I think this bears saying...
I don't think that there are many people on this forum (or other cat forums) that don't realize that raw is ideal, wet is a close second and kibble is least desirable for our cats to consume. HOWEVER- while raw/canned are the most ideal- some animals just WILL NOT eat it.
I have been continuously persistent in attempting to get my cat to eat a wet diet. I have tried since I adopted him 2.5 years ago (and most persistently this past 7 months) to convert my cat Bo onto a wet diet. I even tried for a few months to get him onto a full PMR (prey model raw) diet. He did not convert. He absolutely refuses.
The best success I have had is with Fancy Feast and he has recently shunned that as well.
I have now resigned myself to feeding my cat a primarily kibble diet. This isn't due to laziness, ineptness, or neglect. It is that my cat will not eat what is set down for him and he WILL starve himself.
I have tried every piece of advice. I have tried every wet that I can think of. I have not allowed him to be fussy and left wet for him for a bit over 24 hours (he didn't eat the entire time). Did not work.
I am not typing this to defend my "poor dietary choices" but to show you that in some situations a cat cannot eat an "ideal" diet. We all know the risks to doling out "tough love" and I am not willing to take the risks any longer nor should anyone have to do this.
Comparing kibble to "a child eating candy" or eating McDonalds every day is very offensive to those of us that have tried everything in our power. I don't mind if people don't like kibble. *I* don't like kibble for cats BUT I am in a positions that it is all that I can feed (nothing to do with money, I'm financially stable enough to feed whatever he needs).
Would you say that a cat would be better off being fed Friskies dry and being loved by a family in a warm and safe environment OR that a cat be a feral eating a true raw diet in the wilderness??
The judgement is irritating and offensive and if that could stop it would be greatly appreciated.
We are on this forum to learn and we are here because we love our cats. Let that be our common ground.
Education is important, but judgement isn't necessary (or wanted). \rant
I don't think that there are many people on this forum (or other cat forums) that don't realize that raw is ideal, wet is a close second and kibble is least desirable for our cats to consume. HOWEVER- while raw/canned are the most ideal- some animals just WILL NOT eat it.
I have been continuously persistent in attempting to get my cat to eat a wet diet. I have tried since I adopted him 2.5 years ago (and most persistently this past 7 months) to convert my cat Bo onto a wet diet. I even tried for a few months to get him onto a full PMR (prey model raw) diet. He did not convert. He absolutely refuses.
The best success I have had is with Fancy Feast and he has recently shunned that as well.
I have now resigned myself to feeding my cat a primarily kibble diet. This isn't due to laziness, ineptness, or neglect. It is that my cat will not eat what is set down for him and he WILL starve himself.
I have tried every piece of advice. I have tried every wet that I can think of. I have not allowed him to be fussy and left wet for him for a bit over 24 hours (he didn't eat the entire time). Did not work.
I am not typing this to defend my "poor dietary choices" but to show you that in some situations a cat cannot eat an "ideal" diet. We all know the risks to doling out "tough love" and I am not willing to take the risks any longer nor should anyone have to do this.
Comparing kibble to "a child eating candy" or eating McDonalds every day is very offensive to those of us that have tried everything in our power. I don't mind if people don't like kibble. *I* don't like kibble for cats BUT I am in a positions that it is all that I can feed (nothing to do with money, I'm financially stable enough to feed whatever he needs).
Would you say that a cat would be better off being fed Friskies dry and being loved by a family in a warm and safe environment OR that a cat be a feral eating a true raw diet in the wilderness??
The judgement is irritating and offensive and if that could stop it would be greatly appreciated.
We are on this forum to learn and we are here because we love our cats. Let that be our common ground.
Education is important, but judgement isn't necessary (or wanted). \rant
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