This former feral who decided that she was a picky eater after I
trapped her, and fed her food that didn't come out of a garbage
can, ate some canned food in front of me tonight!

After her first several months here, she wouldn't eat canned, and
pulled her fur out in protest (she's easily stressed about food).
She also got fat; mostly from her socialization time in the cage,
then on a diet of only dry food her obsession over food since she
eats like she'll never see another meal.

Lately she's been acting bored with her dry meals. The other 3 get
canned for breakfast and for dinner. Very little dry is left out
during the day between the four of them. Bonnie has to eat her fill
before I leave for work, or Rhett is right there nudging her out of
her bowl to eat her leftovers.  I've been seeing her sticking her
face in the wet food bowls and licking a little. She rarely takes a
bite, though. I always put out 4 bowls of canned (hers with just a
little because she just won't eat it) but tonight she did!!

My main concern with her eating nothing but dry is diabetes. If she
were to need daily injections and testing, I couldn't do it. Even
after two years (May 17th is the 2nd anniversay of her first day
with me!) she still can't be approached or picked up. She will come
to me on her terms, and is very affectionate, but not a "lap" or
"pickup cat". She's only recently let me walk up to her and pet
her, but walk up to her and pick her up, NO WAY. Yearly vet visits
are an ordeal, and I have an understanding with my vet that I may
have to cancel appts if I can't "get" her.

I think we're on the way to healthier eating. :) She's already
slimming down with the kittens around; she loves to play chase with
them! :)