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| - Cats puke. I'm not disillusioned or unrealistic. Hairballs, food wolfed down too fast, bits of string or packing material that somehow looked appetizing. I'd nearly eliminated the hairball situation with these little nuggets I got on Amazon, but one of the cats kept puking just bile. Like, every other day. Often on the bed. He was otherwise fine, acting cute and stupid as normal, no weight loss. The vet said something about a protein sensitivity (?) and to try switching to one of those single ingredient foods. Oh, and it might take up to 6 weeks to see a change. If he's still having trouble, we sell this [exorbitantly expensive] partially pre-digested food. I dropped a chunk of change on fancy Blue Buffalo food from PetSmart and yet the vomiting continued.
Then one day, after a mani/pedi, my friend wanted to pop into this pet store to see if they carried her dog's food. For shits and giggles, I asked the guy working there about my situation. He said the cat was having trouble digesting the food and so adding digestive enzymes should make that easier and eliminate the puking. Given that the vet had suggested that pre-digested food (um, yuck), this made sense. Then the guy went on to say that pumpkin contains the enzymes in question. Just mix a little in their food, and you'll see a change in 3 days if that's the problem. I probably laughed at him, but bought a $3 can of their fancy organic pumpkin puree either way as well as a handful of cat toys from the bins. He threw in a ton of samples of single ingredient foods, which I thought was nice.
Two weeks later? The only puke around these parts is string or tinsel from one of the glittery toys I bought that day (ah, irony). Unbelievable! I went back and to Pet Planet and got all the food he recommended, as well as powdered digestive enzymes. The cats go apeshit over the food -- they love it more than anything I've ever bought at PetSmart. Awesome!!! I am so grateful for this place.
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