Are you leaving dry food out? If so, pick it up and go to scheduled meal times with a measured (small) amount of kibble. Leave wet food out instead. And check out these links:Two of my cats seem to hate wet food. One take a few bites and walks away. One just sucks the juice out of it. LOLAnyway to coax them to eat more wet and less dry?
I've tried Fancy Feast, Friskies, et tal. I tried chicken, turkey, fish. Youngest really hated the chunks, she literally bolted away. LOL Best the two did was with was chicken.How many different types of wet foods have you tried? Did you try both pate and chunks? (Some cats have a preference.) Did you try different meats?
if the chicken is for humans, it doesn't have taurine and few other things cats need, so you'd end up with a deficient cat if you tried to feed it as cat food. deficiencies don't manifest in cats the same way they do in humans (although some are probably milder) you can have heavy CNS damage, blindness, death--that sort of thing so you probably don't want to gamble.Can I substitute tuna/ canned chicken for wet food? All my cats eat the hell out of it. They get it once or twice a week.
Not tuna. A whole can of that is too much for a cat.I've tried Fancy Feast, Friskies, et tal. I tried chicken, turkey, fish. Youngest really hated the chunks, she literally bolted away. LOL Best the two did was with was chicken.
Can I substitute tuna/canned chicken for wet food? All my cats eat the hell out of it. They get it once or twice a week.
I am getting ready to make that switch just to get Patricia off kibbles. She does not care if it is shredded, sliced, chunks, or pate. However she does not always like the smell, so I have to figure out which canned food she likes.What I did first when switching mine from dry to canned was to put them on scheduled feedings. No more free feedings. Then I began replacing the kibble with canned. And, yes, it takes awhile with some cats for you to find a food they like. We tried literally hundreds of different brands, flavors, types (pates, slices, chunks, etc. I also have one who will lick it to death until all that's left is a pile of dry "stuff", and I always wonder if she's actually getting any nutrients, since it seems the meat is still in her bowl! (but since the whole conversion to canned was so we could convert to raw, I didn't worry about it too much)
Oh, and one way to entice them is to crush up some of their beloved kibble and sprinkle it on top of the canned food. At least they might come over to the bowl and take a lick or two, and with any luck, they'll like what's under it!
I would split the can between three cats. Facey would eat two cans of tuna (or wet food) if I let her.Not tuna. A whole can of that is too much for a cat.
The problem with feeding your own chicken is it does not have the right amounts of the right nutrients for a cat. You need to add supplements (taurine, vitamin A, and omega-3) to the chicken.
Wet food does NOT rot their teeth! There are many debates as to whether or not eating kibble cleans their teeth or not. Most people say "no". The only way to really clean their teeth is to brush them, and many people do just thatThis thread is so informative. Thank you all!
I'm gonna try some tricks tonight to get my two kitties off dry food.
My neighbor INSISTS wet food rots their teeth - any truth to this?
The myth is dry food helps teeth when cats chew food. There is just one problem with this idea: cats don't chew their food. They just use teeth to break kibbles in half, not chew them, so there is no dental benefit.This thread is so informative. Thank you all!
I'm gonna try some tricks tonight to get my two kitties off dry food.
My neighbor INSISTS wet food rots their teeth - any truth to this?
Is she gaining weight? What kind of canned food, how many ounces, etc. Some canned is high calorie, some isn't.Dumb question:
As I said before Facey would eat two cans of wet if I let her - is she actually THAT hungry or is she just being a pig? She does not do that with dry food.
I thought it was rather odd to say that, knowing wet food is better for their health.Wet food does NOT rot their teeth!
Her weight stays the same. I fear if I let her eat til her heart's content, she'd get too fat. Or should I just let her eat that much?Is she gaining weight? What kind of canned food, how many ounces, etc. Some canned is high calorie, some isn't.