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Cat Health & Behaviour => For FIV & FELV babes => Topic started by: CuteCats on April 02, 2011, 23:57:26 PM

Title: Food recommendations
Post by: CuteCats on April 02, 2011, 23:57:26 PM

Hi, What do you all feed your FIV+ cats?  I have read that high protein food is recommended.

Title: Re: Food recommendations
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on April 03, 2011, 12:05:50 PM

 :welcome: to Purrs

I don't have an FIV cat but from reading about people that do on here, I don't think they are fed anything special. If you're looking to feed a high quality diet then high meat content or even raw diet are the most natural diets for a cat. That said cats have survived for decades on your regular Felix/Whiskas type foods!

Title: Re: Food recommendations
Post by: CuteCats on April 03, 2011, 14:26:42 PM

Thanks for the Welcome!  :thanks:

I'm looking to tempt him with something new possibly.  He's eating, but could do with getting a bit more down him as he's poorly at the moment.  Loves a bit of turkey as a treat anyway.  :)

Title: Re: Food recommendations
Post by: Gillian Harvey on April 03, 2011, 19:22:10 PM

Quote from: CuteCats on April 03, 2011, 14:26:42 PM

I'm looking to tempt him with something new possibly.  He's eating, but could do with getting a bit more down him as he's poorly at the moment.  Loves a bit of turkey as a treat anyway.  :)

I'm finding my FIV boy (foster) Chico does well on the Hi Life Petit Pate (the little 80/85g tins - about 38p). I've found these little tins are useful for tempting cats with poor appetite too.  :)

Title: Re: Food recommendations
Post by: Tiggy's Mum on April 03, 2011, 19:25:13 PM

Gourmet Perle is certainly not the greatest food quality wise but cats love it so if you're looking to treat him and build him up a bit Gourmet Perle gets the paws up from all the cats I've ever had!

Title: Re: Food recommendations
Post by: Michelle (furbabystar) on April 04, 2011, 20:42:50 PM

 :welcome:

I feed my FIV just normal food -
However, when he got a tumour in his month he found eating hard so I used to get him the gourmet tins, he found the pate ones easier to eat.

What is your boy called ?
And why is he poorly at the moment

Title: Re: Food recommendations
Post by: CuteCats on April 05, 2011, 17:11:52 PM

 :thanks:  Thanks all.  I've got him some other food to try. Gourmet perle and little tins of pate and Sheba.

Hi Michelle.  His name is ( Chocolate Fudge ) Brownie.  :)

He had an abscess when I first found out he is FIV.  Got some other infections / problems going on too.

Title: Re: Food recommendations
Post by: clarenmax on April 05, 2011, 22:10:48 PM

My boy Poot won't eat any of the good quality food I try to get him to eat.  He turns his nose up at Natures Menu, Hi-Life, and anything which has a pate texture.

Its more often a case of getting them to eat properly, obviously good quality is better, but its  not the end of the world.

At the moment he loves Gourmet Pearl, Felix As Good as it Looks and any of the  Whiskas steamed varieties.