On Aug 22, 12:01 pm, Dom wrote:
I need help. I'm pretty new with cats. I have two. One is
overweight and I try to give him a strict diet of high protein low
carbs canned food. But the other is normal sized, and he is a VERY
PICKY EATER. All night long he cries, but when I put out food he
smells it and turns away. I can't tell you how much food I've
wasted. I'm afraid he is not getting enough to eat, and I'm getting
very frustrated with him.

When I got him at PetSmart, they told me too only give him Purina One,
but he turns away from that too.

How do you find out what a cat likes?

This is just a thought, but there may be an issue with *eating*, not
with appetite. Check
his mouth and teeth. It's not that unusual for a cat to refuse a food
he doesn't like, but it
sounds odd that he's so hungry he's crying for food, and won't eat.
Once I took in a stray like that, she acted starving but would not
eat. Turned out she had
a sticker (grass burr) lodged in the back of her mouth.

Sherry