I have two new cats (4 and 8 months old). My former cat was on diabetic management food for 4 years, so I never had to deal with so much food testing & switching. Due to having a diabetic cat (who was also overweight prior to that) I really want these two on a good diet from the start.
I've been giving the older guy a variety of foods ranging from Core to Blue Buffalo Wilderness. I try to get the older one to eat the adult food and the young one to eat Royal Canin instinctive - but they both like Royan Canin (the kitten one which is $2.50 for 3 oz...yikes). It's ok for now, since they are both under a year, but what is really annoying me is that he will like a food one day and then the next time, smell it and walk away...even if it's 5 days later.
This is just wasting so much food and money (though usually the kitten will eat it except in rare cases... (e.g., grain free purina which made him run away very fast).
What is the deal with this? Is he just not hungry & roaming around pretending to act hungry or something? I thought that was the issue, but when I put down Royal Canin after a refusal to eat BB Red Meat Feast (which he loved last time) he ate that up pretty fast.
They also won't eat their dry food if I leave it out past 24 hours. I don't know if the oils are turning bad on the plate or what. I have to throw it all out with the plate & then put a new plate down.
Thanks for any thoughts.
I've been giving the older guy a variety of foods ranging from Core to Blue Buffalo Wilderness. I try to get the older one to eat the adult food and the young one to eat Royal Canin instinctive - but they both like Royan Canin (the kitten one which is $2.50 for 3 oz...yikes). It's ok for now, since they are both under a year, but what is really annoying me is that he will like a food one day and then the next time, smell it and walk away...even if it's 5 days later.
This is just wasting so much food and money (though usually the kitten will eat it except in rare cases... (e.g., grain free purina which made him run away very fast).
What is the deal with this? Is he just not hungry & roaming around pretending to act hungry or something? I thought that was the issue, but when I put down Royal Canin after a refusal to eat BB Red Meat Feast (which he loved last time) he ate that up pretty fast.
They also won't eat their dry food if I leave it out past 24 hours. I don't know if the oils are turning bad on the plate or what. I have to throw it all out with the plate & then put a new plate down.
Thanks for any thoughts.
