Great Pumpkin
Posted on | August 28, 2011 | No Comments
We have been incorporating pumpkin puree* in the critters’ food for a while now.
It originally started because the new kitten has odor ‘issues’. I know part of that was just her age (kittens have notoriously smelly poop LOL) and part, I assume, was her early feral life. Hoping that a bit of extra fiber would help her digest, I started adding a spoonful to her food every morning.
It soon became obvious that she viewed it as a treat, as do all the other critters. Our ritual now involves me pulling the can out of the fridge, which gets her excitedly purring and squeaking at my feet as I mix it into her dry food. She then sits up like a Meerkat to lick the spoon. As I carry the bowl to her crate, she runs ahead and climbs on top (the only place she can go that the other cats can’t, the little monkey) so she can have first dibs. Bubblegum settles into the crate below to wait his turn – when she has had her fill, I put the bowl down there for him to snarf on. When he gets done, he leaves and Lizzy jumps up to finish it off.
In the mean time, I give each of the dogs a bit from the spoon. Just for a bit of variety, I made them some frozen treats with yogurt, pumpkin & peanut butter – those are a huge hit with both boys.
I have also heard that, in aiding digestion, pumpkin helps reduce hair balls. That would be a huge hit with me.
So far, the effect on Gypsy has been a much less offensive litter box and less stench in general. I don’t know yet whether it has had any effect on the older cats & their hair balls. I have no ‘solid’ evidence of what it may or may not be doing for the dogs – but I assume a little healthy fiber could only be a good thing. And all of them think I’m spoiling them.
Who’d have guessed a can of orange mush could make so many of us happy 🙂
* 100% pure pumpkin only; not pie filling, no sugar or spices added
(Sorry for the odd post, but several folks had asked about it, so figured I would share here)
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