Kitten refuses to eat dry food

gothicangel69

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I cannot get Boo to eat dry food. The other two kittens eat the dry food, but he wants nothing to do with it. I've tried mixing a tiny bit of dry food in with the wet, and he'll eat that, but he won't eat the dry food by itself. He gets wet food twice a day, and even though there's dry food out 24/7, he's always starving when it comes time to get his wet food.
Does anyone else here have a cat who will not eat dry food, or is it something that he'll grow out of??? Wet food is expensive so I would like him to eat at least some dry food.
 

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Maybe he doesn’t like that particular dry. I know there are certain dry cat foods my cat absolutely won’t eat for an example he will not eat Felidae dry. Did your cat ever enjoy eating the dry you’re offering now?
 
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I've tried three different brands so far, and he won't touch any of them. My other cat needs to be on a grain free dry food, and I only know of Nature's Variety Raw Instinct that's grain free. I've tried Nutrience and Nature's Variety Lamb and Oatmeal just to see if he likes them, but they're not grain free.
 

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Grain free is GOOD but NOT all cats NEED it ... ie a food with grain is NOT a BAD food
 
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Oh I know, but if he gets a dry food with grains in it, he gets crazy bad dandruff.
 

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I had that problem with boots, I tried Royal Canin, Avoderm, and Chicken soup, only one he will eat now willingly is Nutro Max Kitten, But that has grains. You may just have to mix the dry with the wet if you dont want to do a all-wet diet
 

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Originally Posted by gothicangel69

Oh I know, but if he gets a dry food with grains in it, he gets crazy bad dandruff.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...rain+free+drys

those are a list of grain frees for you
Originally Posted by Tiger1206

I had that problem with boots, I tried Royal Canin, Avoderm, and Chicken soup, only one he will eat now willingly is Nutro Max Kitten, But that has grains. You may just have to mix the dry with the wet if you dont want to do a all-wet diet
Max is designed for skin and coat ... glad it is working
 
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