I made the mistake some time ago and bought a box of wet food that I was not planning to feed to my boys in long term… and now they are hooked on it… How do I get them off Fancy Feast, itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s like they are on junk food diet and donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want to eat the healthier stuff mommy puts on offer!!!?
We had been feeding mainly Merrickâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s canned food as part of dry+wet diet but I was getting fed up because there were only 3 flavours boys like, and the only shop that carries Merrick was cutting down their line. I had to really hunt them down, and I fell short and grabbed a box Fancy Feast on sale. Well now my boys LURVE the Fancy Feast. They snort even at beloved Merrickâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s New England Boil. Nearly any FF will do – fact that makes me very suspicious. How come nearly any flavour of FF taste good when with any other canned food there has been definite faves?? Is it just something like MacDonalds that you add the magical buffalo smear or whatnot and now my boys are hooked for life?? Argh…
It has not been easy finding wet food for my boys. There have been several wet foods that my guys have not particularly liked or not eaten at all. If I recall correctly California Natural, Evolve and Wellness belonged into this category. Innovaâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s wet food was just ok, and they donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have much variety which is a negative IMO. Science Diet seems to be ok too but I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t know if that is such a step-up from FF? Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d like either get them back on Merrick or try something new. Is there any gateway wet food anyone can suggest I could try to entice them back to the direction I want? Any products you have found yummy for kitties that arenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t quite so hot on wet food? Any methods that might work? I am not really hot on idea of mixing (the smell of wet foods does not appeal to me) but would that be a bad idea?
The wet food part of the diet has been just an add-on yummy this far but I am considering adding that portion a bit. At the moment, we free-feed dry food Innova and at dinner time we split 3oz can of FF 3-ways.
Boys are 3-3,5 years old, DSH/Siamese mixes, active and healthy but two do occasionally have some sensitive tummy issues, and our new adoptee has currently some greasy fur/dandruff issues. We arenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t planning on any special diets or diet foods even though our new guy is overweight (hoping we will shed his weight with exercise).
Flavours that boys generally like more are chicken and beef as opposed to seafood. With Merrick, in addition to New England Boil, they liked Grammyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s Pot Pie and Cowboy Cookout, and Thanksgiving Day Dinner and Turducken were somewhat Ok… Just in case anyone just happens to have a kitty with same preferences and knows some alternatives out there
We had been feeding mainly Merrickâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s canned food as part of dry+wet diet but I was getting fed up because there were only 3 flavours boys like, and the only shop that carries Merrick was cutting down their line. I had to really hunt them down, and I fell short and grabbed a box Fancy Feast on sale. Well now my boys LURVE the Fancy Feast. They snort even at beloved Merrickâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s New England Boil. Nearly any FF will do – fact that makes me very suspicious. How come nearly any flavour of FF taste good when with any other canned food there has been definite faves?? Is it just something like MacDonalds that you add the magical buffalo smear or whatnot and now my boys are hooked for life?? Argh…
It has not been easy finding wet food for my boys. There have been several wet foods that my guys have not particularly liked or not eaten at all. If I recall correctly California Natural, Evolve and Wellness belonged into this category. Innovaâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s wet food was just ok, and they donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have much variety which is a negative IMO. Science Diet seems to be ok too but I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t know if that is such a step-up from FF? Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d like either get them back on Merrick or try something new. Is there any gateway wet food anyone can suggest I could try to entice them back to the direction I want? Any products you have found yummy for kitties that arenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t quite so hot on wet food? Any methods that might work? I am not really hot on idea of mixing (the smell of wet foods does not appeal to me) but would that be a bad idea?
The wet food part of the diet has been just an add-on yummy this far but I am considering adding that portion a bit. At the moment, we free-feed dry food Innova and at dinner time we split 3oz can of FF 3-ways.
Boys are 3-3,5 years old, DSH/Siamese mixes, active and healthy but two do occasionally have some sensitive tummy issues, and our new adoptee has currently some greasy fur/dandruff issues. We arenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t planning on any special diets or diet foods even though our new guy is overweight (hoping we will shed his weight with exercise).
Flavours that boys generally like more are chicken and beef as opposed to seafood. With Merrick, in addition to New England Boil, they liked Grammyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s Pot Pie and Cowboy Cookout, and Thanksgiving Day Dinner and Turducken were somewhat Ok… Just in case anyone just happens to have a kitty with same preferences and knows some alternatives out there