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So I've fed my cat a raw diet since I got her, and before that her breeder fed her raw as well. She would go through periods of refusing to eat, but then eventually she'd start up again.
I recently switched up her recipe. I went from Hare-Today ground + Alnutrin, to Hare-Today ground + Dr. Pierson's recipe from CatInfrg. I can tell she doesn't like the change very much. In the month or so since I've made our newest batch of food, she's probably eaten as much as half of her bowl of food maybe twice. Normally she's eating less an ounce per meal, and I feed her twice a day.
The first thing I did was discovered that if I heated her food up in the microwave for less than 10 seconds, she would eat it. Then she stopped after a few weeks.
Then I microwaved it for less than 10 seconds, and added liquid aminos that smell like bacon that are supposed to stimulate appetite. It worked for about a week.
Then I started using FortiFlora, and the first day it worked VERY well, and then progressively less well each day until now she basically ignores that too.
So now basically I have to put her food down, give her a small piece of a treat, and then throw the rest of the crumbled up treats into her bowl. That's basically the only way she'll eat. Occasionally she will meow for food, I'll give her some, and then she'll eat about an ounce of it and then walk away.
I gave her some RadCat last week just to break up the monotony and she ate most of it.
Should I just toss this batch (or give it away, it's a lot of food) and start over since she clearly doesn't like it? Any other methods that I could use to get her to start eating?
She's seeing her vet this week for a check up. She's NEVER been a big eater, ever. She never really begs for food. She's like the opposite of any other cat I've ever had.
She's not overweight, and she's only a little over a year old, so I'm not sure how real of a threat hepatic lipidosis is, but it's always in the back of my head.
I recently switched up her recipe. I went from Hare-Today ground + Alnutrin, to Hare-Today ground + Dr. Pierson's recipe from CatInfrg. I can tell she doesn't like the change very much. In the month or so since I've made our newest batch of food, she's probably eaten as much as half of her bowl of food maybe twice. Normally she's eating less an ounce per meal, and I feed her twice a day.
The first thing I did was discovered that if I heated her food up in the microwave for less than 10 seconds, she would eat it. Then she stopped after a few weeks.
Then I microwaved it for less than 10 seconds, and added liquid aminos that smell like bacon that are supposed to stimulate appetite. It worked for about a week.
Then I started using FortiFlora, and the first day it worked VERY well, and then progressively less well each day until now she basically ignores that too.
So now basically I have to put her food down, give her a small piece of a treat, and then throw the rest of the crumbled up treats into her bowl. That's basically the only way she'll eat. Occasionally she will meow for food, I'll give her some, and then she'll eat about an ounce of it and then walk away.
I gave her some RadCat last week just to break up the monotony and she ate most of it.
Should I just toss this batch (or give it away, it's a lot of food) and start over since she clearly doesn't like it? Any other methods that I could use to get her to start eating?
She's seeing her vet this week for a check up. She's NEVER been a big eater, ever. She never really begs for food. She's like the opposite of any other cat I've ever had.
She's not overweight, and she's only a little over a year old, so I'm not sure how real of a threat hepatic lipidosis is, but it's always in the back of my head.