Okay first let me say I KNOW this food sucks. Please read all the situation before answering I need a specif requirement for VERY picky dry addict.
I’ve been trying to switch my dry food addicted cat (FEMALE 1.5 YRS OLD) to wet for 2 months now. I’ve tried buying the good stuff Wellness and Blue Buffalo canned and she just refused anything wet. She also doesn’t like soft treats, ONLY hard. So I’ve tried chunk & pate, and all the various flavors (chicken, beef, turkey, fish). She refuses them all! I’ve wasted god knows how much money on all these cans, that’s not the issue really. I just figured she would never eat wet food. I’ve tried too many different HQ brands, flavors, and style to even count anymore. She also wont touch real tuna either.
So the other night I was opening a can of veggies for dinner and she heard the pop top. OMG she came in and Meow’d at me. I looked at her like WTF you can’t be serious. I picked her up and showed her she can’t eat veggies LOL, but it got me thinking maybe it was the Pop. Maybe now she’s ready after all this trial and error. I ran to the dollar store on a whim and bought this shit food for 50 cents LOL. This is the first and only time she’d even try it. It was SHREDDED chicken and salmon in GRAVY. This flavor I’ve offered B4 but nothing. The only difference is it’s SHREDDED and GRAVY is all I can figure. Of course she licked all the gravy until it was dry and then I mixed in her dry. Well now it’s been 2 days in a row and she’s still eating 1/2 a can a day. I’m happy but it’s not quality food:( Now I need to find a food that meets to needs SHREDDED or GRAVY. I feed her Wellness Indoor Health as her dry because of quality. On occasion I have tried Blue Buffalo Spa Select Indoor when I can’t make it to Petco for Wellness. I also provide her w/ a water fountain so her water intake is OK. I also read not to mix wet and dry and make sure whatever is left isn’t wet when I throw her dry in the bowl. I do however make her eat 1/2 the can a day. I can only feed her the wet first thing in the morning when her bowl is empty from the day before. So far it’s been working and tomorrow will be day 3.
So I do a google search for shredded wet cat food and low and behold nothing but Purina brand crap:(
The question is:
Does anyone feed their cat a higher quality wet food that is SHREDDED style? I need something that is SHREDDED style that I can feed her and trick her into eating better wet. Or maybe a HQ wet that comes in a GRAVY I’d even opt for that and see if I can trick her? Please I just would love to find a HQ wet that she’ll eat even if it cost me a can. I don’t care about that! I just can’t afford to waste on food she wont eat anymore. I’ve been down that road LOL. Thanks for any advice and food suggestions that include SHREDDED or GRAVY.
these are good options. I have read it can take some dry addicts more then a year even. It’s been two months of trial and error so this small step is at least boosting my hopes I can slowly break her. She’s still young and I’m worried about her health long term I read this section a lot and read all the horror stories about UTI and kidney problems. I just want her on wet. Thanks and I’ll be working at her pace and being patient I just wish it was as easy as snapping my finger LOL. I will also look into all the recommended food from Susan and Lgbud and I usually buy the tiny cans cause so far she wont eat any but this junk Friskies.
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