No more wet food

Sealy marked another step in being healthy yesterday. We stopped giving him wet food.

When a cat is congested it doesn't smell as well. Being unable to smell food can result in a cat not eating, so for the very congested cats we give them some wet food to make sure they eat.

In Sealy's case, it turned out to be an unfounded fear. Even when he sounded like he was breathing underwater his appetite for dry food was just fine. Not that he didn't appreciate the wet food--especially since I gave it to him right after the nasty tasting medicine--but he probably didn't need it.

We finished off the opened can, but since he was both getting better and having no issues eating, we stopped the wet food. There is no reason to give him all the extra calories or spend the extra money on wet food when the cat does not need it.

Sealy goes back to the shelter on Sunday for a checkup. I expect him to stay since he seems to be healthy again. Look for one more post (and I will have a picture for it) then.