Greta75
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I got five aging cats. Four 16 yr old. One 19 yr old. I find that, when they got gastric, they vomit. Like if I allowed their food bowl to go empty for a period of time. I feed them everyday, so it never goes empty for more than 24 hours. But sometimes I am doing some weight control, so I feed less. But they'll vomit. My cats all are free fed since kittens. So they seem to like to nibble a few kibbles here and there constantly throughout the day. So if their food bowl is empty by 6pm. They will have to wait next day 9am or something to get food again. Then vomiting starts. But anyway, my cats never get sick and have lived so long, so I know whatever I am doing is working, I am not concern with their vomiting at all. All these cats, I had them all since their ears were smaller than their heads. and they were smaller than my palm and I used milk bottle to feed them, and even gotta stimulate them to poo when they were little. So cute! The vomiting increased alot when they are old, I think because older and weaker digestive problems. Technically, the first 10 years of their lives, I barely got to deal with any vomiting. Also, my old cats are kinda gross sometimes, they vomit the kibble out, and all the kibbles would be in whole kibbles, it looks like they just swallow without chewing. And then eat them again. I just leave them be, since, it's freshly eaten kibble, vomit out and re-consumed. If it helps them digest better. Whatever works. I am not a believer of wet food because I believe they cause tooth decay and tooth decay is no joke in cats. Anyway, I now got the years behind me to prove my theory right. Cats can live long lives perfectly fine without falling sick on kibbles. Just need to choose a good brand with good ingredients. Not the basic Whiskas or Friskies crap, that will kill your cat in 7 years. I've many others cat not lived beyond 7 years because they feed that. Always kidney or liver failure for death reasons. It has to be a food with higher protein content than carbo content. Make sure proper protein is the first ingredient. My eldest cat died at 14 yr old, and I am blaming my tiny year of experimenting with raw meat diet with her for that problem, she loves the raw though. Although I imported vitamin mix from Canada to make this supposingly highly nutritrious raw mix, by grinding a whole fresh and uncooked chicken, natural bones and all. But I don't know. It was alot of work. But in the end, I don't believe in the benefits.
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