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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2004won't eat cat food
I took your advise and took our 8 month kitty off kitty food and put him on Purina indoor cat dry food-she won't eat it...I put milk on it and she licked up the milk only not eating any food- I was thinking of buy one more of the kitty food and mixing them together and get her going... any advise.. thanks > I took your advise and took our 8 month kitty off kitty food and put him on > Purina indoor cat dry food-she won't eat it...I put milk on it and she [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > any advise.. > thanks Do it gradually. You kitty is obviously used to one thing so will need to slowly get used to others. Start with 90/10% of old food. After a few days, go to 80-20% etc. he will slowly get used to new smell and new tastes. Saying all that, I don't know what others think, but since I like to eat different food everyday, I figure, why should my cats eat the same thing all the time. Can;t be fun. So I feed mine with a can of different food every day, and change dry food as much as possible. Not all of them like all of the tastes of course, but that is tuff, and if they don;t like the wet food they will munch on dry (or help me with my dinner he he). My Tiara has thoroughly enjoy my Atkins diet with me :) They all however adore Hills Science diet dry food; I get them furrball (Hairball) and Indoor versions, but hey all adore others as well. My Tigger's tummy completely banned Purina's indoor dry food which mostly ended up back on the carpet joined by other stomach contents of course. So try Hills Science diet, but don;t make it the only thing he ever eats. As for milk, don't give it. Milk contains lactose which cats stomachs can;t digest therefore often causing throwing up/diarrhea. Felix, Whiskas and Tesco make special cat milk without lactose, which tastes gorgeous(I tried it he he) but again, not all cats will like it. Gee > Saying all that, I don't know what others think, but since I like to eat > different food everyday, I figure, why should my cats eat the same > thing all > the time. Can;t be fun. I seem to have an unfussy kitten, he's so far eaten 4 different brands of kitten food in varying flavours, and wolfed the lot (-: Amanda | Do it gradually. You kitty is obviously used to one thing so will need to | slowly get used to others. Start with 90/10% of old food. After a few days, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] | they will munch on dry (or help me with my dinner he he). My Tiara has | thoroughly enjoy my Atkins diet with me :) I thought you're not meant switching brands because it's hard on the tummy? (you stated that yourself above, mixing slowly). Or are you talking about different flavours within the same brand? Carola "M.C. Mullen" <mcmullen@freesurf.invalid.ch> wrote in message news:4086a652$0$717 > I thought you're not meant switching brands because it's hard on the tummy? > (you stated that yourself above, mixing slowly). > Or are you talking about different flavours within the same brand? > > Carola Yeah my first suggestion was to mix it slowly if she was to do it from one brand she used for a long time to another brand which will stay. If a cat is not used to switching food, then she/he may not be happy, which is what happened in this case, hence my suggestion. My cats however have always eaten different foods, from the day one. I never let them have anything the same for more then couple of days, unlike the original poster, if I understood correctly. And no I dont; think it;s hard on their tummies at all, just like you eat different food everyday and is not hard on your stomach. So to my cats introduction to a new brand is a common reaccurance, so they are completely used to eat, and are always eager to see what's on the menu today. And yeah, I am talking about different brands, diferent meat, diffferent packiging shapes etc. I purposly by as wide variety as I can, but never anything too cheap. Mine seem to like Felix and Classic wet food the best, and any dry food really, especially Hills Sceience diet. They collectively dislike Whiskas and Arthurs wet food, never understood that. Gee Maybe try buying that cay milk stuff and making it mushy in the bowl then slowly bringing her to just cat food. Are you weaning her from kitten chow at 8 months? I would wait till she was closer to 1 year old. > I took your advise and took our 8 month kitty off kitty food and put him on > Purina indoor cat dry food-she won't eat it...I put milk on it and she [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > any advise.. > thanks Pieces and Frisko would like to agree with gee..."We eat a new flavor of fancy feast every day...we get our choice of two different flavors, or hard food." > Maybe try buying that cay milk stuff and making it mushy in the bowl then > slowly bringing her to just cat food. Are you weaning her from kitten chow [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > any advise.. > > thanks
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