If you are curious about why we stopped writing a weekly food blog, this post may bring all the clarity that you need!

Thanksgiving may be the holiday that has the most food associated with it.  There are the staples—turkey, dressing (or is it stuffing?), potatoes—and then there are all of the family favorites that may be unique to your table.   Whatever the case, Thanksgiving menus are usually grand.  That said, you’d think on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we’d have a lot to share with one another about our Thanksgiving meal preparation plan of attack.

We did talk about food, but not Thanksgiving food.

First of all, neither of us really likes roasted turkey.  Right there, “Houston, we have a problem.” is sounded.  The traditional sides, however, are OK.  Tracey planned to fix pork and her family’s favorite sides.  Kris has passed the Thanksgiving torch to her youngest daughter, who prepared the turkey and fixings.  Kris was only responsible for mashed potatoes and fruit salad, which in her mind are a meal in and of themselves. 🙂

On to our real food discussion:

Kris:  How are the litter box issues?

Tracey: We need to get another round of meds in Fang (the cat)…she (the vet) also wants him on special food.  Fortunately, it can fed to all (seven) of the cats.  Of course the bags are more expensive and smaller than what I normally buy.  I asked if he could still have a little of the canned food he normally gets since it’s more like a treat and the bulk of his diet is kibble.  The vet said that he probably shouldn’t.  

I’m not a vet, but I know him and I’ll be lucky to get him to eat just kibble when everyone else is getting something different.  I don’t see how a little canned food will negate all the properties of the Hills Gastrointestinal Biome, which has fiber, extra nutritional stuff, and probiotics.

She’s a new vet.  She actually thought I could entertain there idea of special feeders that would only open to the pet’s chip that it’s programmed for…only $300 each plus the cost of chipping the cats.  Seven cats…you can do the math!  It kind of made me chuckle!

Kris:  I am laughing hysterically at trying to feed them all something different!  That would be a circus here.  All four of our dogs like different combinations of food  until whatever they don’t like is in someone else’s bowl.  Then everything is great! Theoretically, they all eat varying combinations of Science Diet Adult Small Bites (even Simon), Science Diet canned Sensitive Stomach, Purina Moist and Meaty Shreds, and roasted chicken.  I feel like a short order canine cook most days!

Tracey: OMG.  I know, right?!  If one of mine gets something even slightly different, they’re nudging each other out and its a fiasco.

Kris: Harley had the runs the other day, stress related because I was out of town. The urgent care vet gave us FortiFlora probiotics to sprinkle on her food.  Fortunately it doesn’t matter if any of the others eat it too.  Who doesn’t need a little good probiotics in their diet?

Tracey: I wish the Proviable came in something other than a capsule.  It’s a pain in the butt to pull apart and sprinkle on his food.  I checked Chewy and at least I can get 80 capsules for almost the same price as 30 from the vet, and no vet approval required!

Kris: I just checked Chewy for the FortiFlora.  It’s two dollars cheaper.  Our vet must not have much of a mark up.

 

And there you have it!  On the day before Thanksgiving when most people in the U.S. are comparing favorite family recipes, we are discussing recipes for feline and canine gastrointestinal distress.

And, how was your Thanksgiving?  Anyone serve any delicious probiotics?