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I imagine the crowd here is like me and has spent more time than they probably like trying to pick-out what to feed their cats. Being a newish cat person I realize I am spoiled with my dog. He will eat anything I put in front of him! I still have to figure out what foods are best for him, especially now that he has chronic kidney disease. But, he shows equal enthusiasm and gratitude for pretty much anything I give him.
These stinkin cats are entirely different. I have three cats that are siblings, about 1.5 years old, born to the feral cat Mama Jess that suckered us into caring for her not long before getting knocked up. FYI they all were neutered, vetted, etc., including Mama who is still around but pretty feral yet.
Even feral Mama Jess was picky about her food. I went through all kinds of canned food with her. She would love something one day and refuse it the next. It didn't help any that she was playing the sad homeless kitty act all over the neighborhood getting fed all kinds of stuff. She would come trotting into our garage with hot dogs and lunch meat! I eventually gave up on canned and now she just gets dry food left out.
Her babes were equally fussy with wet food, but always ate dry food well. So I picked a pretty decent dry food and stopped trying the wet. Now I've got Mr. Tubs who is obese, Miss Peanut who has had long term problems with vomiting, and Mr. Red who by some luck is at an ideal weight with no issues so far. Now I'm taking Peanut for vet visits trying to figure out if she has IBD, lymphoma, or something else. I posted about that already over on the cat health board. So after lots of reading I am trying to get them interested in wet food again, possibly moving on to homecooked or raw one day. It is not going well. I'm spending tons of time scouring ingredient labels and reading about all the "bad" ingredients to avoid that are seemingly in everything.
The cats on the other hand have seemingly no regard for my efforts Tubs acts like I am trying to poison him and attempts to cover up the "stench" of the food. Peanut will spend five minutes fussing with a piece of wet food the size of a pea and then walk away. Red is the only one who is a good little eater, but also the only one I wasn't too concerned about.
These cats would not survive in the wild I think. When I gave them some baked chicken thigh it took forever for them to eat the tiniest of pieces, except for Red because he's my good little eater. He looked like a a great white shark going for that chicken.
The cats we had as kids I think got whatever was cheapest at the grocery store and some leftover tuna when we had it. I don't think any more thought was ever put into it. That was pre-Internet though. Now every decision needs Googling first!
This obsession may be a personality thing on my part too though. Years ago I adopted two guinea pigs at a shelter I volunteered at. Being totally new to piggies I went and got the basic supplies at the pet store. Then I started Googling and had to make them a new way larger cage and buy better hay, food, and supplements online. I even bought gourmet dandelion seeds online so they could have fresh greens grown inside in winter. I made them little salads and fruit bowls daily! They ate better than me! They were good little eaters too, not like these cats! Oye, does it all seem like too much sometimes?
These stinkin cats are entirely different. I have three cats that are siblings, about 1.5 years old, born to the feral cat Mama Jess that suckered us into caring for her not long before getting knocked up. FYI they all were neutered, vetted, etc., including Mama who is still around but pretty feral yet.
Even feral Mama Jess was picky about her food. I went through all kinds of canned food with her. She would love something one day and refuse it the next. It didn't help any that she was playing the sad homeless kitty act all over the neighborhood getting fed all kinds of stuff. She would come trotting into our garage with hot dogs and lunch meat! I eventually gave up on canned and now she just gets dry food left out.
Her babes were equally fussy with wet food, but always ate dry food well. So I picked a pretty decent dry food and stopped trying the wet. Now I've got Mr. Tubs who is obese, Miss Peanut who has had long term problems with vomiting, and Mr. Red who by some luck is at an ideal weight with no issues so far. Now I'm taking Peanut for vet visits trying to figure out if she has IBD, lymphoma, or something else. I posted about that already over on the cat health board. So after lots of reading I am trying to get them interested in wet food again, possibly moving on to homecooked or raw one day. It is not going well. I'm spending tons of time scouring ingredient labels and reading about all the "bad" ingredients to avoid that are seemingly in everything.
The cats on the other hand have seemingly no regard for my efforts Tubs acts like I am trying to poison him and attempts to cover up the "stench" of the food. Peanut will spend five minutes fussing with a piece of wet food the size of a pea and then walk away. Red is the only one who is a good little eater, but also the only one I wasn't too concerned about.
These cats would not survive in the wild I think. When I gave them some baked chicken thigh it took forever for them to eat the tiniest of pieces, except for Red because he's my good little eater. He looked like a a great white shark going for that chicken.
The cats we had as kids I think got whatever was cheapest at the grocery store and some leftover tuna when we had it. I don't think any more thought was ever put into it. That was pre-Internet though. Now every decision needs Googling first!
This obsession may be a personality thing on my part too though. Years ago I adopted two guinea pigs at a shelter I volunteered at. Being totally new to piggies I went and got the basic supplies at the pet store. Then I started Googling and had to make them a new way larger cage and buy better hay, food, and supplements online. I even bought gourmet dandelion seeds online so they could have fresh greens grown inside in winter. I made them little salads and fruit bowls daily! They ate better than me! They were good little eaters too, not like these cats! Oye, does it all seem like too much sometimes?