Convincing Roommate to Stop Feeding Cats Bad Food

My cats:

Kaylee: 10 months old (mild stomach sensitivity)

Otter: 10 months (severe stomach sensitivity) 

Roommates cats:

Midnight: Around 9 years (severe stomach sensitivity)

Rogue: Around 5 years (no stomach sensitivity (I call her the vacuum))

Story:

Okay, Rogue and Midnight were my foster babies before I handed them off to my current roommate. Both were fed Eukanuba Sensitive Stomach (dry) and a can of Friskies or Fancy Feist twice or so a week. Midnight was still having stomach issues. Well when I moved in, I brought Nature's Variety (dry and moist) and Weruva (moist). I noticed that her cats seemed to be eating my food a lot (although Rogue didn't like the moist), and I noticed Midnight wasn't getting as sick as much, so I convinced her to just put all the cats on the same food, and she agreed (which was great because it was getting harder for me to stop my cats from eating her cats food, and they would get sick). Well her cats took it in stride, Midnight was feeling better, life was good. 

Then she went out and got Purina One Smart Blend. When I asked why, she said "Well, when you ran out of food that one day, I bought a small bag of this and Rogue acted like she was starving!" (I would like to point out that the cats would have been out of dry for only eight hours until I got off work, there was moist, and my cats and Midnight got extremely sick after eating it). I told her Rogue eats Nature's just fine (and she does. I can sit there and watch her eat it for like five minutes).

Well every night my roommate will fill a bowel of Purina, and put it in the bedroom with her and Rogue. Well sometimes she forgets to put it up before she leaves for work in the morning, so my cats get into it, and so does Midnight. Right now, I am dealing with three cats with diarrhea, and two cats throwing up. I KNOW its from the Purina, but she wont listen. Help?

(And on a side not, I am trying to move out, but I am not financially stable yet and the apartment in a 20 mile radius are freaking expensive). 

• Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov

Tell her the Purina is causing everyone to get sick so you threw it out and give her $10 to cover the cost of the food.

Sounds like a plan!  Slight variation:  Give her whatever amount of money she spent on the purina so she can't claim to be out a dime and ask her to agree not to buy it again.

Sorry I forgot to clarify. This is the second bag. I threw the first bag away and told her not to buy it again.

I'd pile up all the poop & vomit and present it to her in a bag with a nice big bow!

Sorry, of course not, just being stupid. But she should really listen to you when it's so clear that it's causing so much yucky stuff to your poor cats. How can she do this - does she not want to be a good pet mum?

Would it be easier if you took over the feeding for all the cats? If they are always in and out of all the rooms and her cat's like your food perhaps ask her if you can be in charge of shopping and you both just put a bit of money in a jar each week to cover costs? Just say that you'll happily do the shopping & feeding etc.

Fleabags Mom said:

I'd pile up all the poop & vomit and present it to her in a bag with a nice big bow!

Sorry, of course not, just being stupid. But she should really listen to you when it's so clear that it's causing so much yucky stuff to your poor cats. How can she do this - does she not want to be a good pet mum?

Would it be easier if you took over the feeding for all the cats? If they are always in and out of all the rooms and her cat's like your food perhaps ask her if you can be in charge of shopping and you both just put a bit of money in a jar each week to cover costs? Just say that you'll happily do the shopping & feeding etc.

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Thats what I had done. I had told her to stop buying food and Ill take care of everything and then this happened. Ive tried explaining to her that this is making the cats sick but shes not listening. She is always like "oh, they got into something". I would believe it for Otter and Kaylee, but not Midnight. He doesnt eat random things off the floor.

And now Midnight is very sick, and she want to just give up and put him down. I hate this. He needs to be on a grain free, limited ingredients diet. His puking was down to once a month (plus hairballs, he is medium haired) on my diet when it was 2+ times a week. He had more energy, and while he is up there is age (10 years), all my cats have lived long lives. Then she buys this stupid Purina stuff and bam! He eats it and look at him! Sick!