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1yo cat getting super fussy with food

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MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 13/08/2023 21:00

I have a 17yo cat who eats anything and a 1yo cat who used to eat anything but is getting mega fussy.

Started on whiskas- stopped eating it when they changed the recipe..
Felix as good as it look-, eats it but will suddenly go off a few flavours and I never know if he'll eat it each flavour from one day to the next.
Regular felix - gross. Smells foul, don't blame him.
Gourmet gold tins - absolutely inhaled them on friday/saturday now on Sunday, turned his nose up.
Gourmet pouches- won't go near them.

I'm losing the will to live! The 17yo is loving it as he eats the leftovers. I'm sure the 1yo won't let himself starve, but how can he be inhaling food one minute and refusing it the next??

He's happily eating treats, ham, cat biscuit etc so don't think he's unwell.

I have a fussy 11yo daughter, not sure I can also cope with a fussy feline!!

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cinnamonfrenchtoast · 13/08/2023 22:53

Cats are fussy buggers. Do they also get dried food?

Typz · 13/08/2023 23:45

How much do you trust the cat food makers?

I used to buy a brand the cats loved. Most pouches were fine but sometimes I’d get a box where they rejected every single pouch in that box, but if I opened a different box of the same brand same flavour, fhey’d eat it. I reckon some boxes wee simply rancid. Quality control in catfood is probably not great.

We switched to a more reliable brand. So it may not be your cat being dussy, it may be that one pouch tastes completely different to another even tho the label says it is the same.

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MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 14/08/2023 13:14

cinnamonfrenchtoast · 13/08/2023 22:53

Cats are fussy buggers. Do they also get dried food?

Yes, dry food is always out.

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MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 14/08/2023 13:15

Typz · 13/08/2023 23:45

How much do you trust the cat food makers?

I used to buy a brand the cats loved. Most pouches were fine but sometimes I’d get a box where they rejected every single pouch in that box, but if I opened a different box of the same brand same flavour, fhey’d eat it. I reckon some boxes wee simply rancid. Quality control in catfood is probably not great.

We switched to a more reliable brand. So it may not be your cat being dussy, it may be that one pouch tastes completely different to another even tho the label says it is the same.

But suddenly to go off so many brands and one brand he ate for 3 meals on Friday and Saturday then stopped on Sunday from the same box.

He's not eaten anything today again.

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cinnamonfrenchtoast · 14/08/2023 13:32

As long as he has access to a complete dry food and is otherwise healthy I would try not to worry too much about him refusing his wet.

It could be worth trying something like Applaws which is basically shredded meat - it's not a complete diet so he'll need to keep having his biscuits but it could be a good way for him to get some wet food in.

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