Food for other cats
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MommaOfMuse
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I actually got pretty lucky with that one since most of my 11 non-diabetics thought they hit pay dirt when we adopted our first diabetic Maxwell and switched everyone over to canned food...then came Lady Jane Grey, who had no clue what canned catfood was let alone that it was food. So when she joined the family I would feed her seperate from the rest of the family and give her at first her regular dry food then slowly start cutting back on the dry and introducing the canned, since she had less dryif she was hungry she had to eat the canned. Once she was at least eating some canned food, I started giving her less dry and more canned, then when she decide that not only was canned was food but it was yummy I would give her the canned with just a few pieces of dry crumbled up on top and then finally just the canned.
Of course I think it also helped that she had some many canned food loving adopted siblings to watch scarfing down the canned food, and like all cats she just had to see what the others were so happy about eating, and had to check out what they would leave in their dishes. :lol:
Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
Of course I think it also helped that she had some many canned food loving adopted siblings to watch scarfing down the canned food, and like all cats she just had to see what the others were so happy about eating, and had to check out what they would leave in their dishes. :lol:
Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
BJM
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Initially, I switched to higher protein dry foods to start the transition: first, Taste of the Wild, then Wellness Core.
Then, I read over Cat Info and Binky's Page web sites and phased out all the dry, except for a few pieces of the Wellness kibble as treats post-testing.
Two overweight civvies each lost substantial weight the first 2 months of the all canned diet and have maintained well since then.
Then, I read over Cat Info and Binky's Page web sites and phased out all the dry, except for a few pieces of the Wellness kibble as treats post-testing.
Two overweight civvies each lost substantial weight the first 2 months of the all canned diet and have maintained well since then.
Julia & Bandit (GA)
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Check these tips for transitioning your stubborn cats: http://catinfo.org/#Transitioning_Dry_Food_Addicts_to_Canned_Food_
Some do take more effort than others, but it's important not to give up. One of the most important steps is to no longer free feed even the dry food. That's a huge step in getting them to eat canned food because often a cat won't try anything different if they have constant access to food. Only give them enough dry at each meal that they'll eat in one sitting (cats do very well with smaller, frequent meals because they have very fast metabolisms. Bandit eats 4 times a day, and that also helps prevent excessive begging). Then slowly introduce canned to the mix. You may have to experiment with different flavors at first to find something the stubborn cat likes. Dressing the food up with Tuna juice, Parmesan cheese, or Fortiflora also helps.
Some do take more effort than others, but it's important not to give up. One of the most important steps is to no longer free feed even the dry food. That's a huge step in getting them to eat canned food because often a cat won't try anything different if they have constant access to food. Only give them enough dry at each meal that they'll eat in one sitting (cats do very well with smaller, frequent meals because they have very fast metabolisms. Bandit eats 4 times a day, and that also helps prevent excessive begging). Then slowly introduce canned to the mix. You may have to experiment with different flavors at first to find something the stubborn cat likes. Dressing the food up with Tuna juice, Parmesan cheese, or Fortiflora also helps.
MommaOfMuse
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some of us use Fancy Feast, some of us use other low carb brands like Evo, Wellness or Merrick on the higher price side of the scale, then there are those of us with a lot of mouths to feed that feed stuff on the cheaper side of the price scale. Personally I have 13 soon to be 14 cats, of which once the new kitty arrives will include 3 diabetics but everyone here eats exactly what the diabetics eat...just good old fashioned Friskies Pate.
I have tried talking my herd into some of the better canned foods but apparently they don't have very sophisticated palates as they turned their noses up at all the better quality foods and Friskies was one of the few that I could get everyone to agree upon that they liked. So Friskies it is, also Friskies comes in larger 13 oz cans and with as many as I feed the few cans that I have to open 4 times a day the happier I am.
Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
I have tried talking my herd into some of the better canned foods but apparently they don't have very sophisticated palates as they turned their noses up at all the better quality foods and Friskies was one of the few that I could get everyone to agree upon that they liked. So Friskies it is, also Friskies comes in larger 13 oz cans and with as many as I feed the few cans that I have to open 4 times a day the happier I am.
Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
i did an immediate switch over, although it took a while for molly my non diabetic to warm up to it she eventually ate the wet food, it took me opening alot of different flavors when i was feeding the fancy feast or the friskies to get her to eat it, molly was a little prissy cat that would stick the tip of her tongue onto the food and just literally tap the food and would walk away. lucky for me i couldnt feed the cheaper $$ wise brands because patches #'s rose on those, before i put him to sleep 2 months ago i had just switched over to wellness because the EVO was causing issues and i found potato chunks in it. so now with the one cat i have i am keeping her on the wellness.. when i do get another kitten i plan on keeping them on the wellness.
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