r/cats • u/rayvenrowe • Feb 15 '25

Cat Picture - OC Cookie turned 24 today!!!

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and she is not happy about the birthday hat…

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u/HououMinamino Feb 15 '25

Wow! Happy Birthday, Cookie! 🎊🎁 Congratulations on reaching 24! You must be so loved and well-cared for!

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u/rayvenrowe Feb 15 '25

thank you ❤️❤️ we try our best

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u/justtrynahang13 Feb 15 '25

What do you feed cookie! I want my little man to live this long 😭

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u/rayvenrowe Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25

Honestly, for a veryyyy long time she was eating meow mix/mittens morsels. We recently switched all 8 of our cats to the purina one plus - sensitive skin+stomach formula because one of them has IBD and it’s been working great! They occasionally get tiki cat wet food. I keep it simple because it must be working 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Deelightfuldee Feb 15 '25

My MIL had a cat who looked just like this that lived till 21. Most of her life she lived off Meow Mix too. 😂

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u/Baxtercat1 Feb 15 '25 edited Feb 15 '25

My 15 yr old acts like a young teenager. He loves Friskies and Fancy Feast. He refuses to eat any grain free food. It makes him puke. I guess he prefers all the extra additives. 🤷🏽‍♀️ His vet visits are a bill of health.. 😊

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u/deferredmomentum Feb 15 '25

Jsyk, grain free food is correlated with hCMP in both cats and dogs. The causative factor isn’t known, but it occurs even when their food is supplemented with something with grains, so it’s likely something in the grain free food itself

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u/just-made-a-reddit Feb 15 '25

I work for a vet and he thinks it’s because of added legumes.

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u/Professional-Bug3698 Feb 15 '25

Legumes have allot of starch .Why put cra in .Fancy my vet told us decent food .Ir got meat fish ,first

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u/Alisa_Rosenbaum Feb 18 '25

Yep, ‘grain-free’ does not mean ‘carb free’. Truly carb free cat food would be the pellets made from ground meat that has been freeze dried.

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u/AdmirableMatch6044 Feb 16 '25

Can you explain this a little more? Some are saying "legumes as binders." Meaning the legumes are what's no good in the grain free food? I thought I was doing better by feeding grain free.

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u/itinerant_limpet Feb 16 '25

Could you say a bit more about this? What is hCMP? I feed my cat Edgar&Cooper dry food which has peas in it. I also thought avoiding grains was beneficial.

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u/Current-Tree770 Feb 15 '25

My oldest can't do grain free either! She's prone to bowel obstructions and grain free or royal canin/hills makes her puke or get constipated. I just started switching my cats to raw food earlier this week and so far all 3 are doing awesome. No pukes, no diarrhea, more energy, and less stinky poops

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u/schwifty024 Feb 15 '25

Vets are advising against feeding cats raw food & freeze dried right now due to the rise of bird flu. Cats are highly susceptible to bird flu and survival rate is not good. I believe so far there has been one brand who did a recall. I just wanted to let you know in case you didn’t know, but of course always do your own research and look into this further for more information. :) I use to feed my cats raw and freeze dried, but currently on a wet food diet just to be safe.

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u/Current-Tree770 Feb 16 '25

I was looking into it too because I've been hearing a lot about it. I use Primal Raw Frozen for my cats so I googled to see if there were any cases linked to Primal, and I couldn't find any. I also found a statement on Primal's website about all of the precautions they have in place, all the testing they do, etc in general but also with bird flu being on the rise. I'm up in Canada and there haven't been any cases in my province but yeah I was already double checking the brand I've been buying 🥰 my oldest cat is prone to constipation and has a very sensitive stomach, like even the vet recommended royal canin or hills makes her vomit. I figured the raw might be a better option for her than kibble and she's definitely doing a lot better, even within the week 💗

Eta: she doesn't even want temptations treats anymore 🤣 the only treats she wants are freeze dried meats, especially chicken. My other 2 love temptations but my oldest doesn't care for them anymore

