I have a few questions about starting my cat on raw. As a kitten, she was extremely picky and refused to eat it, along with 90% of the other foods I tried to tempt her with. Now she's 18 months, and she has become a better eater, but she's still not the kind of cat who will gobble her meal.
Right now she's 8.6 lbs, and she eats one can of Go per day and 2 tablespoons of Orijen dried food. In the morning I feed her half a can of Go and a tablespoon of Orijen. She has the other half of the Go tin in the evening and another tablespoon of Orijen at bedtime. My end goal is to replace the canned food with raw and replace the Orijen dried food with some freeze-dried treats that will work in her puzzle feeders.
How can I convince my cat to eat a meal in 15-30 minutes when that's not her habit? Does it make sense to try tempting her to eat the raw food by using FortiFlora? (She would probably eat wood if FortiFlora was sprinkled on top, but I'm not sure how healthy FortiFlora is.)
Can you recommend any particular brands of raw food? I have access to 3P Naturals, Amore, Club Feline, Primal, and Red Dog Blue Kat, with the latter two being the easiest to acquire. I'm leaning toward Primal because the 1oz nuggets seem like a useful size for easing her into raw without wasting crazy amounts of food.
Any other advice is appreciated too. I'm also reading through old threads here to see if I can pick up any useful info.
Right now she's 8.6 lbs, and she eats one can of Go per day and 2 tablespoons of Orijen dried food. In the morning I feed her half a can of Go and a tablespoon of Orijen. She has the other half of the Go tin in the evening and another tablespoon of Orijen at bedtime. My end goal is to replace the canned food with raw and replace the Orijen dried food with some freeze-dried treats that will work in her puzzle feeders.
How can I convince my cat to eat a meal in 15-30 minutes when that's not her habit? Does it make sense to try tempting her to eat the raw food by using FortiFlora? (She would probably eat wood if FortiFlora was sprinkled on top, but I'm not sure how healthy FortiFlora is.)
Can you recommend any particular brands of raw food? I have access to 3P Naturals, Amore, Club Feline, Primal, and Red Dog Blue Kat, with the latter two being the easiest to acquire. I'm leaning toward Primal because the 1oz nuggets seem like a useful size for easing her into raw without wasting crazy amounts of food.
Any other advice is appreciated too. I'm also reading through old threads here to see if I can pick up any useful info.