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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2007Need Food Recommendation
I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's the type of cat who would rather starve to death just to spite me if I feed her something of which she doesn't approve. This morning she "covered" her dish of Innova with the kitchen floor to show me what she thought of it (she liked it well enough until I bought a case of it). Wellness isn't going over very well (no pun intended). The Beef & Chicken REEKS of garlic, I don't blame her for not liking that one. Today I bought two varieties of PetGuard. She ate some, but not with much enthusiasm. Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! > I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to > avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! Trial and error... that is what this process of finding a food will be. Have you tried California Natural? >> I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something >> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Have you tried California Natural? Not yet, I was looking at that brand on the PetFoodDirect website, but they only have 3 flavors. I was hoping to find something with more varieties, but I guess I can mix and match brands if I can find a few things The Princess likes. Has anyone tried Purina Pro Plan? snip > Has anyone tried Purina Pro Plan? ---------- There is a variety of Purina Pro Plan that my vet euphemistically calls "fish heads." It's actually tuna and sardines in aspic. When they have sick kitties at the vet hospital who absolutely refuse to eat anything else, they will sometimes eat this variety of cat food. I don't know what are the other ingredients or if it contains byproducts or gluten, however. Best regards, ---Cindy S. On Wed 02 May 2007 10:14:46p, ~ narnia ~ wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav <news:d4hi33d57os1h1o7uvh966g7suhtahgci3@ 4ax.com>: > Has anyone tried Purina Pro Plan? One of our staple canned foods for "breakfast" is Pro Plan Chicken and Rice. It has wheat gluten, but so far Purina isn't impacted by the recalls. I keep waiting for that to happen. Fancy Feast is our other staple canned food. Several varieties. Some with wheat gluten, many without. Unfortunately my cats like the "grilled" varieties. Of those that regularly eat canned food, my cats like the "grilled" ones.  SignatureCheryl > I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to > avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! Don't feed her for 3 days and see if she's still picky. >> I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something >> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Don't feed her for 3 days and see if she's still picky. Not even funny after 3 days of a cat not eating problems start in the liver and kidneys and go from there > >> I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > >> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Hogwash! >> >> I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something >> >> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Hogwash! What ever > > I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > > my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Don't feed her for 3 days and see if she's still picky.- Hide quoted text - You can do that with dogs; it's very risky with cats. Their livers and kidneys are too vulnerable. Lis Are you trying dry or wet? If it's canned -- maybe try mixing the old and the new together and increasing the new slowly. Rhonda > I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to > avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! >Are you trying dry or wet? > >If it's canned -- maybe try mixing the old and the new together and >increasing the new slowly. > >Rhonda This is wet. When I introduce new food I do it gradually, so I do mix with the old. If she doesn't like the new one, then she won't even eat it mixed in with the old. >> I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something >> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to >> avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! > When I introduce new food I do it gradually, so I do mix with > the old. If she doesn't like the new one, then she won't even > eat it mixed in with the old. I have that problem, too. My two (of four) who regularly eat canned food will go steal dry from the two stubborn ones when they don't like what I serve. I keep hoping this will force the two dry food junkies to go eat the canned. Doesn't work. SignatureCheryl >I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Wellness isn't going over very well (no pun intended). The Beef & > Chicken REEKS of garlic, I don't blame her for not liking that one. I buy the Wellness Beef & Chicken by the case for my cats. They all love it! > Today I bought two varieties of PetGuard. She ate some, but not with > much enthusiasm. > > Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to > avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! Pet Promise. Their motto is "Let byproducts be bygones." No glutens either. No factory farmed meats, no meat from antibiotic-fed animals, no dyes or colorings. Best regards, ---Cindy S. >>I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something >> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >I buy the Wellness Beef & Chicken by the case for my cats. They all love it! Don't you find the garlic odor very