Nokinoms

[snowgrouse]

Noki's possibly developed an allergy to the food she was on, so when Dad was in Helsinki the other day, he grabbed a bag of some new hypoallergenic, high-protein kibble. When I said "oh, cool, that's small enough to fit in my rucksack, lemme carry it" he stopped me and shook his head and laughed. "Dream on. I'm coming in to open the bag myself. I

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[blazingskies]

So cuuuuuttte!!

The mental image of he chasing after those noms made me chuckle. :D

I'll need to listen to that clip at some point.

[snowgrouse]

Basically, imagine a cross between Number Six and Gene Hunt being playful and giggly like a little boy and playing with a kitteh :3 That's what makes it so adorable. He's quiet and gruff most of the time, but he just melts whenever he gets to play with a cat.

[snowgrouse]

Siamese cats tend to be more yowly, I find. Whereas these big burly fluffy types like Maine Coons and Norwegians are surprisingly chattery and chirpy. Noki was going O_O when I was playing that clip, too!

Also, *squishes*.

[therru]

I can really recommend one of those "treat balls" -- I just got one for Rosa and it took a few days before she accepted that I wasn't going to bow deeply and serve her ladyship's food on an easily accessible platter every time she came and said "mäh?". But now she seems to really enjoy batting the ball about and gobbling up the kibble that falls out. I made it easy at the beginning but now I'm reducing the hole size to make less food come out. (The idea is of course to prevent her from stuffing herself just for the sake of it, and to provide a bit of a challenge.)

I've also bought hypo-allergenic food for her, after the visit to the vet's on Thursday, but haven't opened it yet since I have to give her wet food until her FLUTD (feline UTI) is gone. What kind did you get for Noki?

[snowgrouse]

Think this is a German brand called Feline Finest, and the variety is called Sensible (it's in a green bag). I'm hopeful about it. I'm still not sure if Noki is allergic to Orijen or if her rashes have been due to something else entirely--she was fine on it all through last summer and autumn. But she seems to prefer the taste of this stuff. We'll see how it goes.

[therru]

I got Hill's d/d, which is a single protein food made from green peas and venison. It was damn expensive so I really hope that a) she likes it, and b) her tummy can handle it. She does OK on RC Sensible 33, and she likes the taste, but her dandruff is much worse and the vet thought that her ear infections might be allergy related too.

I feel pretty good about it being venison, for political reasons. I try to eat organic meat or game as much as possible myself, but with cat food you don't really have much choice. But if this truly is a "single protein" food, and all the protein does come from peas and venison, it should mean that it doesn't contain any scraps from industrial pig farms, right? (It sucks that you can only buy these specialty "prescription" foods at the vet, though -- the veterinary hospital is way out on the other side of town from me.)

[snowgrouse]

RC Sensible was what Noki had for ages and it made her skin worse (and it made her itch so much she chewed all her tum hair off). Same with RC Light. They are really shit when it comes to the quality of the ingredients and the protein/fat/fiber ratio. So, yeah, RC is overhyped and they basically bribe vets to recommend it by giving the vets sponsorships and things. At least there are finally some better alternatives available here these days.

[marah_sarie]

D'awww! Too cute! Both Noki and your dad. :)

I found a youtube clip of a Japanese bobtail (which is what Mao was), maoing up a storm. He didn't really have a vocabulary, per se, but he never let that hold him back from voicing his opinion. Constantly.

[snowgrouse]

Ahahahahawwww. MAO! MAO! MAO! Noki went all O_O when I started playing that clip!

[jhall1]

D'awww! Too cute! Both Noki and your dad. :)

Agreed. I'm glad that they are both doing so well. :)

[vilakins]

Oh, magnificent, wonderful, beautiful Noki with her jade eyes!

We got some new grainless high-protein biscuits for the girls; I'm sure it's much better for them and they don't need to eat as much.

[snowgrouse]

Her eyes keep alternating between grape and gold in the spring sunlight :3

And yeah, those high-protein thingies are good. The new stuff I got for Noki seems to be making her less thirsty than the Orijen did, which is good.