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Shadow
Just say NO to- KIBBLE KRACK! |
 | | Purred: Tue Nov 10, '09 4:45pm PST | |  | |  | | Do they sell natures variety premade Raw at any of the pet stores in your area?? you could try some of that.
List of dry food:
Evo cat and kitten
Taste of the Wild
Thats it from us, all I can think of from the top of my head. |  |  | |  |
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Precious- Kit-Kit
If it dont- crunch get it- off my food-mat |
 | | Purred: Tue Nov 10, '09 7:14pm PST | | | | | | i'm unsure on the pre-made raw i'm going to try a pet store a bit further away and see what they have that i can try... the vet gave the the science diet... i would think he would give be a good pet food :/ but like i've read other places vets don't have a lot of nutrition training for each animal... She really likes the royal canine kitten is that an okay line? I've read most of the post on this forum and the raw food forum and Evo is mentioned alot so when i got to the store on Saturday after Kit-Kit's vet check up i'm going to get some of that --- I'd like to avoid long term vet cost... i have tried wetting her kibble and she wont touch it... shell drink the water and leave the food tried it with her cat milk too and same thing | | | | |
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Sylar
FOOD?! WHERE?! |
| | Purred: Tue Nov 17, '09 10:36pm PST | | | | | | Have you tried pouring the cat milk over the canned food?
Also, have you tried getting a "chunk" formula of canned food? Maybe even try getting one of those and straining the gravy out so it appears to be kibble?
Another thought, she's only 12 weeks old, so you have plenty of time to transition to one of the high quality cans. Why don't you try Science Diet culinary creations beef chunks in gravy? It really looks like kibble in gravy. Not forever, obviously, but if she's so stuck on science diet dry, and royal canin dry, why not try their canned food first? | | | | |
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Precious- Kit-Kit
If it dont- crunch get it- off my food-mat |
| | Purred: Thu Nov 19, '09 5:30pm PST | | | | | | She wont eat science diet wet. I tried Purina pro-plan, bff, tiki, wellness, whiskas, fancy feast, friskies, some cooked chicken and some raw chicken all get the sniff and paw shake and she wont touch it. I've kept trying the chicken cooked (just baked no spices) and raw but she doesn't eat it. | | | | |
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Shade
My name is not- Kittyfloss!
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| | Purred: Fri Nov 20, '09 4:03am PST | | | | | | I'm sorry, I haven't re-read the entire thread, but have you tried a non-chicken/poultry food? Maybe she just doesn't like chicken. If you want to stick w/ trying raw, one can usually get stew beef for pretty cheaply. I buy that for my cats. And, if she doesn't like it, you can always make yourself some stew! | | | | |
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Gracie
I'm the baby,- gotta love me! |
| | Purred: Fri Nov 20, '09 9:04am PST | | | | | | Other good ones to try: Merrick's, Weruva, California Natural. My cats love Weruva like nobody's business. They like it so much that I was finally able to have them eat the beef flavors! It's like a miracle happened (and you can now find Weruva on Amazon, though by the case, so it is an investment).
Another tip: try getting some bonito flakes and sprinkling them on top of the food. It's basically little tiny bits of tuna flakes. You can find them at some pet stores, though your best bet is to find an asian market (they were and are manufactured to be safe for human consumption) and buy some there. I remember reading that the smell of tuna will entice some cats to eat food when nothing else will.
Also, put away the dry food bowl before you feed wet. That is what I had to do at first, though my older cat didn't take as much convincing (he's picky about flavors and texture, but once he likes something, he won't be asked to eat twice  ), and the younger one took to it immediately ("They feed wet food here? SWEET"  ). Once they start eating the wet food and like it, you don't have to worry so much about taking the dry away (mine get timed feedings anyway, so they technically have a choice to nibble on wet, or hold off on eating for 12 hours  )Edited by author Fri Nov 20, '09 9:14am PST
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Munchie
Was that the can- opener? |
| | Purred: Sun Nov 22, '09 10:00am PST | | | | | | Wellness, Blue Buffalo, Solid Gold
I am in the process of switching my kitties to a mostly canned food diet (I have one who can't because of her Cerebral Hypoplasia she has a hard time eating the canned), and my 2 older ones absolutely LOVE canned food so don't have problems there. But here are some suggestions we give to our clients (I work for a vet---my dad who will admit I probably know more about nutrition than he does). If your vet gave you the science diet, it is more than likely that the company supplied him with the free bag to give to you. That's what they used to do when we carried their products (we don't carry them any more). You could try heating up the canned food for a few seconds in the microwave, mixing deli meats (turkey, beef etc) with the food, mixing the Vita Gravy's in with the food, mixing salmon or tuna juice with the food, mixing cheese with the food. Sometimes it can take cats/kittens who aren't used to canned food a while to get used to them, but eventually most will cave. If I am even in the kitchen my cats think it's canned food time and come running/begging. | | | | |
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