Thread: Doesnt like meat?

Originally Posted by BasilHayden

I have sent my fiance a text to try mash his food up a bit see if that helps. I have tried mixing in the science plan with the food but that doesnt work he wont touch it at all.

I dont know about cutting wet food out all together. I'll see how we get on with him for the next week mashing it up and take it from there.

Might pay to cut down on amount you actually give for a day or two,give him smaller & more often rations,I find mine like their wet food one side of their bowl & dried the other,don't pile the dried as he will fill on that & ignore wet so just compromise for a short while....x

I also do that ... a huge amount of wet food was being wasted, so now they get 1 or 2 sachets between 3 of them (sadly Tigs doesn't like their food and they don't like his!) and a small amount of biscuits on the other side of the dish ... hardly any waste these days thank heavens ...

Have you tried the Applaws range. We feed all 3 of our cats this including our new MC kitten Loki. We give them a variety including tuna and prawn, tuna and seaweed, chicken and wild rice etc. in fact we use the whole range and Loki also gets the kitten chicken too. We also give them some dry food to ensure they get the necessary nutrients. All 3 of them love it with each having a particular favourite. Loki enjoys it so much she's first in queue and clears up all 3 bowls on a regular basis. We nickname her the eating machine with her appetite. Here's a link to their site and it's readily available in Jolleyes and Pets at Home

Applaws Pet Food

Yep I’ve had this problem. Casco liked wet food initially but when I tried to get him on 100% wet he went right off it. It’s like he was staging a protest to have the kibble back.

I tried various methods, such as sprinkling parmesan cheese or crushed kibble on the top of the wet. It worked for a bit but then he sussed it out and just licked the cheese/kibble off the top.

He’s now on mainly dry food, although can be tempted with the odd pouch of highlife perfection chicken or JWB turkey on occasion. It’s frustrating, I really wanted him on an all wet diet.

Hope you have better luck then me Basil!

Nice to know ive not got the only fusspot puss. Darcie-lu has only eaten Natures Best chicken for 3yrs, refuses to eat any wet food at all, & will take an occasional piece of fresh ham. She seems ok on it though. Our new kitten on the other hand, seems to change his diet daily. Maybe they try everything & then settle on what they prefer.

One of my old moggies (Tordi - lived to the ripe old age of 18.5) would only eat Felix salmon and prawn until she was 1yr old. Made shopping easy - 7 big tins of salmon and prawn a week. Think the checkout girls thought we were cruel! Then Jake came along and was eating all sorts - even though Tordi had tried them all before she now wanted them just because he was having them! Fickle cats eh?! Our 3 MCs only seem to like Felix as good as it looks fish - and they also licked at the jelly when they were kittens but they seemed to grow out of that.

Your not going to believe this but my other two cats must be hanging about with Basil too much as they have now started putting their nose up at the felix. I wish they could talk sometimes so they could say " I would like this for my breakfast this for my lunch and this for tea" although couldnt cope with 3 cats all talking at once so maybe that not such a good idea.

Observation-I do think its quite amusing that we, as humans, will eat a much varied diet in our lifetimes, yet we expect our pets to be content with the same small choices of foodtypes, but are concerned when they decide to change their minds.Why shouldnt they be as interchangeable as we tend to be. I often wonder when a mouse or a frog is dropped at my feet, the mewling creature in front of me is saying" here, cook this"