Hi everyone. I have 2 cats and they are very picky! One is a 2 year old male and the other is a 1.5 year old female. My male is a big boy. Not overweight at all, he's just big! My female used to be really petite but she has really started to gain weight...
Anyway! They are super picky. Currently they free-feed on Wellness Complete but I'm going to switch their dry over to Orijen. I think the higher protein will work for them since they're very active. As for wet food, all they will eat is Fancy Feast. They each get one can in the morning and it's NOT the classic type that I've been told isn't so bad, because it's not available in Canada. They eat very limited kinds because they don't like ANY pate's or fish flavoured foods. They eat primarily the beef, turkey and chicken varieties (marinated, grilled, slices etc.) and my boy sometimes gets sick on those. He seems to have a pretty sensitive tummy.
If it was the classic kind, which I'm told is grain-free or almost grain-free, I wouldn't mind but I know just the regular old FF isn't great for them.
I've tried EVERY type of wet food available at Petsmart and Pet Valu here, and some only available at the specialty shops. I can't get them to eat anything but FF! I've tried preparing it different ways. Adding water or a little bit of broth, warming it up, mixing it with dry food, mixing pate and something that isn't pate, mixing FF with another brand. Nothing works! I've also tried raw diets but I found it to be really expensive and time consuming. My male would eat the raw food but my female wouldn't and she would only eat... you guessed it, FF! They won't even take dry food that's been moistened.
I've tried these cat foods:
Authority
Blue Buffalo
Organix
Friskies
Grreat Choice
Halo
Ideal Balance
Science Diet
Walmart brands - special kitty, actr1um
PC cat food
Whiskas
Iams
Meow Mix
Nutro
Natural Balance
Instinct
Nutrience
Nutro Max
Purina Pro Plan
Royal Canin
Simply Nourish
Wellness
Go!
BFF
Chicken Soup
Feline Cuisine
Health Diet
Merrick
Performatrin
Taste of the Wild
Weruva
Different grocery store brands
And they won't eat any of it!! Is that crazy or is this normal??? The cats I had years before these guys ate everything and anything.
If you guys have any tips or suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I'm going crazy here. I want to provide my babies with the best food but they're making that hard
Here are the little devils themselves:
My baby girl, Ailee.
My boy, Pippin.
Anyway! They are super picky. Currently they free-feed on Wellness Complete but I'm going to switch their dry over to Orijen. I think the higher protein will work for them since they're very active. As for wet food, all they will eat is Fancy Feast. They each get one can in the morning and it's NOT the classic type that I've been told isn't so bad, because it's not available in Canada. They eat very limited kinds because they don't like ANY pate's or fish flavoured foods. They eat primarily the beef, turkey and chicken varieties (marinated, grilled, slices etc.) and my boy sometimes gets sick on those. He seems to have a pretty sensitive tummy.
If it was the classic kind, which I'm told is grain-free or almost grain-free, I wouldn't mind but I know just the regular old FF isn't great for them.
I've tried EVERY type of wet food available at Petsmart and Pet Valu here, and some only available at the specialty shops. I can't get them to eat anything but FF! I've tried preparing it different ways. Adding water or a little bit of broth, warming it up, mixing it with dry food, mixing pate and something that isn't pate, mixing FF with another brand. Nothing works! I've also tried raw diets but I found it to be really expensive and time consuming. My male would eat the raw food but my female wouldn't and she would only eat... you guessed it, FF! They won't even take dry food that's been moistened.
I've tried these cat foods:
Authority
Blue Buffalo
Organix
Friskies
Grreat Choice
Halo
Ideal Balance
Science Diet
Walmart brands - special kitty, actr1um
PC cat food
Whiskas
Iams
Meow Mix
Nutro
Natural Balance
Instinct
Nutrience
Nutro Max
Purina Pro Plan
Royal Canin
Simply Nourish
Wellness
Go!
BFF
Chicken Soup
Feline Cuisine
Health Diet
Merrick
Performatrin
Taste of the Wild
Weruva
Different grocery store brands
And they won't eat any of it!! Is that crazy or is this normal??? The cats I had years before these guys ate everything and anything.
If you guys have any tips or suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I'm going crazy here. I want to provide my babies with the best food but they're making that hard
Here are the little devils themselves:
My baby girl, Ailee.
My boy, Pippin.
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