Cat Food Quality

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anne - 28 Feb 2008 08:51 GMT

I feed my cat Felix in Jelly pouches (in the UK) - and obviously he
has some favourite flavours.

Sometimes he (and a neighbour's cat who pops in) will not touch a
particular batch of pouches. There is no noticeable offensive smell
or any other difference from normal.

Does anyone else find this?

I have had pouches which have "blown" and I wonder if the cat can
detect that the pouch contents are on the way "off"

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Ivor Jones - 28 Feb 2008 18:35 GMT

: : I feed my cat Felix in Jelly pouches (in the UK) - and
: : obviously he has some favourite flavours.
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
: : the cat can detect that the pouch contents are on the
: : way "off"

I get the same thing. I have always put it down to my Missy being a
finicky eater, but you've got me wondering. Sometimes she'll gobble up an
entire pouch in one go, sometimes she'll turn her nose up at exactly the
same flavour a week later..!

Hmm.....

Ivor

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Ira - 28 Feb 2008 23:08 GMT

> I feed my cat Felix in Jelly pouches (in the UK) - and obviously he
> has some favourite flavours.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> I have had pouches which have "blown" and I wonder if the cat can
> detect that the pouch contents are on the way "off"

I've read on some pet site that this kind of behaviour is not uncommon,
and the problem lies not in the moods of the cat but in the contents of
the can. Some pet food producers have adopted the following trick: if
the label says, for example, "5% lamb" the rest can be anything, from
beef to poultry. It's legal and you don't notice the difference but your
cat surely does, that's why he or she would polish the plate today but
turn away from it next week. The only solution I've found so far is
quality food, still better - the cans where you see with naked eyes what
sort of meat has been used.

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