DH's favourite cat has just returned from an extended visit to the vet's (thank god for insurance) and has to be on a specialist diet to control urine crystals for the rest of his life - he's about 5.
We have a number of challenges in how to deal with this. 3 other cats that are still on regular food. No doors between rooms in the downstairs of our house, other than the bathroom. Cat doesn't like his specialist diet food. other cats do. So we can't leave regular food out for the other three because sick boy will eat it, and we can't shut him in the bathroom all day until he eats his specialist food. Well, we could, but it's not much of a life for him. We also can't leave his food out until he eats it, cause the other 3 would.
He's been eating the food at the vet's - obviously - he had no choice - but has a history of going begging around neighbours houses and i don't doubt he'll do that again if we don't give him food he likes. Apparently the vet has one other flavour - beef - normally meat flavoured pet food is snootily refused.
any suggestions? if the situation doesn't improve i'm starting to worry the kindest solution may be re homing, which will break dh's heart.
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Specialist diet for one cat out of four
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stainesmassif · 09/11/2010 10:33
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