strong in that flavor? I don't notice it at all in the other flavors. >> Today I bought two varieties of PetGuard. She ate some, but not with >> much enthusiasm. >> >> Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to >> avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! >Pet Promise. Their motto is "Let byproducts be bygones." No glutens either. >No factory farmed meats, no meat from antibiotic-fed animals, no dyes or >colorings. Best regards, >---Cindy S. That one looks good, thanks I'll try that next. I'm going to have a big donation of food for my local shelter. > >>I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > >> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > - Show quoted text - "Many cats eat in cycles, a trait passed down from their wild ancestors that ate depending on the success of the hunt. Do not mistake these peaks and valleys for dissatisfaction with the food. Switching brands frequently can reinforce bad habits and create finicky eaters." http://www.healthypet.com/library_view.aspx?ID=123 > "Many cats eat in cycles, a trait passed down from their wild > ancestors that ate depending on the success of the hunt. Do not [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.healthypet.com/library_view.aspx?ID=123 http://www.gorbzilla.com/diet_tips.htm Quote: "It’s not natural to do an about-face food change for cats. In the wild a cat takes very tiny tastes of ‘new smelling’ foods and only eats more once its stomach has had a ‘safe’ reaction to it. That’s nature’s way of preventing food poisioning. The best way to change foods is to introduce the new food s-l-o-w-l-y, one teaspoon at a time into the ‘old’ food, gradually increasing it over a week or even two, using your cat’s reactions as your guideline. It’s not a race – it’s a big change. Easy does it, so your cat does not suffer any consequences or label that food as ‘poison’. You may want to learn about probiotics before starting that food switch." SignatureCheryl >> "Many cats eat in cycles, a trait passed down from their wild >> ancestors that ate depending on the success of the hunt. Do not [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > suffer any consequences or label that food as 'poison'. You may > want to learn about probiotics before starting that food switch." ------- This describes exactly Amanda's reaction to the canned food (after a lifetime of eating only dry). For the first week or two, she completely ignored the canned. Then, a little sniff. Then, a few days later, she took a tiny taste. Then, over the next few days, she ate a little more and a little more. Now (after a few weeks), she wolfs it all down. Best regards, ---Cindy S. >>>I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something >>> my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Don't you find the garlic odor very strong in that flavor? I don't > notice it at all in the other flavors. ---------- The beef & chicken smells good to me. It never clicked in my brain that I was smelling garlic, although I knew the Wellness cat food, in general, contained garlic. Since I know garlic isn't good for cats, I had asked my vet about Wellness before I bought it. Her feeling was that the amount of garlic was sufficiently small that it wouldn't harm the cats, and she said the reason the garlic was in the cat food in the first place was because cats generally *like* garlic. I feed my cats twice a day. They also like Fancy Feast, which has been called "junk food for cats," but I only buy the "Tender Beef Feast" flavor because I think it's the only variety that doesn't include byproducts in the first four ingredients. No wheat gluten or garlic either. Now, I'm thinking I really shouldn't give them the Wellness Beef & Chicken more than once a day. Best regards, --Cindy S. <snip> >> Don't you find the garlic odor very strong in that flavor? I don't >> notice it at all in the other flavors. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Best regards, >--Cindy S. I was concerned about the garlic too and my vet had the the same opinion as yours. I believe Wellness dry now has no garlic, so I wonder if they're eventually going to remove it from the wet. Tonight I tried the Wellness Turkey again and she gobbled it up! Hooray! I guess I'll have to mix and match brands once I eventually find out what she'll eat. This is no fun. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Have you tried Nature's Variety canned? No grains or byproducts. www.naturesvariety.com > I weaned my cats off Nutro and am having difficulty finding something > my very fussy girl will eat. Her brother will eat anything, but she's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Can anyone recommend something else for me to try? I would like to > avoid by-products and glutens. Thanks! Some advice on helping a cat switch foods: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/04/17/petscol.DTL&hw=Cats+ Keith+pet&sn=001&sc=1000 You may need a bit more of the Nutro, to get her started. Lis <snip> >Some advice on helping a cat switch foods: >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/04/17/petscol.DTL&hw=Cats+ Keith+pet&sn=001&sc=1000 > >You may need a bit more of the Nutro, to get her started. > >Lis I got rid of all the Nutro. I had several cases that were part of the original recall. Thank goodness I hadn't opened any yet. I'm not going to feed that to them again at all. That's what's making this change so difficult. |
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