As some of you may remember, I have been posting here for a while and trying to find a workable diet for my 2 kitties. Calvin does not tolerate dry food much and they do get a tiny bit dry and then mostly wet.
The kitties were mostly on Wellness and Merrick canned and some once in a while Fancy Feast Fish and Shrimp. I was not aiming for grainfree but food without wheatgluten, soy, brewer's rice. Rice was ok. So one day my cats woke up and decided they would not eat anything pate. I got Blue flaked chicken and turkey and they loved it. Then they decided they've had enough. I was at no time feeding them exclusively 1 kind - always had a rotation going but they would then just eat 1 kind and not eat the others. Now my problem is I have trouble seeing them not eat and so I tend to try out different things since i want them to eat - especially Hobbes since he has health issues and his vet wants him to be eating well. Also them not eating means they are not getting their l-lysine. So I tried Tikicat (Hobbes will eat, Calvin won't), raw (Hobbes will eat but Calvin won't), authority (no one will eat), Soulistic (no one will eat), plain boiled chicken (both love it - their absolute favorite) and nutromax - the chunks (they both love it - will mainly eat the venison one). They will still eat FF fish and shrimp. Now I am not totally happy with NutroMax since it has wheat gluten but i am tired, to be totally honest. I will be out of town for 6 weeks and DH will care for the kitties, so I will have to have an established system running. I see I can 2 options:
1) give them what they want to eat - which is nutromax, sometimes blue buffalo flaked ones, boiled chicken a couple times a week and Fancy Feast fish and shrimp
2) give them the wheat gluten free canned food with the idea that when they are hungry, they will eat whatever they get (as the vet's office, though not the vet himself, suggested).
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
The kitties were mostly on Wellness and Merrick canned and some once in a while Fancy Feast Fish and Shrimp. I was not aiming for grainfree but food without wheatgluten, soy, brewer's rice. Rice was ok. So one day my cats woke up and decided they would not eat anything pate. I got Blue flaked chicken and turkey and they loved it. Then they decided they've had enough. I was at no time feeding them exclusively 1 kind - always had a rotation going but they would then just eat 1 kind and not eat the others. Now my problem is I have trouble seeing them not eat and so I tend to try out different things since i want them to eat - especially Hobbes since he has health issues and his vet wants him to be eating well. Also them not eating means they are not getting their l-lysine. So I tried Tikicat (Hobbes will eat, Calvin won't), raw (Hobbes will eat but Calvin won't), authority (no one will eat), Soulistic (no one will eat), plain boiled chicken (both love it - their absolute favorite) and nutromax - the chunks (they both love it - will mainly eat the venison one). They will still eat FF fish and shrimp. Now I am not totally happy with NutroMax since it has wheat gluten but i am tired, to be totally honest. I will be out of town for 6 weeks and DH will care for the kitties, so I will have to have an established system running. I see I can 2 options:
1) give them what they want to eat - which is nutromax, sometimes blue buffalo flaked ones, boiled chicken a couple times a week and Fancy Feast fish and shrimp
2) give them the wheat gluten free canned food with the idea that when they are hungry, they will eat whatever they get (as the vet's office, though not the vet himself, suggested).
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
) However as i cannot source heart meat at the moment, he still needs to have a wet meal a day to ensure he is getting all the nutrients he needs.
