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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2007New Sheba?
Has anybody tried the "new" Sheba in the tiny round cans? I don't have a clue about the nutritional aspect of it (probably don't want to know, LOL)....but strictly from a "treat" perspective, wow, do they love it. I'm talking about dividing up 2 of those tiny cans among 5 cats..amounts to a little more than tablespoon apiece. The chicken is pure, white chicken and smells pretty good. It's prohibitively expensive, $1.19 a 3-oz. can (they're giving 2 for 1 coupons to introduce this stuff...probably to get the cats hooked on it) I probably won't buy it again, simply because they liked it too much. I don't want them to start turning their little noses up at their regular food. They don't like any cat treats I've ever bought though. The usual treat is a little spoonful of whipping cream when they're begging in a very very cute way. Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. Sherry > Has anybody tried the "new" Sheba in the tiny round cans? I don't have > a clue about the nutritional aspect of it (probably don't want to know, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Sherry Duffy inhales treats (*any* treats) like a vacuum cleaner, but Holly is like yours and turns her nose up at almost all treats. However, I have found 2 that she likes. They both like Liv-a-Littles by Halo, which I order online. This week, I picked up a packet of LeanTreats from the veterinarian's office, and they both like that. I have to watch, though -- Duffy scarfs them both down, and Holly picks delicately at them. If I'm not careful, Duffy will eat his, then push Holly out of the way and finish hers! MaryL > Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into > 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. Mine would live on baked salmon if they could. >>Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into >>1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. > > Mine would live on baked salmon if they could. And mine show no interest at all in "people" food - not even fresh fish or poultry. >>> Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into >>> 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > And mine show no interest at all in "people" food - not even > fresh fish or poultry. Persia likes cornbread :) Little sneak stole that cornbread muffin right off my plate on the coffee table! She doesn't seem to care for other people food which is fine because with her strict diet she can't have any. Jill > >>> Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into > >>> 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jill OMG. Yoda loves cornbread, too. He waits till we go to bed to steal it off the counter. Sherry >>>>> Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into >>>>> 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Sherry You probably make very good cornbread :) Jill >>>>>> Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into >>>>>> 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >You probably make very good cornbread :) For my sister's fourth birthday, my mother baked a two-layer gingerbread-flavored cake, and left the layers cooling on a rack overnight, in preparation for icing them the next day. In the morning, she found that the family cat, Mumpsey, had eaten about half of one of the layers, so my sister ended up having a single-layer birthday cake. My mother was cautious about leaving out baking from then on, but I don't think Mumpsey ever did it again. Perhaps she got a stomachache from eating so much cake!  SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >>>>Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into >>>>1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > off my plate on the coffee table! She doesn't seem to care for other people > food which is fine because with her strict diet she can't have any. Was it the cornbread or the act of stealing it that appealed to her? When I was a kid, people did a lot of cookie baking at Christmas-time, which meant a lot of them got stored in empty coffee cans, in our basement "fruit cellar" until the holidays. Being a normal teen-ager, I once more-or-less ignored my mother's instructions to put away the latest batch, which she had left loosely covered on top of a table in the basement, because she "didn't want the cat to get them". (Peter, our resident cat, lived mostly in the basement.) When I got around to going to do her bidding, Peter was on the mat at the foot of the stairs, growling fiercely and gnawing at something he held between his front paws. Of course he'd gotten into the cookies - although who'd have thought oatmeal-raisin would attract a cat? Come Christmas morning, I KNEW what he'd like for a treat (I thought). WRONG! When one was actually offered to him, he couldn't have been less interested! What do they say about "forbidden fruit" being sweeter? >>>>> Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into >>>>> 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Was it the cornbread or the act of stealing it that appealed > to her? Dunno. She has never jumped on tables or countertops in the 6 years I've had her. She jumps on the toilet seat to nag me about taking a shower. But apparently she is not adverse to putting her paws up on the coffee table and snagging something from there. She did eat the half a cornbread muffin... maybe it was the butter she liked but she ate the cornbread. Goofy Girl :) Jill > Has anybody tried the "new" Sheba in the tiny round cans? I don't have > a clue about the nutritional aspect of it (probably don't want to know, > LOL)....but strictly from a "treat" perspective, wow, do they love it. > I'm talking about dividing up 2 of those tiny cans among 5 > cats..amounts to a little more than tablespoon apiece. I only know that when I bought the "old" Sheba (at $0.65 a tiny can) mine wouldn't touch it! I thought I was buying them something special for a holiday meal, but they let me know it was NOT appreciated. (Bad enought to feed it to the garbage disposer at sixty-five cents a can - over a dollar per can would have me weeping real tears as I did so.) > The chicken is pure, white chicken and smells pretty good. It's > prohibitively expensive, $1.19 a 3-oz. can (they're giving 2 for 1 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Sherry > They don't like any cat treats I've ever bought though. The usual treat > is a little spoonful of whipping cream when they're begging in a very > very cute way. Or sometimes I bake a salmon steak and chunk it up into > 1" pieces. They'll even eat that straight out of the fridge. I think I mentioned the complete failure when I tried to introduce that gourmet Sheba to Miranda. She did sniff it longer