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I have been trying to transition my cat over to wet food for the past year.I have no idea what she ate before I adopted her, but I'm assuming it was an all dry diet. She is 15 pounds and really needs to lose 3-4 pounds per the vet.
I have tried at least 100 types of canned food-pate, chunky, shredded, cheap, premium, natural-you name it. I've tried topping it with Parmesan, fortiflora, crushed dry, etc. I've served it warm, cold and room temp. The vet suggested we try a prescription food and that was a very expensive flop. I've gone as far as to not let her have any food for 12 hours to try and get her hungry. Still she resists the canned food. I have read the articles posted on other topics regarding transitioning "kibble addicts" to a canned diet. I cave in and give her the dry or else she wouldn't eat at all.
I struggle to get her to eat roughly 1oz of wet a day and it takes several hours of me giving her the dish, her taking a few bites, and then running from me when I try to give it to her again. She is stressed and so am I and I hate seeing her run from me and avoid me. We are going to the vet Monday because I am concerned she isn't getting the right nutrition, but I'm at my wits end with this transition to wet food. She gets a scant half cup of hard food- and is supposed to eat 1.5 oz of wet. Of course this was the plan in July 2014 and the goal was to get to all canned. The only types she will even give a lick to are Sheba and fancy feast-and only the pate which I have to mix with water.
Do some cats just not eat wet food? I would think after 13 months we would have made the transition. I feel badly having her avoid me and frankly I'm throwing out food (and money) more often than not.
I have tried at least 100 types of canned food-pate, chunky, shredded, cheap, premium, natural-you name it. I've tried topping it with Parmesan, fortiflora, crushed dry, etc. I've served it warm, cold and room temp. The vet suggested we try a prescription food and that was a very expensive flop. I've gone as far as to not let her have any food for 12 hours to try and get her hungry. Still she resists the canned food. I have read the articles posted on other topics regarding transitioning "kibble addicts" to a canned diet. I cave in and give her the dry or else she wouldn't eat at all.
I struggle to get her to eat roughly 1oz of wet a day and it takes several hours of me giving her the dish, her taking a few bites, and then running from me when I try to give it to her again. She is stressed and so am I and I hate seeing her run from me and avoid me. We are going to the vet Monday because I am concerned she isn't getting the right nutrition, but I'm at my wits end with this transition to wet food. She gets a scant half cup of hard food- and is supposed to eat 1.5 oz of wet. Of course this was the plan in July 2014 and the goal was to get to all canned. The only types she will even give a lick to are Sheba and fancy feast-and only the pate which I have to mix with water.
Do some cats just not eat wet food? I would think after 13 months we would have made the transition. I feel badly having her avoid me and frankly I'm throwing out food (and money) more often than not.
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