8–9-years-old with FIV so now he can never take his non-FIV cat to his house to live.
She's 11- or 12-years-old now. Norwegian Forest Cats have an average expected lifespan of 10-12 years old. Mean to think about I know but I am hoping we don't have to deal with this much longer because a cat with IBS is bad enough and couple that with cat food shortages, it is a set up for disaster. We were told when we got the diagnoses that this wasn't going to be fun for us at all and that it can and most likely will get worse as she gets older. We have already noticed that and know when she starts hissing at her butt and growling, we will be as miserable as she is.
Hopefully we will see this food soon, but I am curious if there is anyone reading this who has a cat with this and if you feed them something different?
This cat is actually my youngest son's cat and because he was traveling so often, he opted to leave her with us when he moved to another state. IBS is not just triggered by food but also by stress. The stress of being alone for a few days will cause her to crap everywhere. Not just that, the smell of her poop is awful and we have never found a house sitter that will house sit a second time because of it.
Now recently, his girlfriend moved in, and she found what she thought was a kitten but later learned it is 8–9-years-old with FIV so now he can never take his non-FIV cat to his house to live.
She's 11- or 12-years-old now. Norwegian Forest Cats have an average expected lifespan of 10-12 years old. Mean to think about I know but I am hoping we don't have to deal with this much longer because a cat with IBS is bad enough and couple that with cat food shortages, it is a set up for disaster. We were told when we got the diagnoses that this wasn't going to be fun for us at all and that it can and most likely will get worse as she gets older. We have already noticed that and know when she starts hissing at her butt and growling, we will be as miserable as she is.
Hopefully we will see this food soon, but I am curious if there is anyone reading this who has a cat with this and if you feed them something different?
