I'm putting this in nutritiion not health because I don't think it is a health issue, though health advice if anyone thinks it's necessary is also welcome.
I feed my cats a rotation of grain free wet foods, some expensive, some less so, and some healthier than others. Fancy Feast classics are in the rotation, and they are hands down my cat Bingley's most loved food in the universe. Today I tried to give him the Beef Classics and he would have nothing of it. The expiration date is a full 2 years away and it looked and smelled fine to both me and my other cat Darcy, who happily chowed down.
Initially I was quite alarmed at his refusal to eat, but when I offered him a Fancy Feast Chicken Classics he was all over that and happily lapped it up. He also happily accepted a few treats afterwards, so I don't think he is off food- just this one kind of food.
Eating (other than refusing the one food this morning), litterbox habits, energy/playing are all normal otherwise.
Has anyone else ever had something like this happen abruptly? Is it possible this was a one-time thing or will he likely be off this one food forever?
I have never had anything like this happen before- my cats are pretty much the opposite of picky eaters. Bingley rejected one other kind of food once, but that was on the first try and I never tried it again, and it was also years ago. Pretty much for them, if you can eat it, it is good... dry, wet, raw, cheap, expensive, grain free, too much grain...they've loved it all in their lives.
I feed my cats a rotation of grain free wet foods, some expensive, some less so, and some healthier than others. Fancy Feast classics are in the rotation, and they are hands down my cat Bingley's most loved food in the universe. Today I tried to give him the Beef Classics and he would have nothing of it. The expiration date is a full 2 years away and it looked and smelled fine to both me and my other cat Darcy, who happily chowed down.
Initially I was quite alarmed at his refusal to eat, but when I offered him a Fancy Feast Chicken Classics he was all over that and happily lapped it up. He also happily accepted a few treats afterwards, so I don't think he is off food- just this one kind of food.
Eating (other than refusing the one food this morning), litterbox habits, energy/playing are all normal otherwise.
Has anyone else ever had something like this happen abruptly? Is it possible this was a one-time thing or will he likely be off this one food forever?
I have never had anything like this happen before- my cats are pretty much the opposite of picky eaters. Bingley rejected one other kind of food once, but that was on the first try and I never tried it again, and it was also years ago. Pretty much for them, if you can eat it, it is good... dry, wet, raw, cheap, expensive, grain free, too much grain...they've loved it all in their lives.