My Gracie is fat. She doesn't eat much. Between her and Gypsy, they get about a cup of dry a day, and split a 3oz can, or 1/4 of a 5.5oz can. Even on a light formula dry food (Chicken Soup), she gained another pound this past year, and is now tipping the scale near 16 pounds. She was a little overweight at 12 pounds.
So I want to get her to eat more canned food, less dry. Up until now, the canned food was just a treat at night, so I didn't fuss too much about brands because I was happy with the dry they were eating.
The hard part is... finding a quality canned food she'll actually eat. I've tried different flavors of Eagle Pack and Natural Balance, and both she and Gypsy (not overweight, or at least not much overweight and not gaining every year) turned their nose up at everything. Gypsy will eat the one flavor of Wellness I've tried, but Gracie wasn't very interested.
She seems to like chunks or flakes better than pate style foods. She adores Fancy Feast Elegant Entrees, Meow Mix in the pouches or cups, & will eat Nutro in the pouches, but I think I could do a lot better quality wise for the amount those cost. But I'm also tired of throwing food away. (Now that I have the kittens, though, they'll eat anything the big cats won't, so it doesn't really go to waste.)
So... any suggestions for a chunky cat who likes chunky foods? Is the Meow Mix, Fancy Feast, or Nutro (it sounds bad to phrase it this way) "good enough?"
So I want to get her to eat more canned food, less dry. Up until now, the canned food was just a treat at night, so I didn't fuss too much about brands because I was happy with the dry they were eating.
The hard part is... finding a quality canned food she'll actually eat. I've tried different flavors of Eagle Pack and Natural Balance, and both she and Gypsy (not overweight, or at least not much overweight and not gaining every year) turned their nose up at everything. Gypsy will eat the one flavor of Wellness I've tried, but Gracie wasn't very interested.
She seems to like chunks or flakes better than pate style foods. She adores Fancy Feast Elegant Entrees, Meow Mix in the pouches or cups, & will eat Nutro in the pouches, but I think I could do a lot better quality wise for the amount those cost. But I'm also tired of throwing food away. (Now that I have the kittens, though, they'll eat anything the big cats won't, so it doesn't really go to waste.)
So... any suggestions for a chunky cat who likes chunky foods? Is the Meow Mix, Fancy Feast, or Nutro (it sounds bad to phrase it this way) "good enough?"