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how can just leave my cats to go away for a few days?
i would like to be able to leave my cats for a few days without worrying about them - to see my children and ghrand-child, and i can not stand anyone else near my cats as the are all only used to me and my carer any where near them. two of my cats (oldest ones) are not anyone else feeding them and they won't eat for anyone else but me - and me alone.
i have got 7 cats, they are my children.
fat cat - he is 8-9 years old,he is handsome (in my eyes), he has no bottom jaw; but he hides it very well. he has got eczema.
Gismo -she is ab obout 7-8 years old. she is my wild one. she is very lovable towards me and she can only play rough with me - as she scares everyone else.
la la & Pooh - they are sisters. la la is a mother of my next 2 cats. pooh is my baby.
ozzy &Reefer - sister and brother. children of La la. they are about 2-3 years old.
charlie - she is nearly 1 year old. she is funny charactor, she is just a bundle - but adorable.
Put down an extra litter box (or maybe 2). The only one that concerns me is Fat Cat, can he eat dry cat food? Canned food will not do for over a couple hours. Put down several bowls of dry food, and a large bowl of water. Do your cats get on your drainboard? If so you could fill the sink with water for them. Do any of them require medication? If so you will have to have someone come in to minister their needs. You should have someone look in on them anyway, just to make sure they have plenty of food and water available. Even better if you can have someone scoop the boxes. As for the remark "your house must stink" Obviously that person does not know how to take care of cats properly, I have 3 cats in an RV and people are amazed when they find out I have cats. I learned from my mother who ran a cattery.
Food has a direct relationship with whatever causes irritable bowel syndrome. This is not exactly a shocker, given that irritable bowel syndrome is a condition of the digestive tract, the place where our body processes the food that we eat. Everything that goes into our mouth and down our stomach will affect how our digestive system works. So, when we make changes to our diet, these changes will have an impact on the way our body digests food, especially in terms of chemical interactions.
In the case of irritable bowel syndrome, however, the effect of food in our system is not just felt on the chemical level. That is because IBS is more of a functional disorder that does not manifest itself through physical abnormalities. The fact that it has no physical manifestation is largely the reason why nothing much is known about the nature of IBS or what causes it. It is also the reason why the symptoms of IBS are mostly subjective and are thus dealt with through subjective treatments.
Despite the lack of knowledge regarding IBS, medical practitioners have nonetheless developed a treatment plan that will help IBS patients deal with the condition. It is more of a hit-and-miss treatment plan, but it does assist in removing the factors that trigger IBS attacks and in reducing IBS symptoms. This treatment plan involves going on a diet that eliminates food items known to be symptom-triggers and then replacing or supplementing them with food that stabilizes the digestive tract.
Food is not the direct cause of IBS. Nonetheless, their effect on IBS can definitely be felt. That is why it is important for an IBS patient to develop a customized IBS diet, avoiding some food types and substituting others in their place. The right combination of food types can certainly do a lot in reducing symptoms and developing a more functional digestive tract.
Trigger foods are, as the name suggest, food items to be avoided by IBS patients. They make the digestive tract become tense and work abnormally. Some trigger foods are high in fat but low in fiber. Examples are creams, oils, poultry skins, coconut milk, and fried food. IBS patients need to avoid fatty food because they reduce the rate by which the stomach digests food. Thus, fat allows intestinal bacteria more time to attack the sugars in digested food, which in turn raises the risk of producing high levels of intestinal gas. The presence of huge amounts of intestinal gas triggers symptoms like bloating, constipation and diarrhea.
Foods with high levels of caffeine are also considered trigger foods. They include chocolate, carbonated drinks and coffee. Caffeine is a stimulant and can irritate the digestive tract, leading to symptoms being triggered and complicating IBS.
One food type that all IBS patients, especially those suffering from constipation-dominant IBS, must include in their diet is fiber-rich food. Constipation happens when the stool becomes too hard or too loose and difficult to move. What fiber does is to make it easier for stool to move more smoothly through the bowels. IBS patients can get their share of dietary fiber from fruits and vegetables, brown rice, whole grain bread, peas, raisins, figs, soybeans and others.
For more information about irritable bowel syndrome, check out: Symptoms of IBS. You will also find tips and videos at http://IrritableBowelSymptoms.org.
