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In article , zuzu22
@webtv.net enlightened us with... We got a can of anything Whole Foods had. Whole Foods doesn't carry Wellness, so it's likely you haven't tried it. Megan Yeah, you're right - I went to that site and looked at the cans, and it didn't look at all familiar. I also found a place kinda sorta nearby that carries it, so I'm going to pop over this weekend and check it out. Thanks for the help! -- -- ~kaeli~ Murphy's Law #3020: Quality assurance doesn't. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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enlightened us with... I managed to miss how old your cats are. If they're fairly young, I would suggest mostly high quality dry over mostly low quality wet, and maybe you'll be able to afford a premium canned that they like, by the time they're older. Rowan and Isis are 4 and 3, respectively. We aren't sure about Jeffrey, but we think he's around 4 also. I'm just going to keep trying and stop leaving dry down constantly so at least they're definitely hungry when I put the wet down. If they don't touch the wet for more than an hour, I'll put a bit of dry down for them. -- -- ~kaeli~ Murphy's Law #3020: Quality assurance doesn't. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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In article , zuzu22
@webtv.net enlightened us with... Kaeli, Have faith. Just because it's not happening quickly doesn't mean you won't succeed. I have dealt with this too and the article you read also has very good tips for transitioning from dry to wet. I have a cat I rescued early this year and I could not get her to eat any wet food so I had to start out giving her high quality dry. I just kept trying and finally I got her to eat one flavor and over the next few months I just kept adding little bits of this and that and we're at the point now that she's eating 6 different premium canned foods. If you have to do more dry and less canned right now, then that's what you have to do. Just keep sneaking in a little more canned and a little less dry and changing the flavors so they get used to *not* eating the exact same thing every day. It's difficult to undo things sometimes, but it is not impossible! :-) Megan Yeah, I'm probably expecting things to go too fast, huh? For now, I'm just not going to free-feed dry any more and keep trying different cans to see what they'll eat. If I find one they love, I'll give them that consistently enough to get them mostly off dry then start mixing it in with more wet flavors to get them up to a higher-quality. I do want to try the Wellness, though (you were right, I had it confused with another brand). Maybe they'll really like it. *crosses fingers* -- -- ~kaeli~ Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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In article , zuzu22
@webtv.net enlightened us with... Kaeli, Have faith. Just because it's not happening quickly doesn't mean you won't succeed. I have dealt with this too and the article you read also has very good tips for transitioning from dry to wet. I have a cat I rescued early this year and I could not get her to eat any wet food so I had to start out giving her high quality dry. I just kept trying and finally I got her to eat one flavor and over the next few months I just kept adding little bits of this and that and we're at the point now that she's eating 6 different premium canned foods. If you have to do more dry and less canned right now, then that's what you have to do. Just keep sneaking in a little more canned and a little less dry and changing the flavors so they get used to *not* eating the exact same thing every day. It's difficult to undo things sometimes, but it is not impossible! :-) Megan Yeah, I'm probably expecting things to go too fast, huh? For now, I'm just not going to free-feed dry any more and keep trying different cans to see what they'll eat. If I find one they love, I'll give them that consistently enough to get them mostly off dry then start mixing it in with more wet flavors to get them up to a higher-quality. I do want to try the Wellness, though (you were right, I had it confused with another brand). Maybe they'll really like it. *crosses fingers* -- -- ~kaeli~ Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", kaeli
artfully composed this message within on 16 Sep 2004: Yeah, I'm probably expecting things to go too fast, huh? For now, I'm just not going to free-feed dry any more and keep trying different cans to see what they'll eat. If I find one they love, I'll give them that consistently enough to get them mostly off dry then start mixing it in with more wet flavors to get them up to a higher-quality. I do want to try the Wellness, though (you were right, I had it confused with another brand). Maybe they'll really like it. *crosses fingers* Kaeli, I got Shadow converted in the beginning by not leaving any dry food out at night and by morning he was hungry enough to eat whatever I gave him. It was a process because at first he wouldn't eat enough of the canned to sustain him for the day while I was at work, and leave him without food until dinner (canned) and since he had a history of fatty liver, I'd leave him with enough dry food to make up for the canned he wouldn't eat. It took several weeks to several months to get on this feeding regime. I never got him fully off of dry food, but it was down to about 1/8 cup per day, and about 1/2 cup canned 2x