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How do you get them to eat enough wet when they prefer the dry and will only
eat the wet when no dry is available?

Don't give 'em dry until they've scoffed the wet? The dry can be a
sort of crunchy dessert, a bit like chocolate coated peanuts, sans
chocolate and peanuts.


LOL

Yeah, that's where we're at right now, except we're finding out what they'll
eat and won't eat. I don't want to starve the poor things (esp. my overweight
male, who I worry about fatty liver if he just stops eating), so if they
don't eat morning or night wet feeding, I leave dry down overnight. So far,
they won't touch Science Diet, IAMS (yes, I even tried the hated P&G IAMS in
the hopes there would be at least ONE semi-healthy brand they'd eat; two
wouldn't touch it, one ate some and immediately puked his little guts out),
Wellness, or Innova. They pick at Max Cat, Nutro Max, and Pro Plan. They seem
to really like Friskies (ewwww) especially the shredded kinds (fancy feast or
the big cans) and don't much care for 9 Lives. They also seem to like that
new Meow Mix that comes in the packets, but won't touch the other packet
brands. The MM has tiny little chunks instead of the big slices. They don't
like big chunks or slices of any brand.

I'm going broke trying all these kinds and I end up throwing almost all of it
out.
*sigh*

I want them to eat some dry if they won't eat the high quality wet, since
they do like some of the higher quality dry, but I also want them to get
enough wet that they stay nice and hydrated and get the benefits of wet food.

We're working on finding the balance.

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