Raw treats? - Page 2

Ok, so I have come to the conclusion through lots of reading that NOTHING on the shelf is good enough. I can't find anything with the quality ingredients I want if it has grain in it. The only food that are "grain free" are full of "meal" and "products" that I will not be feeding my cat.

Yes, Ideally I will feed an all raw diet, and I honestly believe I WILL. But I need to start slowly.

To update the fish thing, I have quick frozen deveined shrimp. Not whole fish.. I mean I COULD get fish, but I have shrimp is kinda my question. I know mercury and all that is bad. I also have access to mussles, oysters and all sorts of fish. I can get chicken and mice (haven't tried one yet but will very soon)

I'm going to try a piece of chicken within the next day or so. I bought chicken legs and I figured I'd cut some of the meat off and see if he'll even eat it.. before I give him the whole leg.

My cat still wont eat half the wet food I give him because he is so darn picky. Tried to give him shrimp tilapia from By Nature... sniffed it and walked away. The only thing I can get him to REALLY eat is Meow Mix market selects.. which really aren't half bad if you read the ingredients. He doesn't really like Wet food from Blue, By Nature, Avo Derm, and many other versions of organic food. Sigh.

Its as if he knows that I'll give him good stuff if he doesn't eat the other stuff... because I want him to eat, so I'll give him what I know he'll eat if he walks away from what I give him first.

He gets wet food in the morning and kibble free fed during the day. he is a 15.5-16 pound Bombay (pure black and way too smart) Neutered male. A few pounds over weight... but his fur looks BEAUTIFUL on Blue.

So, I tried to give my cat sardines today.. it didn't work. He licked the sauce and thats it.

So, then I tried the raw chicken leg. cut off pieces and then put the sardine juice on them. He sniffed it and walked away.

So, I found a feed store with ready made raw frozen packs. I'll try those.

Any suggestions on how to transition a very picky cat?

I should try that next. I figure I'll try some hamburger and some liver first, and then a mouse.. and see if he'll eat any of that.

Alright... I have been doing a bunch of work with his diet. I went to a feed store and found some Evo and Instinct dry food, which he seems to like. His tastes have increased for wet food, he ate tiki cat, authority, Sheba, meowmix, taste of the wild, and a number of other random ones, but I have figured out his preferences. It does matter the brand, but much more so, he just prefers chicken/turkey and some salmon and tuna, but definitely chicken or turkey. I bought a couple cans of Ziwipeak which I didn't think he would eat because its full of tripe and organ meat, but I mixed a little bit into one he likes, and he did eat it, so tomorrow he'll get more. I haven't tried much raw lately as now I've decided he basically needs to go on a diet, so I've started measuring his food intake (see post on regular nutrition board "timed feedings vs. free feeding") So I'm currently mixing blue, instincts, and Evo all together and giving him less of what he used to get (free feeding). And I do still want to switch him to raw, and I think it'll be easier now that he eats more wet food. If I can get him to eat ziwipeak without having to mix it with anything, THEN I think I'll be able to switch him to raw.

But again, he won't eat plain cooked chicken, raw chicken, raw mice, sardines, ground beef, ground turkey... or basically anything else healthy for him.

Can I give him raw chicken liver? The grocery store has a big container for just over a dollar. But wasn't sure if he's eat them or if they were good.