I have been feeding Dufus Hills XD canned, with a little XD dry as a treat
for quite a while now, as he loves the dry. He has stopped eating the
canned. I then changed to Renal LP to see if the change would help him eat.
That went ok for a short time, then he stopped eating that. Last week he
wouldn't touch any canned at all and I quit feeding any dry. Was getting
kinda worried about his not eating. Last weekend was his check up at the vet
and evrything checked out ok., except for some kitty acne under the chin,
jeesh, anyway since his check up he has eaten next to nothing and I was
going to call the vet tomorrow to get him in to have him checked over again.
Tonite I decided to give him some dry to see if he would eat it, thinking if
he did then there wasn't anything wrong with him and he was just holding out
and wouldn't waste a trip to the vet. Well, guess who is just holding out.
My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he
wants? How long is it healthy to let them go. I guess feeding him XD dry
wouldn't be the end of the world, I had just decided I wanted to feed him
wet food as I thought it would be better for hair ball control. Maybe I
outta just kick his big furry butt! :-)

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Toni - 01 Jun 2006 01:28 GMT
> My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he
> wants? How long is it healthy to let them go. I guess feeding him XD dry
> wouldn't be the end of the world, I had just decided I wanted to feed him
> wet food as I thought it would be better for hair ball control. Maybe I
> outta just kick his big furry butt! :-)
I have a resistant one that I am trying to switch from dry to wet. I want
him get really hungry before I offer the wet food a couple of times
throughout the day, but allow him to eat a small portion of dry at least
once a day, usually at bedtime.
As for the acne, use only ceramic, glass, or stainless steel dishes and
disinfect them daily. Using a benzoyl peroxide or chlorohexadine wash to
remove the sebum and keep the pores open can help as well. A vet visit would
be helpful if it gets beyond you.

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>> My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he
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> would be helpful if it gets beyond you.
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Paul O. - 01 Jun 2006 02:42 GMT
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>> My question is, how long will a cat go w/o eating anything to get what he
>> wants? How long is it healthy to let them go. I guess feeding him XD dry
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>treatment more diligently that you spread on the paw and let them lick it
>off.

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blkcatgal - 01 Jun 2006 04:41 GMT
I would give in and feed him the dry. He has to eat something. You could
try sprinkling the dry onto the wet and see if he will eat the wet that way.
For my cat that didn't like wet food, I actually ground up dry food that he
liked in a coffee grinder and sprinkled that over the wet food. It helped.
Sue
>I have been feeding Dufus Hills XD canned, with a little XD dry as a treat
>for quite a while now, as he loves the dry. He has stopped eating the
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>decided I wanted to feed him wet food as I thought it would be better for
>hair ball control. Maybe I outta just kick his big furry butt! :-)