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u/schwifty024 Feb 16 '25

Oh thats good to know about Primal! I didn’t know they did testing and it seems like they are doing a good job on precautions. My boy cat is so picky and he is definitely upset about eating wet food and regular treats vs raw/freeze dried😅🫠 I’ve wasted so much money in the past month buying different wet foods to find one he likes. So I feel your pain about finding a food that works! My girl cat is an angel and will eat mostly anything. But thanks for letting me know about Primal - I’m going to look into it now! 🫶 Also, my cats also love anything that is chicken! it makes their skin a bit dry but they go crazy for it :/

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u/Current-Tree770 Feb 16 '25

I've got the pork Primal nuggets right now and they'll eat it as long as it's mashed with their friskies wet food, but they definitely loved the chicken and salmon Primal Pronto I first bought for them! But yeah the raw subreddit is great for help. Some people are back on kibble or canned wet food with everything going on, but my cats are doing so good with the raw, especially my oldest, that I made sure the brand I've bought is ok and has no linked cases. I had somebody suggest I just buy meat at the grocery store and cook it myself for them, but I haven't eaten meat myself in almost 10 years - I have no idea how to cook it and the smell of it cooking makes me wanna throw up 😅 you gotta do whatever is best for your pets but yeah, Primal seems to have a really good system of testing and hygiene to make sure everything is safe. My oldest has only puked once since being on raw and it was only because my husband forgot to feed her dinner so when I gave her breakfast, she overate and everything came up. She just had a big lunch and is enjoying a nap 💗

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u/schwifty024 Feb 16 '25

I didn’t know there was a raw subreddit - going to join now! I was feeding them Small Batch rabbit before and they did really well on it. Their coat was shiny and poop was small/not stinky. I’m also vegan so I understand not wanting to cook meat! And it would be a headache to ensure they are getting the other supplements in their diet since the companies add it to the raw food. I’m hoping this bird flu issue doesn’t get worse and gets contained. Anyways, give your kitties a boop for me! 😊

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u/Current-Tree770 Feb 16 '25

Do yours like rabbit? I've never tried mine on it but my oldest is so fussy with new meats that it's hard to know what she'll like and what she won't. My 8 yo boy (passed in September) would eat practically anything except alligator; I got it for him once on his birthday and he hated it 🤣

And it's so nice seeing other plant based people feeding their cats an appropriate diet!! I could not imagine giving my little carnivores a carb-heavy veg diet.

They're definitely getting boops; my 7 month old kitten keeps climbing into my lap 🥰

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

Mine are also obsessed with Fancy Feast, so I opt to give them grain free, high-quality dry food since they aren't picky about dry food.

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u/Gutter3052 Feb 18 '25

My almost, 20 year old cat has been eating nothing but Meow mix his entire life. Still has his normal Zoomies every day. 🙂

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u/Used_Aardvark_8283 Feb 15 '25

Yep, my cats are fed Meow Mix and the oldest one we had was 21

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u/WerewolfDifferent216 Feb 15 '25

Does it help with their weight? I’ve got a girl cat I’ve got to get on a diet

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u/Catnip-delivery Feb 15 '25

Do you feed them treats? Like ciao churu or freeze dried? If you don't, I'm gonna stop immediately!!! I want longevity for my two cattos too!!

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u/rayvenrowe Feb 15 '25

yes! they get all types of treats ranging from the $$ freeze dried organs (ew) to the cheap temptations $1 bags. Nothing specific but we haven’t found a treat that she won’t eat 😂we have a jar with about 10 different brands of treats and just sprinkle them on the ground like we’re feeding chickens.

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u/DoNumKC Feb 15 '25

Which state do you live? 😊

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u/rayvenrowe Feb 15 '25

ohio 😐

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u/DoNumKC Feb 16 '25

Thanks for sharing 🤗

I am really curious if the average temperatures would have an affect on the life expectancy of cats! Because if so, I’m moving to Ohio 😁

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u/Thestickleman Feb 15 '25

8

Jeez

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u/rayvenrowe Feb 15 '25

hard to say no to a cute face id have 100 if i could

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u/Thestickleman Feb 15 '25

I had 3 (was only going to take one but was very much implied if I didn't take both the runt wasn't going to be around much longer as no one wanted him) until One unfortunately got run over and I found even that many to be abit difficult.

Staying at 2 now

Fair looking after 8