Chynna is soooo picky!
She likes wet food, but since she had her dental in April and had most of her teeth extracted, she's become extremely picky about texture.
She has always been a "chewer" and such a dainty eater. Where many cats gulp their food down, she would take a bite, chew, swallow and then take another bite. But since her dental she tends to mostly lick the food instead of taking a bite and chewing. I think it's because she doesn't want to get food on her chin/face. Yet when I puree the food to near liquid she usually turns her nose up at it unless I catch her while she's sleeping and place the plate under her nose. Then she will lick a bit, but I end up having to spoon feed it to her by the tablespoon. I do that several times per day in order to get her to eat.
However, even then she sometimes turns her nose up at the near liquified food and insists on regular soft food. When I give it she just licks at it. If I add more water and mash it up, she will lick at it again, but she never empties the plate, so she's not getting enough food that way.
If I give her the sliced or diced food with gravy, she licks the gravy and leaves the chunks.
As a result I end up throwing out way too much food. Right now I have 4 different cans of food open in the fridge, and because Abby won't eat soft, and Chynna being so picky and choosy, it will end up in the trash
Occasionally I hear her at Abby's bowl eating the dry food. But since she doesn't have many teeth left, and she's always been a "chewer", I don't know if she's getting adequate hard food that way or if she's just crunching it and it's falling out of her mouth. I've tried to watch but when she sees me she stops thinking she will be getting something else.
Is there a pouched food that is chunked like dry food, but still soft without gravy? There used to be ages ago because I used to feed it to a cat I had back in the 1980's. But I can't remember who made it. Looking at Safeway all I see is pouches that have minced or chunks in gravy, and I know she won't eat the actual food.
I don't mind spoon feeding her as needed, but I will be returning to work within the next 3 months and I won't have the time to spend all day getting her to eat so I need to find something that she will eat with consistency.
She likes wet food, but since she had her dental in April and had most of her teeth extracted, she's become extremely picky about texture.
She has always been a "chewer" and such a dainty eater. Where many cats gulp their food down, she would take a bite, chew, swallow and then take another bite. But since her dental she tends to mostly lick the food instead of taking a bite and chewing. I think it's because she doesn't want to get food on her chin/face. Yet when I puree the food to near liquid she usually turns her nose up at it unless I catch her while she's sleeping and place the plate under her nose. Then she will lick a bit, but I end up having to spoon feed it to her by the tablespoon. I do that several times per day in order to get her to eat.
However, even then she sometimes turns her nose up at the near liquified food and insists on regular soft food. When I give it she just licks at it. If I add more water and mash it up, she will lick at it again, but she never empties the plate, so she's not getting enough food that way.
If I give her the sliced or diced food with gravy, she licks the gravy and leaves the chunks.
As a result I end up throwing out way too much food. Right now I have 4 different cans of food open in the fridge, and because Abby won't eat soft, and Chynna being so picky and choosy, it will end up in the trash
Occasionally I hear her at Abby's bowl eating the dry food. But since she doesn't have many teeth left, and she's always been a "chewer", I don't know if she's getting adequate hard food that way or if she's just crunching it and it's falling out of her mouth. I've tried to watch but when she sees me she stops thinking she will be getting something else.
Is there a pouched food that is chunked like dry food, but still soft without gravy? There used to be ages ago because I used to feed it to a cat I had back in the 1980's. But I can't remember who made it. Looking at Safeway all I see is pouches that have minced or chunks in gravy, and I know she won't eat the actual food.
I don't mind spoon feeding her as needed, but I will be returning to work within the next 3 months and I won't have the time to spend all day getting her to eat so I need to find something that she will eat with consistency.