Okay. So, I think we are going to have some trouble with the higher quality wet food we are going to get, so I just wanted to see if anyone had any advice. Here goes the tale...
Since we got the kittens (took them in off the street), we have been free-feeding them high quality dry food and giving them a meal of wet food a day. The wet food has always been the best of the bad - thanks to this site, I know what to look for - but still grocery store brands. I noticed that Conor (our girl) gets a real almost sugar high after she eats the wet (all those carbs, I'm sure...) so the husband has decided that we need to order some higher quality wet food on-line to make sure these little rascals stay healthy. I am all for this and we have decided on the brand we are going to order (Cosma) - just waiting for zooplus.co.uk to get a restock.
In preparation for this change, I bought some wet food that had higher meat content than the other stuff we had been using (this is only sold in individual packets, hence the reason why we normally don't buy it). I gave it to the kittens and they didn't want anything to do with it. Conor gobbled down a bit (she is my little vacuum), but Paddington and Steve had a bit of a go and then just turned their nose up at it. I thought it might have to do with the flavour, so I got a different one the next night, and same result. Little Steve even vomited up the small amount he had eaten.
So, I guess there are a few questions here. Firstly, do you think this is going to be a problem? I mean, if they are having issues with a food that has 30% meat content, how are they going to react to one with a 60-70%? And is there any way I can curtail potential problems? Secondly, if this is an issue - and if they will only eat my cheap ol' grocery store brand - is it better to give them that than nothing at all?
Sorry for being so long-winded....
Since we got the kittens (took them in off the street), we have been free-feeding them high quality dry food and giving them a meal of wet food a day. The wet food has always been the best of the bad - thanks to this site, I know what to look for - but still grocery store brands. I noticed that Conor (our girl) gets a real almost sugar high after she eats the wet (all those carbs, I'm sure...) so the husband has decided that we need to order some higher quality wet food on-line to make sure these little rascals stay healthy. I am all for this and we have decided on the brand we are going to order (Cosma) - just waiting for zooplus.co.uk to get a restock.
In preparation for this change, I bought some wet food that had higher meat content than the other stuff we had been using (this is only sold in individual packets, hence the reason why we normally don't buy it). I gave it to the kittens and they didn't want anything to do with it. Conor gobbled down a bit (she is my little vacuum), but Paddington and Steve had a bit of a go and then just turned their nose up at it. I thought it might have to do with the flavour, so I got a different one the next night, and same result. Little Steve even vomited up the small amount he had eaten.
So, I guess there are a few questions here. Firstly, do you think this is going to be a problem? I mean, if they are having issues with a food that has 30% meat content, how are they going to react to one with a 60-70%? And is there any way I can curtail potential problems? Secondly, if this is an issue - and if they will only eat my cheap ol' grocery store brand - is it better to give them that than nothing at all?
Sorry for being so long-winded....