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Kaeli wrote:
I think we're going to go with a variety of wet food in the morning and afternoon and leave them some dry overnight. If you stop leaving dry food out at night your cats will start eating all the canned you give them because they won't have been snacking all night and will have a good appetitie. It does take a little time while you're transitioning but they figure it out. Hopefully over time they'll learn to like the better quality wet, but in the meantime, I want them to get good nutrition, so I'll let them have some dry. Plus, I think it's good for them to have to chew once in a while. *G* Giving them some cooked chicken hearts and gizzards will accomplish this much better and won't leave a starchy goo stuck to their teeth. :-) They can get the water content of the wet and the nutrition of the dry for now. I sure wish I could talk to them and bribe them with treats for eating the good stuff. *smiles* You know, why is it the higher-quality wet looks like paste and the lower- quality wet is all full of gravy and looks almost good enough for me to eat? Well, not really, but you know what I mean. *heh* No wonder they prefer the Fancy Feast. The good stuff sure doesn't look very good, and it doesn't smell very good, either. If I were a cat, I'd probably refuse to eat it, too. What is your definition of good stuff? I think you mentioned SD, and IMO it is pretty disgusting. :-P Nutro used to be fairly decent but they moved to least cost formulation and now the food is icky. I've spent a lot of time researching canned foods to find some that are high quality that my cats will like. Frankly, there's just not a lot of brands out there that meet my standards, but fortunately there are just enough that I can give my cats excellent nutrition and variety. If you have an opportunity get some Wellness and try it. That stuff smells really good and is one of the best quality foods I've found. I also like Felidae and Innova, and Precise isn't too bad either. Solid Gold makes a tuna canned food that is great for treats but I wouldn't feed it regularly. And they all smell really good! Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Kaeli wrote:
I think we're going to go with a variety of wet food in the morning and afternoon and leave them some dry overnight. If you stop leaving dry food out at night your cats will start eating all the canned you give them because they won't have been snacking all night and will have a good appetitie. It does take a little time while you're transitioning but they figure it out. Hopefully over time they'll learn to like the better quality wet, but in the meantime, I want them to get good nutrition, so I'll let them have some dry. Plus, I think it's good for them to have to chew once in a while. *G* Giving them some cooked chicken hearts and gizzards will accomplish this much better and won't leave a starchy goo stuck to their teeth. :-) They can get the water content of the wet and the nutrition of the dry for now. I sure wish I could talk to them and bribe them with treats for eating the good stuff. *smiles* You know, why is it the higher-quality wet looks like paste and the lower- quality wet is all full of gravy and looks almost good enough for me to eat? Well, not really, but you know what I mean. *heh* No wonder they prefer the Fancy Feast. The good stuff sure doesn't look very good, and it doesn't smell very good, either. If I were a cat, I'd probably refuse to eat it, too. What is your definition of good stuff? I think you mentioned SD, and IMO it is pretty disgusting. :-P Nutro used to be fairly decent but they moved to least cost formulation and now the food is icky. I've spent a lot of time researching canned foods to find some that are high quality that my cats will like. Frankly, there's just not a lot of brands out there that meet my standards, but fortunately there are just enough that I can give my cats excellent nutrition and variety. If you have an opportunity get some Wellness and try it. That stuff smells really good and is one of the best quality foods I've found. I also like Felidae and Innova, and Precise isn't too bad either. Solid Gold makes a tuna canned food that is great for treats but I wouldn't feed it regularly. And they all smell really good! Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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If you have an opportunity get some Wellness and try it. That stuff
smells really good and is one of the best quality foods I've found. I also like Felidae and Innova, and Precise isn't too bad either. Solid Gold makes a tuna canned food that is great for treats but I wouldn't feed it regularly. And they all smell really good! ....all of which are "all life stage" foods which shouldn't be fed to senior cats (or adult cats, for that matter). Higher phosphorus, sodium, calcium, magnesium levels, you know! |
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