Hey guys! it's my first post
I need some help with my cat... Here's Some information first:
1) It's the first time im having a 100% indoor cat who never gets out of the house, since we live in an apartment building.
2) It's also the first time im having pure breed cat, It's a female ragdoll at the age of 8 months.
Usually i was just picking cats off the street and feeding them whatever + i had a backyard for them to chill.
With that said + the fact pure breed are a bit more sensitive than the regular "street" cat, i'v been trying to make sure that i provide her with everything she needs, But i struggle with dry food.
At first the breeder told me he was feeding the cats with "Regal" -- so that's what i got. But afterwards i was told it's not very good, and that he's a crap breeder... indeed she never ate it with passion...
Later on I was thinking that Friskies is a good food, and that's what i gave her... and she really really liked it
But lately i'v been hearing that Friskies is shit!... after few months of Friskies, i have been researching a little on the web and decided to try Orijen.
I was sure she is going to love it and i bought a bag and oops, she even refused to smell it!, so i tried Acana, but guess what? same story.
Afterwards, the guys at the shop gave me loads of tester packs of dry food, which i don't even remember their names because she refused to eat them as well.
Then i noticed the Purina logo on Pro Plan bag (like friskies), and decided to give it a try as it was more expensive, it wasn't bad as the rest of them, and i guess there's maybe some future with this one since she eats of my hand, but off my hand only (this was today), and not from her plate.
Now, i know that friskies has flavour and smell improvements in it (dunno how it's called in english) and i guess that's why she loves it, but... it's been a week now and im tired about this + it's becoming very expensive... I have to go away twice in a month for several days each time because of work, and in general i work most of my time, therefore dry food is the only option for me, and I feel like im about to go back to feeding her friskies, as i want to know she eats when im not ther + i want her to enjoy her food as well... what's the point if it's super healthy but disguasting to her?
Few more pointers:
1) She really likes all types of canned food yet.
2) I feed her 50g canned food and half a cup of dry food every day ("Go!", "Athena" and "Fancy Feast" usually).
3) I would like to keep having this rotation between dry and wet food.
Questions:
1) Just how bad friskies is as a basic everyday cat food? what are it's drawbacks?
2) Can i maybe compensate for friskies by using some sort of canned food?
3) How is pro plan in terms of diet? should i stick with it?
+ anything else you will be able to tell me.
I guess it's also a bit weird for her to get different food each day, and that probs makes an impact as well... But what can i do?
Try to give me direct tips, and not general guides for feeding if possible.
Here's my girl btw:
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Thanks in advance!
I need some help with my cat... Here's Some information first:
1) It's the first time im having a 100% indoor cat who never gets out of the house, since we live in an apartment building.
2) It's also the first time im having pure breed cat, It's a female ragdoll at the age of 8 months.
Usually i was just picking cats off the street and feeding them whatever + i had a backyard for them to chill.
With that said + the fact pure breed are a bit more sensitive than the regular "street" cat, i'v been trying to make sure that i provide her with everything she needs, But i struggle with dry food.
At first the breeder told me he was feeding the cats with "Regal" -- so that's what i got. But afterwards i was told it's not very good, and that he's a crap breeder... indeed she never ate it with passion...
Later on I was thinking that Friskies is a good food, and that's what i gave her... and she really really liked it
But lately i'v been hearing that Friskies is shit!... after few months of Friskies, i have been researching a little on the web and decided to try Orijen.
I was sure she is going to love it and i bought a bag and oops, she even refused to smell it!, so i tried Acana, but guess what? same story.
Afterwards, the guys at the shop gave me loads of tester packs of dry food, which i don't even remember their names because she refused to eat them as well.
Then i noticed the Purina logo on Pro Plan bag (like friskies), and decided to give it a try as it was more expensive, it wasn't bad as the rest of them, and i guess there's maybe some future with this one since she eats of my hand, but off my hand only (this was today), and not from her plate.
Now, i know that friskies has flavour and smell improvements in it (dunno how it's called in english) and i guess that's why she loves it, but... it's been a week now and im tired about this + it's becoming very expensive... I have to go away twice in a month for several days each time because of work, and in general i work most of my time, therefore dry food is the only option for me, and I feel like im about to go back to feeding her friskies, as i want to know she eats when im not ther + i want her to enjoy her food as well... what's the point if it's super healthy but disguasting to her?
Few more pointers:
1) She really likes all types of canned food yet.
2) I feed her 50g canned food and half a cup of dry food every day ("Go!", "Athena" and "Fancy Feast" usually).
3) I would like to keep having this rotation between dry and wet food.
Questions:
1) Just how bad friskies is as a basic everyday cat food? what are it's drawbacks?
2) Can i maybe compensate for friskies by using some sort of canned food?
3) How is pro plan in terms of diet? should i stick with it?
+ anything else you will be able to tell me.
I guess it's also a bit weird for her to get different food each day, and that probs makes an impact as well... But what can i do?
Try to give me direct tips, and not general guides for feeding if possible.
Here's my girl btw:
.
Thanks in advance!