than usual, but then she turned her nose up and wouldn't even deign to look at it any more. <sigh> SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> They don't like any cat treats I've ever bought though. The usual treat >> is a little spoonful of whipping cream when they're begging in a very [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > gourmet Sheba to Miranda. She did sniff it longer than usual, but then she > turned her nose up and wouldn't even deign to look at it any more. <sigh> To me these are very good reasons to keep a d-thing (which I would love to do again but not while I am single). >> They don't like any cat treats I've ever bought though. The usual >> treat is a little spoonful of whipping cream when they're begging in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > but then she turned her nose up and wouldn't even deign to look at it > any more. <sigh> At a $1USD per tiny can, count yourself lucky! LOL >> I think I mentioned the complete failure when I tried to introduce >> that gourmet Sheba to Miranda. She did sniff it longer than usual, >> but then she turned her nose up and wouldn't even deign to look at it >> any more. <sigh> > > At a $1USD per tiny can, count yourself lucky! LOL I would if I wasn't looking or at least one tinned catfood - any tined catfood - that Miranda will eat and that I could store for a longer time in case I run out of fresh meat and can't get to a shop. They're even more expensive here, btw, EUR 1.30 (about USD 1.69). SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > >> I think I mentioned the complete failure when I tried to introduce > >> that gourmet Sheba to Miranda. She did sniff it longer than usual, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > -- > Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. I completely understand that. The whole reason I even bought it was, for Boots. She's so picky, and so tiny. I originally bought it for her. She loved it. Except the second time I fed it, she did that thing where she peered down into the bowl, then looked up at me like "Oh. I don't like this anymore. Didn't I tell you?" Sherry >>>> I think I mentioned the complete failure when I tried to introduce >>>> that gourmet Sheba to Miranda. She did sniff it longer than usual, [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > where she peered down into the bowl, then looked up at me like "Oh. I > don't like this anymore. Didn't I tell you?" LOL! Yes, I know that look. I found a big bag of frozen deer meat at a bargain price (or at least it was cheaper than beef) and I bought two 750-gram bags. It was cut into little chips, so it was easy to take out a portion or two at a time to thaw them for the cats' meal. The first bag went down great, they both loved it. But then I opened the second bag. Not even Caliban, the Food Hound, would touch the meat from that bag! It's no surprise that Miranda wouldn't eat it any more, but if Caliban won't, there must be something seriously wrong with it. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I would if I wasn't looking or at least one tinned catfood - any tined > catfood - that Miranda will eat and that I could store for a longer time > in case I run out of fresh meat and can't get to a shop. They're even > more expensive here, btw, EUR 1.30 (about USD 1.69). Wow that is even more expensive than Rusty'S prescription food, which is $1.54 CDN per can when I buy a case of 24 cans. That includes 14 % tax. Winnie >>> I think I mentioned the complete failure when I tried to introduce >>> that gourmet Sheba to Miranda. She did sniff it longer than usual, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > in case I run out of fresh meat and can't get to a shop. They're even more > expensive here, btw, EUR 1.30 (about USD 1.69). Have you tried Fancy Feast? It's not called "kitty crack" for nothing! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > Have you tried Fancy Feast? It's not called "kitty crack" for nothing! ;> > > Hugs, > > CatNipped Ain't that the truth! Smokey is supposed to be on a moist food prescription diet (from the vet, of course). Mistletoe (aka Missy), OTOH, hasn't (yet) been pronounced sufficiently plump to require a special diet. Missy is quite picky when it comes to food. The only thing we've found she will consistently eat is Fancy Feast (not the pate type, please; gravy is required!). The only problem is that Smokey *far* prefers this to his own diet. He will nose his own food around his bowl until Missy's done then go clean up her plate! SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe >>>> I think I mentioned the complete failure when I tried to introduce >>>> that gourmet Sheba to Miranda. She did sniff it longer than usual, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Have you tried Fancy Feast? It's not called "kitty crack" for nothing! ;> I don't think we have FF here, and it's a catfood in a tin, right? Miranda doesn't eat catfood. I have tried all kinds of expensive premium brands on her. She will only eat fresh meat. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I don't think we have FF here, and it's a catfood in a tin, right? Miranda > doesn't eat catfood. I have tried all kinds of expensive premium brands on > her. She will only eat fresh meat. Yes, it's catfood in a tin. It's expensive here, but I often find it being sold for 25 cents/can at the discount grocery down the street. I use it to help keep some weight on Abelard. He hasn't refused any of the flavors yet, and he's *very* fussy about his food. He would prefer to live on shrimp and fish exclusively, but of course I won't allow that. He gets shrimp treats about once a week, frozen salad shrimp that are sold for about $3/lb at Walmart, thaw and serve, already peeled, cleaned and cooked. I don't think they are really "fattening". >> I don't think we have FF here, and it's a catfood in a tin, right? >> Miranda [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Walmart, thaw and serve, already peeled, cleaned and cooked. I don't think > they are really "fattening". He just knows he's an aristocat doesn't he? Jake has to have his shrimp, hand diced of course as he has problems with his tongue and chewing. We checked with the vet to make sure it was OK for him to have it daily. Jo > Has anybody tried the "new" Sheba in the tiny round cans? I don't have > a clue about the nutritional aspect of it (probably don't want to know, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Sherry My cats favorite treat is Fancy Feast Gourmet Gold dry cat food - they'll take this over Pounce or any other treats. They eat canned food twice a day and SD Senior Advanced Formula on a free-feed basis, so the FF dry is strictly a limited treat. Hugs, CatNipped
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