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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2007The Princess is not eating?
Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I throw out almost a whole can of Fancy Feast. I even bought the expensive stuff that she really likes! Everything else is fine. Her ears and eyes are clear, she's playing, and sleeping, and still eats her crunchies, but this has me worried. She's drinking all right, too. Everything appears to be normal except that she's suddenly not interested in canned food. Every morning she begs for it, then takes a bite and goes away. Could she be bored with it? I got other flavors, but she doesn't want them either. It hardly seems to be worth a TED visit, but I still worry. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. try some other food try some tuna id she keeps turning her nose up than I would do a vet visit > Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of > an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. > try some other food > > try some tuna id she keeps turning her nose up than I would do a > vet visit I've said this before, but not all cats like tuna. When Persia first acquired me the vet wanted to make sure she didn't have worms so he told me to buy some water-packed tuna and tuck a pill in it. He assured me she'd wolf it down. She did not. She took one sniff and walked away. I tried it again without the pill the next day, just to be sure (and because I'd spent money on canned tuna, which I, myself, despise). No go. She just doesn't like tuna. Canned salmon is a totally different story :) Jill >> Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of >> an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> Jane >> - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. Jill I have always said they are to finky for their own good >> try some other food >> [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >>> Jane >>> - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. >Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of >an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Jane >- owned and operated by the Princess Rita. Is she eating more kibble than she used to? A cat can live perfectly well without canned food at all - Scouty and Silver wouldn't eat gooshy food until they saw Tessie getting it (and suddenly it was a treat instead of deadly poison!)... maybe they changed something about that variety and it doesn't smell/taste quite the same to her so she doesn't like it any more... are there any other brands of canned food that she's eaten before? > Is she eating more kibble than she used to? A cat can live perfectly > well without canned food at all - OK, I always have to step in on this one. No, they can't if they have diabetes. It's just not a good thing. On Rita, I don't know. Change in eating habits is often a warning bell. I think I would take her in. > Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of > an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. I had this trouble with my Princess (RB 16) too. My disposer ate more FF than the cat did. I discovered that she would not eat anything with fish in it. Now with my current TuTu, she loves fish but will not eat anything with beef in it. Iams kibble is her favorite. MLB > Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of > an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. Jake will not eat canned cat food. Loves his crunchies and his thawed out hand diced shrimp. He will eat turkey or ham if I hold it for him just right. We will find out in a few days how healthy he is or isn't. We had to visit the TED yesterday to rule out a physical cause for some "inappropriate" peeing. I had them run a senior panel as well since he is nine years old and it has been a fairly rough nine years. I do try to feed him the very best dry food I can find. Usually Nutro. Charlie thinks that is boring for him so he doctors it with about 10% Delicat for variety. Molly gets a can of Fancy Feast once in a while. She isn't crazy about it either, but will eat part of a can. Jake just walks past it like someone spilled something on the counter and should really clean it up. Jo Jo > Molly gets a can of Fancy Feast once in a while. She isn't crazy about it > either, but will eat part of a can. Jake just walks past it like someone > spilled something on the counter and should really clean it up. LOL! That is how Mir reacts to any sort of cat food - dry or wet. Purrs for Rita. I hope whatever it is passes soon and she likes her gooshy food again.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > > Molly gets a can of Fancy Feast once in a while. She isn't crazy about it > > either, but will eat part of a can. Jake just walks past it like someone [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Well, she did eat half a can yesterday, and scarfed down the treats I gave her. The problem is, there is very little that can be used as 'treats' for her. She doesn't like anything that looks like people food. She's not eating more kibble than usual. But she's playing, and running, and carrying mice all over the place, like normal. I'll get some hairball stuff and see if that helps. Thanks, Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita Jane My guess is hairballs. Get some Temptations for Hairballs and see if that makes a difference. If they are full of fur, they don't feel like eating - REALLY! > Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of > an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. > Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of > an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by the Princess Rita. Hopefully all is well by now. Lots of purrs and best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > > Rita seems to be off her gooshy food. Granted, she never was much of > > an eater, but now she seems to be eating next to nothing. Every day I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Lots of purrs and best wishes, > Polonca and Soncek Nope, she's still leaving a large amount of canned food alone, but she really does seem fine otherwise (as the party showed!), so I'm guessing that she just doesn't want to lose her girlish figure. Such a vain little girl. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita
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