I’m going to throw this question out to all the fine bitches. Do your cats constantly reject food? I know kitties are finicky mofos, but Dave is an extreme case. Whatever I try, from expensive to supermarket cat food, Dave will love it when it’s new. After a couple of weeks -- sometimes days -- he turns his nose up. It’s a concern because I have to keep his skinny, nine pound ass eating. I’ve also read that it’s not good to frequently change brands.
Dave would rather starve than eat cat food he’s less than pleased with. I supplement with fresh, organic chicken and he even rejects that after a while. What do I have to do, personally bag a sparrow for him?
Dave would rather starve than eat cat food he’s less than pleased with. I supplement with fresh, organic chicken and he even rejects that after a while. What do I have to do, personally bag a sparrow for him?
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Re: picky eating
Mon, August 16, 2004 - 6:53 PMi'd say variety and smaller portions. i don't know if this is deemed 'ok' but what i would do is feed a small amount in the morning about half of what you normally feed him. and give him nothing else until the nighttime. i hate to sound mean but if you don't feed him as much he might develop an appeitite after a couple of days.
also is it hot where you are? i notice my cats don't eat a lot when it's hot... maybe he just doesn't eat loads? or is he getting snacks off someone inbetween meals. do you leave dry food out for him, cos he could be snacking on that.
maybe you've spoilt him for choice by constantly switching brands... so you need to lay down the law. snowy can be really picky. so i just put the food down and if she doesn't eat it within about ten minutes. i put it up again. and then do that about an hour later. pretty soon she got the drift after one night when i tried to get her to eat i just went to bed. the next morning and thereafter when i put her meal down she ate it.
i don't know if that helped any... but let me know what your feeding patterns are and maybe we can all pool together to help you out babe. -
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Re: picky eating
Mon, August 16, 2004 - 11:09 PMNever had this problem. Clyde eats everything all the time.
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Re: picky eating
Tue, August 17, 2004 - 2:22 AMStan's exactly the same, we frequently change brands then he starts leaving it again. However anything we're eating he's veeeery interested in, even tomato pasta and suchlike - wierdo -
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Re: picky eating
Tue, August 17, 2004 - 10:32 AMDemi, I think those are all very good suggestions. Thanks for the help! I'm going to try a wider variety of food and slightly smaller portions. I'll see if that helps. Brouhaha -- Dave is interested in our weird dinners just like Stan. Especially corn. I think he'd take me out Tony Montana style for the right cob. -
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Tue, August 17, 2004 - 10:41 AMI think the idea that variety in cat food is another marketing idea brought about by pet food companies to engender brand loyalty. From what I know, feeding cats a variety of food covers their nutritional bases a lot better, since different foods can have extremely different levels of nutrients. Foods with byproducts and seafood tend to be very high in iodine and vitamin A, for example. Some cats do tend to hurl when their food is abruptly switched, but if the cat doesn't have problem eating different food from one meal to the next, then hey, why not mix it up a bit?
I do find it funny to see cats swing to such different extremes: some become obsessed with one flavor and refuse all other foods, while others like Dave and Stan are fixated on having variety. -
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Re: picky eating
Tue, August 17, 2004 - 4:21 PMit's like people really isn't it? i went through a phase were all i ate were potatoes.
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