Going to have to stop feeding my cat

[HardRockOwl]

Well.. not quite. I'm not that mean. But no more pouches.

She's 8 and always been fussy but in recent months it's ramped up. I've tried everything. Felix, whiskers, Gourmet, Sheba, the Cheshire Cat garden, blink, Lily's kitchen - I could go on and on. Gravy, jelly, pate. From cheap to very pricey

She won't look at them. Well, she will. The look says 'what the fuck is this?' and today it tipped me over the edge as I'd spent £12 on pricey ones

So my question is.. anyone out there just feed dried food? She eats that fine - we usually have Canagan or Sense 6, so a nice high quality one. Always has access to her water fountain

There's nothing wrong with her either. In fine fettle

But I can't keep buying these pouches for her to not eat. She usually has 2 pouches a day but I've always had to rotate a lot as she will eat it one day and not the next - and just recently - nothing

My big ginger boy, who's 12, only has good quality dry food. The simple reason is that he won't touch wet food and never has. He's thrived on the dry and is fit and healthy.

My two have a dry food diet (IAMS Fit) and they're fine. I lost my last two cats very soon after they had dentals so if I can avoid then needing one by giving them a dry diet, I will

My cat prefers biscuits. My vet told me that was fine as long as the dry food was labelled "complete".

One of my cats won't eat wet cat food. She's doing fine on dry plus some fresh fish/chicken. Not a cheap cat to feed!

My old cat lived to 25 years old on a purely dry food diet and the only time we had to take him to the vet was when he got scuffed up fighting with younger cats in the garden. Dry food is fine if that's what they like!

That was my cat. I thought she was really fussy which got worse over 18 months. Then found out she had an enlarged liver. We lost her in March. I really regret not taking her to a vet in the beginning, she would still be here. Please get her checked out first.

We feed our fussy cats Mon Petit pouches £1.75 for 5 pouches - won’t touch anything else felix, whiskers, Sheba - rescue cats fed on Felix at cats protection - 1 month after taking them in started turning their noses up at the food! So Mon Petit it is …..

its by Gourmet Purina - Mon Petit

Our cats do fine on dry. Their poo is less smelly too.

I was like this with my first cat, except it was only the felix chicken pouches she ate so I’d buy them individually which cost a fortune and then I’d have to only give her a third of a pack at a time so she’d eat it all.
I’ve got a rescue cat now and she doesn’t stop eating or meowing for food.

I have 3 cats
One will only eat dry food
One will only eat wet food and the other will eat anything he can get his paws on.
There is nothing wrong with a kibble only diet, just make sure its made with a high % of quality meat protein.
I feed applaws and Wellness Core

@Pixiedust1234 she's absolutely fine. Was only at the vets a fortnight ago anyway for something routine and there's literally nothing wrong with her

I could supply food ad infinitum and she'd fall on one and scoff it down - I then but it again and .. nothing

She does miaow for pouches but I am standing firm now I think. Her dried food is very good and she will
Have to make do with the odd lik e lix on top and dreamies!

@tillyandmilly yep she ate them for a while. Then said 'no thanks peasant'

Mine have dry Iams. They will not touch wet.

All mine are different eaters. Some like both, some like one or the other and one only likes gourmet or those lik e lik things 🤷‍♀️ All fine. Cats like different foods just like us slaves.

I give mine fresh chicken breast poached then shredded or frozen pollack poached and shredded. The price of commercial cat food here has rocketed so it is the cheaper option. Vet always recommends chicken and rice they leave the rice! Also tinned pilchards or sardines go down well.

@saltrock123 shhhhhh! The other might hear🤣

Cats can get urinary problems with dry though. I'd give them wet every now amd again

Have you tried the tins of chicken Thrive? I swear that stuff is like cat crack.

Mine has out a bowl of biscuits he can nibble at all day as and when he pops in, and has half a pouch of wet food every evening for his 'supper' as you will... works well for me and having a routine of him coming home a similar time every evening for the lock in.

Have had a couple of hunger strikes, but found he has eaten his biscuits eventually, so empty threats.

I'd say stand your ground to begin with, (if she goes outside is there anyone feeding her?) But if carries on after a couple of days vets might be an option

Only on cheap dry food. If they have excellent quality, premium dry food with a very high meat content, all is well. Hills lifestage cat food is excellent.

I have 3 cats all boys and healthy and they eat a mix of wet food and dry food and fresh fish and they like chopped sirloin steak ( cooked).

Ours have only ever had dry food. The eldest is 13 and it was on advice of the vet as when he was a kitten, he had lots of stomach problems.

He’s now the picture of health. He has Hills science plan biscuits topped up with steamed chicken, tuna (in spring water), mackerel (in spring water)

one of mine will only eat the fillet in broth type food. Such as applaws, miamor, thrive.
every month I add another sample of some thing else and he just won’t eat it. He eats applaws dry as main food as it’s complete, and then gets a tin of the wet fillets every evening to supplement.
cat 2 will eat most things in comparison

One of mine is like this, she will eat the same food from her brothers dish though. I use the thrive dried chicken bits and sprinkle a small amount over her food if she's refusing and she will eat it then. Or I put next to her brothers so it's contraband and she'll scoff it down!