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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2004Lizard tastes better than Iams
I've been wondering why Vino has been such a food hound lately. Finally clued in that he wasn't eating his dry food at all. I put him in front of the bowl and tried to get him to eat, but he stiff-armed the bowl and backed away from it. I dumped it and tried another flavour. He devoured it! So the problem is that he's sick of the Iams Original flavour. That really sucks because we have one of those big huge gigantic bags of it! And we bring this food from Canada, aaargh! I guess I'll try to alternate bowls of the Original with bowls of the hairball stuff (which I can sometimes find here in Thailand). Hopefully after a bit of a layoff from the Original, he'll go back to it. So this evening, he stalked down a lizard. Dennis kept trying to distract him, it worked at first but then he caught on to Dennis' trickery and gave him a dirty look before ignoring him. He ended up precariously balancing on the back of a chair and leaping to the top of a shelf, from which he attacked the lizard and caught it. He jumped down from the shelf and proceeded to devour the lizard, much to mine and Dennis' dismay. We cannot believe that our spoiled rotten cat would prefer lizard over imported Iams!!! -- Britta (well, ok, I admit I'd rather have him eat his prey than to leave it, but geeez! No kitty kisses for us tonight.) Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I've been wondering why Vino has been such a food hound lately. Finally > clued in that he wasn't eating his dry food at all. I put him in front of [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > believe that our spoiled rotten cat would prefer lizard over imported > Iams!!! you need to put up a warning sign by the door for those poor lizards! You think Iams does lizard flavour? about the dry food, you suppose it could have gotten dry? well, that sounded clever ... I mean, even dry food does have some moisture when it's fresh, but if it's been out in the air for some time it will get really dry and stop smelling. have you tried to moisten it a bit to bring out the flavour/smell? scritches to Vino! :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi >> I've been wondering why Vino has been such a food hound lately. Finally >> clued in that he wasn't eating his dry food at all. I put him in front of [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >stop smelling. have you tried to moisten it a bit to bring out the >flavour/smell? Or gotten too moist from humid air - maybe even rotten. I learned a long time ago that buying a bag that weighed much more than the total weight of the cats that were to eat it resulted in hungry cats and wasted food - no more than two weeks worth seems about right. Storing it in sealable plastic buckets helps, but with about a dozen cats, a twenty pound bag lasts only a week or so. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. >>> I've been wondering why Vino has been such a food hound lately. Finally >>> clued in that he wasn't eating his dry food at all. I put him in front of [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." >somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. I buy the 4 or 8 pound bags and keep them in the fridge. This may be impractible for multiple cats. >I buy the 4 or 8 pound bags and keep them in the fridge. This may be >impractible for multiple cats. When I had four cats, I bought 7-8 pound bags, and sometimes I thought the cats were getting less willing to eat it, then they caught up when I opened a new bag. I normally rotate flavors, so I'm not completely sure whether they got tired of the same old same old or whether the last of the bag was going bad. I know they never like the dusty stuff from the bottom of the bag. On the current schedule of a new bag every ten days or so, the consumption is pretty normal right to the last, which they generally aren't too keen about, possibly because of the dust. Right now there is a good bit of self feeding going on - there are still thousands of frogs around and mice have started moving back into some of the hunted out areas (based on the leavings found in the living room). T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) > > I've been wondering why Vino has been such a food hound lately. Finally > > clued in that he wasn't eating his dry food at all. I put him in front of [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > scritches to Vino! Hmmm, well, I have a big airtight plastic bin that it's in, to keep the ants out and to keep it fresh. I'll try to add some water next time if he still won't eat it. I'd hate to waste a big bag of food like that. It seems that lizard doesn't agree with him too well either though. This morning I came downstairs and there was a puddle of puke in the hallway :-( -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album The "hunt" probably means a lot, too -- how about tossing dry Iams for him to chase down and eat? I do that sometimes with my 5 and it's pretty fun for them and funny to watch! Christine > I've been wondering why Vino has been such a food hound lately. Finally > clued in that he wasn't eating his dry food at all. I put him in front of [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > The "hunt" probably means a lot, too -- how about tossing dry Iams for him > to chase down and eat? I do that sometimes with my 5 and it's pretty fun > for them and funny to watch! LOL! You're such a good catslave, Christine! Nikki tosses her food around herself sometimes, just so she can "hunt" it down. Of course, she gets wet food, so this is not so nice as it may sound. I get little bits of wet food stuck to the walls all around the cats' eating place.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki *sputter* You were *this* close to owing me a new keyboard Marina! Talk about ewwLOLewww :) -Caroline S. > > The "hunt" probably means a lot, too -- how about tossing dry Iams for > him [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > food, so this is not so nice as it may sound. I get little bits of wet food > stuck to the walls all around the cats' eating place. "Caroline S." <cjs_cats2@yahoo.KITTYLITTER.com> wrote > *sputter* You were *this* close to owing me a new keyboard Marina! > Talk about ewwLOLewww Sorry, Caroline. :o) -- Marina > The "hunt" probably means a lot, too -- how about tossing dry Iams for him > to chase down and eat? I do that sometimes with my 5 and it's pretty fun > for them and funny to watch! No success. I chucked the kibble down the hall, Vino watched then yawned and lay down next to his empty bowl. Spoiled brat! -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > No success. I chucked the kibble down the hall, Vino watched then yawned > and lay down next to his empty bowl. Spoiled brat! > -- Try mixing a little canned food with the dry. > > No success. I chucked the kibble down the hall, Vino watched then yawned > > and lay down next to his empty bowl. Spoiled brat! > > -- > > Try mixing a little canned food with the dry. Nope. He simply will not eat this flavour anymore. He will eat all other flavours. I think I'm going to have to lay off the big bag for a while until he's forgotten about it, and then go back to it. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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