per day. Still too much food for him, but with his chronic diarrhea, he was persistently hungry. OTOH, I'm battling this problem with my former feral Bonnie. I had given up for a while to get her on canned food because of the same fears you have - she'd rather starve than eat canned food. She won't touch canned food and since I'm gone for about 12 hours per day at work and the commute, she'd literally go nearly 24 hours without food if I let her skip breakfast because she won't eat what I give her. I have to remember that it won't kill her to go that long, but it's really hard. I'm back on a mission to convert her to canned, or at least 50/50 so tonight when I fed her dinner I wet a few of the bits with water so they'd become soft, and something other than the crunchy stuff she considers food. She outsmarted me by eating around the wet ones and waiting a while until they dried, then went and ate them. -- Cheryl |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", kaeli
artfully composed this message within on 16 Sep 2004: Yeah, I'm probably expecting things to go too fast, huh? For now, I'm just not going to free-feed dry any more and keep trying different cans to see what they'll eat. If I find one they love, I'll give them that consistently enough to get them mostly off dry then start mixing it in with more wet flavors to get them up to a higher-quality. I do want to try the Wellness, though (you were right, I had it confused with another brand). Maybe they'll really like it. *crosses fingers* Kaeli, I got Shadow converted in the beginning by not leaving any dry food out at night and by morning he was hungry enough to eat whatever I gave him. It was a process because at first he wouldn't eat enough of the canned to sustain him for the day while I was at work, and leave him without food until dinner (canned) and since he had a history of fatty liver, I'd leave him with enough dry food to make up for the canned he wouldn't eat. It took several weeks to several months to get on this feeding regime. I never got him fully off of dry food, but it was down to about 1/8 cup per day, and about 1/2 cup canned 2x per day. Still too much food for him, but with his chronic diarrhea, he was persistently hungry. OTOH, I'm battling this problem with my former feral Bonnie. I had given up for a while to get her on canned food because of the same fears you have - she'd rather starve than eat canned food. She won't touch canned food and since I'm gone for about 12 hours per day at work and the commute, she'd literally go nearly 24 hours without food if I let her skip breakfast because she won't eat what I give her. I have to remember that it won't kill her to go that long, but it's really hard. I'm back on a mission to convert her to canned, or at least 50/50 so tonight when I fed her dinner I wet a few of the bits with water so they'd become soft, and something other than the crunchy stuff she considers food. She outsmarted me by eating around the wet ones and waiting a while until they dried, then went and ate them. -- Cheryl |
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enlightened us with... Kaeli, I got Shadow converted in the beginning by not leaving any dry food out at night and by morning he was hungry enough to eat whatever I gave him. They're NEVER hungry enough to eat some of what we've tried, much like your Bonnie. she'd literally go nearly 24 hours without food if I let her skip breakfast because she won't eat what I give her. Yup, when I offered nothing but the premium canned, they went *36 hours* before I broke down and gave them dry. I felt like the most horrible person ever, might I add. when I fed her dinner I wet a few of the bits with water so they'd become soft, and something other than the crunchy stuff she considers food. This sounds like something to try! First just a little water, then gradually softer and softer... Thanks for the idea! -- -- ~kaeli~ The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Finland. Now Santa Claus is missing. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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enlightened us with... Kaeli, I got Shadow converted in the beginning by not leaving any dry food out at night and by morning he was hungry enough to eat whatever I gave him. They're NEVER hungry enough to eat some of what we've tried, much like your Bonnie. she'd literally go nearly 24 hours without food if I let her skip breakfast because she won't eat what I give her. Yup, when I offered nothing but the premium canned, they went *36 hours* before I broke down and gave them dry. I felt like the most horrible person ever, might I add. when I fed her dinner I wet a few of the bits with water so they'd become soft, and something other than the crunchy stuff she considers food. This sounds like something to try! First just a little water, then gradually softer and softer... Thanks for the idea! -- -- ~kaeli~ The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Finland. Now Santa Claus is missing. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", kaeli
artfully composed this message within on 17 Sep 2004: when I fed her dinner I wet a few of the bits with water so they'd become soft, and something other than the crunchy stuff she considers food. This sounds like something to try! First just a little water, then gradually softer and softer... Thanks for the idea! LOL I hope you have better luck than I have. -- Cheryl |
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