My dad got his cats Tucker and Patches to eat only treats as their daily food. He his tried several times to switch them back but they wouldn’t. He tried mix dry food in and wet food in but they refuse to it until dad picks every last treat. They need more than just cat treats. Can anyone help on how to switch them back to regular cat food?

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I was wondering if anyone knew of any Purina dry cat food being recalled or has anyone else had problems with it? I have two cats, one of which was put on a diet so I purchased Purina Cat Chow Lean. The following day, my youngest cat began throwing up repeatedly. I had to take him to the vet two days in a row where they had to put him on medication and inject him with fluids…twice!! I haven’t seen anything about this brand being recalled but it’s so hard to keep up or find the most updated sites. The only that changed was that I began mixing his regular food (Purina Cat Chow Indoor formula) with this food the day before. Although it doesn’t contain wheat gluten, it does contain corn gluten and wheat, so I’m concerned that there might be something wrong with this food as well. I haven’t fed it to him since and he’s been fine but I’d like to know why he got so sick. If anyone knows anything, I’d appreciate their help.
Hi everyone, thanks for all the quick responses. I’m still in the process of researching this. I’ve discovered that Medi Cal is on the list, albeit wet food they say. I was provided a package of this by my vet prior to purchasing the Purina Lean cat food so now I’m not sure if it was the Purina or the Medi Cal that might have done it. I will continue to research this and hopefully come up with an answer as to what the cause was.

thanks again.
Wow, you guys are quick! In answer to some of your comments, he’s 4 years old and has never had any issues before so I dont’ think that was the issue given the fact that it was such a small amount mixed in with his usual food. He does get home made little treats from time to time and, as far as contacting the manufacturers, given what I’ve seen in the news and how Medi Cal assured the FDA that no tainted food reached Canada when in fact it had, I’m not sure I really want to trust them.

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I have been flirting with the idea of making my dog homemade food and mixing it with his dry food. I have been buying wet food and mixing it with his dry food but the price of buying both is going up. What are your thoughts about this? I want to make sure that he is getting all of the nutrients that are needed in his daily diet.

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I have a cat, she is 12-13 years old. I’ve been trying to give her treats from time to time but I’ve created a monster. Now she wants treats all the time and she is *very* vocal about it. I also gave her some wet food. She now refuses to eat her dry food, and creates a meow storm for pretty long periods of time.

Any suggestions?

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He’s 6 years old, Siamese. He’s my whole life, my best friend actually. He has a few fleas, and I ordered the pill Capstar for him, which he’s had before from the vet and it killed all of his fleas. That’s been a couple years ago and he’s since gotten more on him. I brush him and sometimes I use a flea comb on him and I can get a few fleas off him from that. But when I pet him and rub his back, he goes crazy and starts licking the air and everything in sight. His skin flakes and he has "dandruff" so to speak, and also flea poop in his coat. :/ I don’t have the money right now to take him to the vet but the capstar will work for the fleas because it has before. I feed him Purina, and I just learned that Purina isn’t so great afterall. He likes the taste and is sometimes picky about his food since that’s what he’s always been fed. I did the True Blue survey online and found that Purina had all that corn gluten/animal byproduct, etc. And I’m not okay with that cuz I want him healthy, he’s a little overweight since he’s neutered..I know that’s no excuse, but whatever. He’s also declawed and he does not go outside because I have a little dog that likes to chase him and we don’t have a fenced in yard and I’m surrounded by woods, so that’s a big no go. Anyway, I got coupons to try a bag of Blue Buffalo cat food since they don’t have all that artificial stuff, and I feed him wet canned food sometimes, but I try not to do it everyday because it gives him diarrhea sometimes and he also cries for it. All I’m wondering is if there’s anything I can put on his coat for the dry skin and itching around the house or something not too expensive that I can buy? I know switching his food will help and feed him wet food for oils and stuff, but if there’s anything I can put on his coat to help him get some relief from itching, that’d be great.
@Wendy, he absolutely hates water. He wont even come in the bathroom with me when I take a shower. I know I could try to bathe him but he still has his back claws and I’m blood thinner and he’d surely scratch me. but all in all, he is a very happy boy.

@Bloom, I am going to switch his food and use the pill I ordered for him, and I’ll still probably try frontline or something to keep them away monthly also.

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that’s what I feed my dog right now.The 1st five indigents are meat……. I heard that was good, But is it a good dog food?
UH I’m talking about wet food.

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should i add wet food to it. what would be a good wet food

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I am planning on adopting a kitten from a shelter, for around 70 dollars with shots and spay/neuter.

However, i recently found a woman who was giving away kittens for free, however they are really little, so by the time i get them, they will be on wet food and i will have to find a vet to give shots and neuter her/him.

What to do?

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As my dog has aged, she has since stopped liking to eat any of the dry food we give her. We have tried adding pumpkin (something our vet suggested) to adding her favorite fruit apples but it doesn’t seem to work. Whenever we feed her either homemade or store-bought wet food she eats it right away. I have a lot of dry food left over. I read that if you add hot water to dry dog food it becomes almost the same thing as store wet food. Will this work? Any other suggestions?

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My cat has been eating dry food! But when i first got her she was eating that Friskies canned food but it made her gain weight. So i changed it to dry. Should i go to wet food now? I heard dry food is bad for cats! Help!

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