1/9/2024 0 Comments January 9th, 2024I had hoped to start using the LE pump every day (runs for 1 hour) and read while I was doing that. I also had hoped to start my latest book. Well, I'm so stressed that there has been no LE pump (well, I started again today), no reading (the tv is still on), and no writing (yet).
You know what they say about making plans, right? All week we have been dealing with Fleury the cat having episodes. Some are very small, one was pretty big (be he also had one while on the cat tree, and he always tries to get away when they happen, and he tried to jump off the tree, needless to say, he fell.) And still, he is always perfectly FINE once he shakes it off. I don't get what is happening. I want to take him to the vet, but I also don't want to spend hundreds of dollars for them to tell me "we can't find anything, so just keep an eye on him" You know? And before you question me as a cat-mom, I am a good pet-mom. I spoil these pets rotten. But it's like my own medical care...I hate to spend the money if I'm not sure if they can even help. I can't tell you the amount of times I've gone to the doctor, tell her what's going on, and she looks at me with question and says "huh, I've never heard of that before". That visit should be free, right? I'm not risking jinxing it, so I won't say too much about Fleury. But, on Sunday I was reading on FB about Purina ProPlan/Purina pet foods harming pets. This isn't news to me, back in the Spring, I noticed our dog, Nika, who we put on Purina ProPlan Sensitive stomach many years ago FOR her stomach issues. The food stopped all her issues! Until Spring 2023. The stomach issues were back and I know she wasn't eating anything odd (I am very strict about her not getting anything but her dog food and the treats that I buy due to her sensitive stomach). The issues went on for too long (like 2 weeks.) That's when I read about Purina silently changing the recipe to the Sensitive Stomach feed. Like WHY would you do that? People are using it to STOP stomach issues, and this food is now CAUSING them? Anyway, that led to me overthinking and over researching dog food. We went through 3 brands before finding one she would eat. Okay, now to this week. Now there is more bad reports about many Purina products, including the wet and dry food that the cats are on. I start to wonder if THIS is what's happening with Fleury? And if it is, dare I wonder if changing his food ASAP will make him better? I ran out first thing yesterday morning and searched the aisles for cat food not by Purina or Nestle. I settled on one kind of dry food (Tiki Cat) and bought 4 or 5 different kinds of wet food. Fleury is SO PICKY that this might be a challenge. I am also not looking for the top tier/best pet food around because that falls under the homemade/raw food category. And I researched that for the dog, and after many weeks of going back and forth, decided that wasn't for us. If you're wondering why, it doesn't fit into who we are. We are on a budget and that budget barely gets US food from the grocery store (at today's inflated prices). I hate to cook and am bad at it; I don't make US dinner 40% of the time (hello take out, pizza, or the stand-by grilled cheese.) I don't like touching raw ground meat or raw chicken for US, no way I am looking at or touching chicken feet or organs to feed my fur balls (sorry babies.) But that is me. You do you. I'm doing my research and doing the best that I can. But we are ditching to Purina cat food. This has been stressful and overwhelming. I watch him like a hawk all day, and am literally afraid to go to sleep at night for fear he'll need me. If you read this, would you mind sending a little good juju, healing thoughts, or prayers my Fleury kitty's way? He is only 6 and besides these random episodes perfectly healthy. (yes, still eating and drinking, playing, harassing the dog, and chasing Buddy Cat all over the house)
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