I am still in the process of trying to change Coco's food so she can regain weight, but it's becoming very frustrating because she'll like a different food for five minutes then refuse to touch it...it's also getting to be very expensive to keep getting food that she may or may not like.
As per the suggestions given in reply to my previous post, we switched to RC 28 Active Mature, from regular indoor mature 27. She liked the 28 for about 10 minutes and then decided it really wasn't that good anymore. I tried mixing it in with regular Indoor Adult, but that also got a turned up nose. On a whim I put a handful of RC Kitten food in her bowl and she actually did eat that. And today I tried the RC Maine Coon but she was pretty indifferent to it. I don't want to go back to the RC 27 because it doesn't have the nutrition that she needs, and if I were to mix it in with the 28, she'd just pick around it and ignore the 28...So I guess for now she gets the Kitten dry food!
Canned food is a whole other challenge. I've been mixing Nutro Max Cat canned with the Fancy Feast, and sometimes she eats it and sometimes she doesn't. I picked up some Wellness cans today, and plan to phase that in with the FF. I even got a high calorie gel supplement that is supposedly for "finicky" eaters but she won't even sniff it.
I know she won't gain weight overnight, but this is driving me crazy. I'm so worried that she'll just let herself waste away because she's too picky and only likes junk food.
The vet wants to do a myriad of things, like teeth cleaning/possible extraction (this will happen once my tax refund comes..), urinalysis, x-rays, etc etc totaling to almost $1100, and that's just to *find out* why she's losing weight, not actually *treat* whatever the problem might be.
I'm not really sure what to do now, unless the RC 28 starts to grow on her, it seems like that's going to be a bust. Do I just stop worrying and give it more time? Am I overreacting? I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle..
As per the suggestions given in reply to my previous post, we switched to RC 28 Active Mature, from regular indoor mature 27. She liked the 28 for about 10 minutes and then decided it really wasn't that good anymore. I tried mixing it in with regular Indoor Adult, but that also got a turned up nose. On a whim I put a handful of RC Kitten food in her bowl and she actually did eat that. And today I tried the RC Maine Coon but she was pretty indifferent to it. I don't want to go back to the RC 27 because it doesn't have the nutrition that she needs, and if I were to mix it in with the 28, she'd just pick around it and ignore the 28...So I guess for now she gets the Kitten dry food!
Canned food is a whole other challenge. I've been mixing Nutro Max Cat canned with the Fancy Feast, and sometimes she eats it and sometimes she doesn't. I picked up some Wellness cans today, and plan to phase that in with the FF. I even got a high calorie gel supplement that is supposedly for "finicky" eaters but she won't even sniff it.
I know she won't gain weight overnight, but this is driving me crazy. I'm so worried that she'll just let herself waste away because she's too picky and only likes junk food.
The vet wants to do a myriad of things, like teeth cleaning/possible extraction (this will happen once my tax refund comes..), urinalysis, x-rays, etc etc totaling to almost $1100, and that's just to *find out* why she's losing weight, not actually *treat* whatever the problem might be.
I'm not really sure what to do now, unless the RC 28 starts to grow on her, it seems like that's going to be a bust. Do I just stop worrying and give it more time? Am I overreacting? I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle..
