Good juju needed for Bella

[spacecadet71]

I adopted Bella and Rosie from a ferret shelter. They came from the same pet store and were surrendered together. They aren't from Marshalls...they came from a place in Iowa (I'm thinking it's. Ruby Fur Farm but could be wrong on that) So it's very likely they were even littermates. They spent over a year and a half in the shelter due to biting issued before coming home with me.

I have been keeping a close eye on Bella since Rosie passed. She has pretty much been acting herself....in fact she is tunneling in my boot right now. lol But I noticed today that she is a little more "bony" than normal. I started her on the turkey baby food soup, and am going to give it to her 3-4 times a day for now. It's probably nothing....she is tiny compared to the rest of my chunk butts anyways. But I want to get a little more weight on her, for my peace of mind at least. She is very precious to me and I don't think I could handle losing her, especially so soon after losing her sister.

[huronna]

That baby food soup should do the trick, but I have found that once on baby food, they never fo back to kibble,
Mac has been on baby food for about three years now. I don't know if you remember my Silveretta , she was omit for about four years

[smokeyoshi]

What else is in the soup? You could grind the kibble into powder and mix the baby food with water and kibble. This way she may not lose her taste for kibble completely. And then you could slowly add other things. That's how I originally introduced soups to my gang 4-5 years ago, when they were all rescues and had eaten cheap cat kibble, and even Pedigree dog kibble, their whole lives. Now they always get raw ground turkey in their soups to up the protein content.

[spacecadet71]

My soup is turkey or chicken baby food, a little bit of kitten milk powder, and warm water. They get it regularly as a treat, so I have never had a problem with them going off the kibble. I decided to get them used to it when they were healthy so I wouldn't be stressing them with something new when they were sick. Most of mine go straight from the soup bowl to the kibble bowl. Which is why I have chunk butts lol. When one gets sick I just increase the frequency. of their souping and decrease the water slightly. I have still had to syringe on occasional, but usually just until they start feeling better and eating on their own.

[dookcitygang]

I use carnivore care and beech nut turkey baby meat, blended in a blender. Carnivore care is a bit expensive, but I get at least 4 batches out of a packet.

[dee517]

I think we all make our own version of soup for our babies. As long as it is high protein and fat and it works. For mine I use ground kibble chicken baby food microwave scrambled eggs and chicken broth all blended together in the blender and poured into ice cube trays. Once frozen I put them in a zip lock freezer bag. That reminds me I better go make soup.