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Hey all, new face here.
My little guy is a rescue who came to me with a pretty easy palate and a fish allergy. He was raised by his fosters on kibble and anything meaty he stole from them, no joke, right off the plate the moment they turned around.
I moved him from regular commercial dry to grain free dry, then limited ingredient dry. From there, I moved to wet canned food. His energy level went up and his coat got even softer and shinier, and he will NOT leave me alone when it's time to eat.
However....
Moving him from wet food to carb-low/free wet food is proving to be a bit of a challenge. He's not too old, maybe four or so, but he was raised on regular commercial product, which likely was pretty carb-laden. I have him carrageenan-free right now, and would like to move him to canned foods with a lower carb index, but he is proving far more stubborn at this than at any other dietary challenge.
Right now he eats the ONE Wellness that doesn't have carrageenan, Soulistic Good Kharma, fish-free Weruva, and Instinct LID. I want to keep him eating a variety of foods if I can.
He absolutely, positiviely, refuses to touch Hound and Gatos chicken. I find this odd, because he inhales chicken pretty much at any other time. I thought it was pates he hated, but he will eat a couple others with only moderate enthusiasm(which I can't recall, can isn't in front of me). I like the ingredient list for H&G, so I'm going to try the non-fish types and cross my fingers.
He will inhale anything with starch in it. I want to wean him away from starch, and have no interest in feeding him fruits, vegetables, etc. I would really like to transition to raw, but he forages -- he will not finish any but the tiniest servings, and cleans his dish over a period of several hours. I suspect this is in part due to a digestive/esophogeal issue. Regardless of cause, I'm not sure I want to leave raw food out for hours.
So, the question:
What carrageenan, fish, vegetable free foods can I expand his palate with, pates especially, to make it easier to move him to healthier alternatives? I'm thinking I want to get him excited about eating pates and slowly reduce the carbs until he's happy eating the good stuff.
Thanks!
My little guy is a rescue who came to me with a pretty easy palate and a fish allergy. He was raised by his fosters on kibble and anything meaty he stole from them, no joke, right off the plate the moment they turned around.
I moved him from regular commercial dry to grain free dry, then limited ingredient dry. From there, I moved to wet canned food. His energy level went up and his coat got even softer and shinier, and he will NOT leave me alone when it's time to eat.
However....
Moving him from wet food to carb-low/free wet food is proving to be a bit of a challenge. He's not too old, maybe four or so, but he was raised on regular commercial product, which likely was pretty carb-laden. I have him carrageenan-free right now, and would like to move him to canned foods with a lower carb index, but he is proving far more stubborn at this than at any other dietary challenge.
Right now he eats the ONE Wellness that doesn't have carrageenan, Soulistic Good Kharma, fish-free Weruva, and Instinct LID. I want to keep him eating a variety of foods if I can.
He absolutely, positiviely, refuses to touch Hound and Gatos chicken. I find this odd, because he inhales chicken pretty much at any other time. I thought it was pates he hated, but he will eat a couple others with only moderate enthusiasm(which I can't recall, can isn't in front of me). I like the ingredient list for H&G, so I'm going to try the non-fish types and cross my fingers.
He will inhale anything with starch in it. I want to wean him away from starch, and have no interest in feeding him fruits, vegetables, etc. I would really like to transition to raw, but he forages -- he will not finish any but the tiniest servings, and cleans his dish over a period of several hours. I suspect this is in part due to a digestive/esophogeal issue. Regardless of cause, I'm not sure I want to leave raw food out for hours.
So, the question:
What carrageenan, fish, vegetable free foods can I expand his palate with, pates especially, to make it easier to move him to healthier alternatives? I'm thinking I want to get him excited about eating pates and slowly reduce the carbs until he's happy eating the good stuff.
Thanks!