Food mill recommendations for 3-tooth cat

[kuhio98]

Cammie-Cat had her annual dental today. She's still at the vet recoverying. We pick her up in 2 hours.

Cammie only has 3 teeth left. She likes human baby food but want to try to get her to eat more cat (canned) food. She has a few favorites but they are flaked or grilled.

Do you have any recommendations for a small food mill that we could use to grind up her food?
We want something small -- so it doesn't take up the whole counter.
And easy to clean of course.

Please let us know if you have any recommendations.

[Freedom]

She won't eat canned food? My Marlin has only 6 teeth, and he does fine with both canned and kibble. It took about 6 weeks after he had 38 extractions, for his gums to heal to the point that he could deal with it all, but since then he has been fine.

Which canned food brands have you tried?

[katladyd]

Some flavors of Blue Wilderness canned come in a very smooth pate. So do some cans of Wellness. Nutro has some flavors that aren't chunky, but I don't feed much of that brand. You could take a brand that comes in flakes or chunks and run it through a food processor. That might work. If you take you dry and soak in something yummy like tuna juice or chicken broth (low sodium, please), I bet it would be gobbled up in no time!

[Varga]

I have one of these (for human food) and I've been very happy with it so far.
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-E...6886355&sr=8-3


I bought it primarily because it's small, not too expensive but strong enough to handle things like chocolate and walnuts. But I'm sure it would do great to make a paste out of wet cat food too. Just yesterday I used it on some canned diced tomatoes and it basically turned it into very fine tomato sauce in seconds.
It's easy to clean too. You take out the blades and pop it straight in the dishwasher along with the container. The lid (which is basically the mechanics) you can't put in the dishwasher, so that's a bit more tricky, but I've never had problems keeping it clean with some soapy water and paper towels.

[kuhio98]

Thank everyone. Cammie will lick the juice from cat food, but she doesn't seem to eat it. When she's done, she leaves the chunks of meat all dried out. I was thinking that if we grind them up smaller, she might eat more. She's down 2 pounds in the last 2 years.

Cammie-Cat had a good night. She slept under the bed (not her normal place) all night and never moved a muscle. This morning, she came out and is sleeping in front of the fireplace -- that's her normal place.

She hasn't eaten yet. Hasn't drunk water or peed yet but if she doesn't show pee soon, I'll take her and put her in the cat box myself.

I used to have to do that with Halo when she came home from the vet. She would not go to the cat box, but if I put her in it, she'd pee for a good 5 minutes. :huh:

Thanks again.

[pomtzu]

If you have a food processor or blender, you can just take the canned cat food, even the flaked or chunky bits, and put it thru that with a little bit of water added, and process it till it's mushy. The more water you add, they mushier and more liquid it will be, and easy for her to lap up. You can even do this with dry kibble if she has one that she likes. Just soak the kibble in warm water till it's soft and then process it with even more water - just like the canned food. I do this for my outdoor resident stray, since he has mouth/teeth issues, and can't chew the food like he used to. I do his to a soft pudding consistence, and he loves it, but you can make it even softer than that.