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Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Sun May 12, '13 7:58pm PST  The Wellness rep was in my store this week with a brochure about these new foods. I'm totally excited to bring them in! He gave me a couple of sample cans, but Kyubey wouldn't dream of eating something with shrimp in it, so I gave them to one of my employees. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Wed Apr 24, '13 9:41pm PST  Beep, that's EXACTLY why we went with Fancy Feast after trying some of the higher end stuff. I have every intention of upgrading once he's consistently eating wet food! When I was a vet tech, we would use warmed Fancy Feast to tempt sick kitties who didn't feel like eating into taking a nibble. That was actually one of my favorite parts of the job, sitting after my "official" shift had ended and tempting the reluctant eaters one little lick at a time. I'm VERY good at getting sick kitties eating, but Kyubey is just stubborn! Brownie, he DOES eat much better if I sit with him and pet him, it's MY habits that need to change to make that happen more often! I tend to sleep late and flee out the door in the morning, I need to get up a few minutes earlier to sit with him while he dines. I do generally sit with him for his evening meal, we both love it. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Food & Nutrition > Converting a kibble addict

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Mon Apr 22, '13 11:19pm PST  This evening we made a mushy soup and poured it over a pinch of bonito flakes...and he ate maybe 1/4 of the food! That may not sound like a lot, but it's a BIG victory. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Food & Nutrition > Best Diet Food

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Mon Apr 22, '13 6:21pm PST  Whhen my old kitty, Cupcake, needed to lost weight, canned food was not an option. We wound up gradually decreasing her intake of kibble to 1/4 cup twice a day, which kept her lean and healthy until age 16.5. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Food & Nutrition > Converting a kibble addict

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Mon Apr 22, '13 5:37pm PST  Hi Delyte! You are more than welcome to all of the shrimp! -Kyubey Kyubey does not care for raw meat. I've tried several brands of pre-packaged raw, and I often put a little meat down for him when I'm cooking. He always snubs it raw, sometimes will take a nibble of it cooked...he doesn't even like tuna! (I've never encountered that before!) I haven't tried freeze-dried treats, but I'll bet he would like them. When I pull out the bag of bonito fish he practically trips me winding around my ankles until I give him some!! Perhaps I should try putting some wet food OVER the bonito instead of the other way around. Hmm... We did attempt some Honest Kitchen and Grandma Lucy's freeze-dried foods, but they were a no-go. Thanks for all of the ideas! We've been at this off and on for months, and I'm determined to win eventually! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Mon Apr 22, '13 3:08pm PST  For canned food, we started with EVO, which he wouldn't touch. We have also tried Wellness pate, Wellness minced, Fussie Cat, Replenish, Friskies pate, and then I went and purchased one each of 24 different flavors of Fancy Feast. If a food has shrimp in it, he not only won't touch it, he tries to bury it as though it is poop. Right now he is eating Feline Caviar's indoor venison grain free kibble. I will never be able to get another bag of it, since the company is so hard to work with that no stores in my area carry it anymore. I haven't tried the catmilk, I think I can actually order that at work and have a go at it. I'll also puree tonight's meal and make soup to see if that helps. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Food & Nutrition > Converting a kibble addict

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Mon Apr 22, '13 12:35pm PST  Kyubey is being VERY stubborn about switching to canned food. He is definitely a kibble addict, he LOVES his crunchies, but is VERY reluctant to eat the good stuff. We've tried sprinkling it with kibble, waiting until he's REALLY hungry (no longer than 12 hours though), heating the food a bit, and an assortment of canned foods from the top end all the way down to fancy feast. Last night I put some shredded bonito fish on his wet food, and he actually took a few nibbles. This is the closest thing I've found so far to an actual solution, but he didn't eat more than a few nibbles, and then he stopped. This morning he got a fresh serving, and he ate the bonito off of it and stopped. We did allow him a few bites of kibble because I don't want him to wind up with hepatic lipidosis, but I'm concerned that if we keep giving in and giving him kibble he will NEVER get transitioned. Thoughts? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Food & Nutrition > Natura Recall

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Mon Apr 22, '13 12:00pm PST  On the plus side, this is a salmonella recall. It's definitely something to be wary of, but not a reason to panic. Us kitties (and our doggy counterparts) don't generally get sick from salmonella. My auntie (Meowmie's sister) has been a registered vet tech in a cat hospital for twelve years and has NEVER seen a cat diagnosed with salmonellosis. It would be much more serious if this were a recall due to a nutritional deficiency or something else. This recall is mostly to protect our human servants, who are much more vulnerable to infection than we are. So tell your humans to always wash their paws after handling your food, no matter what brand it is!! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Cat Health > URI, FHV, and other cats

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Thu Feb 28, '13 11:24pm PST  Sending healing vibes to everyone! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Kyubey PLAY!!! Play- play play play- pl...zzzzzzz     Purred: Wed Feb 27, '13 12:29pm PST  I'd definitely keep them separate until the sickie is recovered. We had a URI sweep through our household last year and it was very unpleasant for everyone, but worst for the kittens in the home. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

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