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Old September 8th 04, 07:12 AM
jamie
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Steve G wrote:
kaeli wrote in message . ..
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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.


I had to switch my two to canned when one was diagnosed diabetic
in January. They would still hang around where the dry cannister
was in the kitchen, begging. I started giving them each a heaping
tablespoon of Purina diabetic dry as a snack in the evening, but
the rest of the time, they don't get any dry.

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Old September 8th 04, 02:30 PM
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In article ,
enlightened us with...
kaeli wrote in message . ..
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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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Old September 8th 04, 02:30 PM
kaeli
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In article ,
enlightened us with...
kaeli wrote in message . ..
(...)

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.

--
--
~kaeli~
The best part of having kids is giving them back to their
parents.
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

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Old September 8th 04, 03:47 PM
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"kaeli" wrote

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)


Have you tried Fancy Feast Chopped Grill Feast? It is STILL the only
wet food that my girls beg for and eat every last bit of. I am about out
of the Maxcat, Science Diet, and Nutro I got at Petsmart a while back.
While there were some kinds they liked (like yours, they don't want
no steeeeeking chunks, lol! I have to mash them with a fork or they
just lick all the gravy off) nothing has compared to this particular
flavor of FF. (It is ground.) I know it isn't as good for them--but
they still get it two days a week, just because I can't see depriving
them of something that obviously gets them high. It REEKS of
something like roast beef's poorest cousin. But then, I think it
all stinks, esp. before coffee.


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Old September 8th 04, 03:47 PM
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"kaeli" wrote

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)


Have you tried Fancy Feast Chopped Grill Feast? It is STILL the only
wet food that my girls beg for and eat every last bit of. I am about out
of the Maxcat, Science Diet, and Nutro I got at Petsmart a while back.
While there were some kinds they liked (like yours, they don't want
no steeeeeking chunks, lol! I have to mash them with a fork or they
just lick all the gravy off) nothing has compared to this particular
flavor of FF. (It is ground.) I know it isn't as good for them--but
they still get it two days a week, just because I can't see depriving
them of something that obviously gets them high. It REEKS of
something like roast beef's poorest cousin. But then, I think it
all stinks, esp. before coffee.


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Old September 8th 04, 09:04 PM
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Have they had their teeth checked recently? Mine were avoiding
canned because they had some bad teeth, and the wet food was probably
painful to eat. They would just swallow the dry whole, so it didn't
bother them as much.
(again, not noticed by the previous quack vets, even though both quack
partners looked in their mouths -- and shown to me by my new vet,
a couple of cracked and cavitied teeth painful enough that the cats
cried when they were touched.)

You might try pureeing the canned food with a wand blender (a
suggestion I got from Megan), so that it's like babyfood, and they
can lick it up. If they don't like the texture, or it's hurting
their teeth, this might help.

kaeli wrote:
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.


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jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

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Old September 8th 04, 09:04 PM
jamie
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Have they had their teeth checked recently? Mine were avoiding
canned because they had some bad teeth, and the wet food was probably
painful to eat. They would just swallow the dry whole, so it didn't
bother them as much.
(again, not noticed by the previous quack vets, even though both quack
partners looked in their mouths -- and shown to me by my new vet,
a couple of cracked and cavitied teeth painful enough that the cats
cried when they were touched.)

You might try pureeing the canned food with a wand blender (a
suggestion I got from Megan), so that it's like babyfood, and they
can lick it up. If they don't like the texture, or it's hurting
their teeth, this might help.

kaeli wrote:
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.


--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

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Old September 10th 04, 04:53 PM
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I can't figure out which is worse - a low quality wet food as the primary
food, or a high quality dry...


The low quality wet food is worse. Why would one want to feed high levels of
salt (as one example) in a poor quality wet food?
 




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