Cats hate their new cat food!

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There was a great deal on Pets at Home own brand wet pet food and funds are a bit slim at the moment so we snapped it up. Being cheapskates has spectacularly backfired as they hate it.

They leave it on their bowl until it goes all dry and manky and cry constantly.

I know they are cats and if they were hungry enough they would just eat it but they are playing up/ opening cupboards and fridge bringing back more than average dead things and generally seem to be protesting! I can't afford to buy new food just for fussy cats but have a whole months supply to get through! They are eating lots more of dry food which is costly too!

Anyone have any advice on getting them to eat it or should I just give them a kick up the fluffy bum and carry on throwing away bowls of untouched cat food?

Ahh sorry my commas seem to have vanished! That reads terribly.

Omg I've been down this road. And not just with cheaper cat food either Mine have been known to do this with quite £ stuff. Only of course after I've bought a ton of it.

You are now engaged in a pychological war of attrition and there is only ever one outcome. You do know who's going to win this don't you? They'll go on and on until you'll give in...

I think pets at home will take it back. give them a call

IME the cats will win. Give up now and take any unopened boxes back to PAH.

Try adding a little warm water to it to increase the smell, most cats prefer warm food. It could be that the new food has less odour than the one they used to have so it doesn't smell as appealing.

The story of my life at the moment!

Seniorboy has to have liquid meds regularly and being a bright little blighter has worked out that if he doesn't like a flavour, then he walks away and a new flavour is produced. In that way, he's managed to up the ante on all his food although I'm now trying to hold the line at Gourmet branded and Coop Gourmet chicken. (As there's pretty well nowhere else to go after those.)

I'd return what you can and see if you have any friends you can swap with if not. Then buy smaller quantities with flavour varieties.

Best of luck. I'm pretty pessimistic about getting cats to eat anything they don't want to - or, indeed, the same flavour for very long. They like variety in my experience.

My pedigree turned her nose up at the dry food I offered her.
I held out and she gave in at the end of the 4th day, just before I was about to give up too!

They can cope without eating for a few days that's why they are able to be so fussy right now

They will give in, don't worry! If that's the only option then they'll eat it eventually! If no luck in a week then maybe buy some of the usual and dialute a little of the new with some of the usual then change the ratio as they eat it!

cheesy cat doesn't like the Hills wet food I just bought. isn't keen on whiskers wet either. but enjoys dry food so I guess I have one who just isn't into wet food.
am going to take the other 24 packets back to the shop.