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I'm fostering a 12 year old cat that I just got on Sunday. I have zero clues into her past (diet, etc) - so I placed down both wet and dry food for her to eat. The dry is Purina One brand (I've tried the Healthy Digestion, Senior Cat, Hairball, and Kitten versions - because I have all those on hand). The wet is a toss up - there's SO much out there. I've had varied success: some times she'll gobble up stuff like Fancy Feast or Purina Pro Plan (mostly licking the gravy), other times she turns her nose up at all wet food, the other day she tried (and liked) Tiki Mousse. I'm trying to build some kind of profile of her likes and dislikes, but it's all so "hit or miss" still. Some days she doesn't even seem like she wants to eat and I worry about her intake; other days I hold the bowl for her while she eats (seems to be her preferred way), some times I can put the food in the bowl and she'll nibble on her own.
It doesn't look like she actively seeks out food - she only seems to show interest when someone goes in there and sits with her or coaxes her to eat. I understand she may be very stressed from this past week (she traveled 11 hours in a car before I picked her up, and now she's in a strange house with strange people and other cats - even though they are separated, she knows they are here)....so is the key here NOT to stress about her eating, leave dry food out all the time (knowing she'll eat when she's hungry) and just try wet food randomly? And for the record, she's overweight; not sure how much she weighs exactly, but is clearly overweight. Thanks all!
It doesn't look like she actively seeks out food - she only seems to show interest when someone goes in there and sits with her or coaxes her to eat. I understand she may be very stressed from this past week (she traveled 11 hours in a car before I picked her up, and now she's in a strange house with strange people and other cats - even though they are separated, she knows they are here)....so is the key here NOT to stress about her eating, leave dry food out all the time (knowing she'll eat when she's hungry) and just try wet food randomly? And for the record, she's overweight; not sure how much she weighs exactly, but is clearly overweight. Thanks all!