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We(my roommates and I) have 3 cats ages 3, 3, and 14. We have an autofeeder to feed dry food 3 times a day and successfully switched them from iams dry to wellness core indoor dry. One of the three year old cats however prefers canned food. He has been on friskies canned most of his life however we have noticed recently that he seems to be loosing weight. The cats all are more stressed out right now because we got a puppy a few months ago and we are still working on training her to leave the cats alone. They have 2 safe rooms in the house to get away from the puppy, but they still aren't happy that there is a 50lb puppy that gets excited whenever she can see them. I thought switching to a healthier food would help him, but after 1 or 2 meals he rejects anything good and won't eat again until he is given friskies and won't eat anything else for a week or so. I was really hoping he would like the wellness canned so we could buy the 12oz cans to save money and get it autoshipped with our dog food but it doesn't look like that is going to work out. The other 3 year old cat prefers the dry food and only wants canned a few times a month, however the 14 year old cat seems to love the wellness canned and comes around for dinner more often after we tried to start feeding it. Should I try mixing the friskies with the wellness? Is there some kind of supplements we can give him with the friskies to get him more nutrients? Thanks.
Oh and on occasion he will reject the friskies and we have fed fancy feast(not the classic though, for some reason he won't eat the fancy feast pate flavors) for a few days before he goes back to wanting friskies. I swear I've never met a pickier cat, lol. In my mind this is like someone rejecting a steak dinner and wanting hamburger helper instead. I am at a loss here. I am going to suggest we start weighing him every other day though to monitor his weight loss and make sure he doesn't need a visit to the vet if its something other than stress.
Oh and on occasion he will reject the friskies and we have fed fancy feast(not the classic though, for some reason he won't eat the fancy feast pate flavors) for a few days before he goes back to wanting friskies. I swear I've never met a pickier cat, lol. In my mind this is like someone rejecting a steak dinner and wanting hamburger helper instead. I am at a loss here. I am going to suggest we start weighing him every other day though to monitor his weight loss and make sure he doesn't need a visit to the vet if its something other than stress.