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Making dry food look/smell/taste like wet food
I'm posting on behalf of a neighbor who's training her cat to eat
canned food instead of dry food. She simply won't touch canned food, I mean the cat not my neighbor. The cat hasn't eaten anything in 3 days -- meows a lot! My neighbor tried mixing dry & canned, but the cat would simply eat whatever dry food she can, avoiding any canned food. I suggested perhaps trying to make the dry food look like canned by waking it wet somehow (gravy or some kind of sauce). The cat would stil eat the dry food but may somehow get used to eating it wet. Then slowly add real canned food. |
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In om,
Ray Ban composed with style: I'm posting on behalf of a neighbor who's training her cat to eat canned food instead of dry food. She simply won't touch canned food, I mean the cat not my neighbor. The cat hasn't eaten anything in 3 days -- meows a lot! My neighbor tried mixing dry & canned, but the cat would simply eat whatever dry food she can, avoiding any canned food. I suggested perhaps trying to make the dry food look like canned by waking it wet somehow (gravy or some kind of sauce). The cat would stil eat the dry food but may somehow get used to eating it wet. Then slowly add real canned food. I've been battling the same thing with a former feral cat (who you'd think would eat anything) and with all of the suggestions I was given, the one working a little bit for me so far is crushing dry and sprinkling on the canned. But not just dry, she didn't go for the regular dry she will eat, she will go for the canned if the dry I crush is the Wysong treats that she's discovered she adores. The only treat I've found she likes (doesn't like tuna, doesn't like cooked chicken chunks, doesn't like any raw meat) is called Wysong Cat treats. Hard to find. One suggestion that had promise in the earlier days was taking some of the cubed-type canned and mixing in about 4-5 cubes in with the dry but she ate around it. Better than mixing dry and canned which had no good results. Making dry food mushy with water didn't work with her, either. One of my last resorts will be Hill's Mixit (a large can of "gravy") which I have lots of and will try next. |
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In om,
Ray Ban composed with style: I'm posting on behalf of a neighbor who's training her cat to eat canned food instead of dry food. She simply won't touch canned food, I mean the cat not my neighbor. The cat hasn't eaten anything in 3 days -- meows a lot! My neighbor tried mixing dry & canned, but the cat would simply eat whatever dry food she can, avoiding any canned food. I suggested perhaps trying to make the dry food look like canned by waking it wet somehow (gravy or some kind of sauce). The cat would stil eat the dry food but may somehow get used to eating it wet. Then slowly add real canned food. I've been battling the same thing with a former feral cat (who you'd think would eat anything) and with all of the suggestions I was given, the one working a little bit for me so far is crushing dry and sprinkling on the canned. But not just dry, she didn't go for the regular dry she will eat, she will go for the canned if the dry I crush is the Wysong treats that she's discovered she adores. The only treat I've found she likes (doesn't like tuna, doesn't like cooked chicken chunks, doesn't like any raw meat) is called Wysong Cat treats. Hard to find. One suggestion that had promise in the earlier days was taking some of the cubed-type canned and mixing in about 4-5 cubes in with the dry but she ate around it. Better than mixing dry and canned which had no good results. Making dry food mushy with water didn't work with her, either. One of my last resorts will be Hill's Mixit (a large can of "gravy") which I have lots of and will try next. |
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From: (Ray Ban)
I'm posting on behalf of a neighbor who's training her cat to eat canned food instead of dry food. She simply won't touch canned food, I mean the cat not my neighbor. The cat hasn't eaten anything in 3 days -- meows a lot! That cat needs to be fed immediately. Not eating in cats can cause fatty liver disease. Tell your neighbor to feed the poor cat whatever it wants for now. After the cat has recovered fully from not eating for 3 days, then she might attempt to add canned food. She can take the dry food, put it in a cheesecloth, and use a hammer to lightly pound it until it's a powder consistency. Then she can sprinkle it on top the canned food and then eventually mix it in. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: "Cheryl"
But not just dry, she didn't go for the regular dry she will eat, she will go for the canned if the dry I crush is the Wysong treats that she's discovered she adores. The only treat I've found she likes (doesn't like tuna, doesn't like cooked chicken chunks, doesn't like any raw meat) is called Wysong Cat treats. Hard to find. My cats like the Wysong treats too. If you have a Whole Foods by you, they usually carry them there. Have you tried sprinkling parmesan cheese on the food? This works for some cats. Another one that sometimes works is Bonito flakes (dried fish) mixed into the food. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: "Cheryl"
But not just dry, she didn't go for the regular dry she will eat, she will go for the canned if the dry I crush is the Wysong treats that she's discovered she adores. The only treat I've found she likes (doesn't like tuna, doesn't like cooked chicken chunks, doesn't like any raw meat) is called Wysong Cat treats. Hard to find. My cats like the Wysong treats too. If you have a Whole Foods by you, they usually carry them there. Have you tried sprinkling parmesan cheese on the food? This works for some cats. Another one that sometimes works is Bonito flakes (dried fish) mixed into the food. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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PawsForThought composed with style: From: "Cheryl" But not just dry, she didn't go for the regular dry she will eat, she will go for the canned if the dry I crush is the Wysong treats that she's discovered she adores. The only treat I've found she likes (doesn't like tuna, doesn't like cooked chicken chunks, doesn't like any raw meat) is called Wysong Cat treats. Hard to find. My cats like the Wysong treats too. If you have a Whole Foods by you, they usually carry them there. Have you tried sprinkling parmesan cheese on the food? This works for some cats. Another one that sometimes works is Bonito flakes (dried fish) mixed into the food. I'm tempted to try catnip. I don't want to mix catnip and eating schedules, so that too, is a last resort. |
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PawsForThought composed with style: From: "Cheryl" But not just dry, she didn't go for the regular dry she will eat, she will go for the canned if the dry I crush is the Wysong treats that she's discovered she adores. The only treat I've found she likes (doesn't like tuna, doesn't like cooked chicken chunks, doesn't like any raw meat) is called Wysong Cat treats. Hard to find. My cats like the Wysong treats too. If you have a Whole Foods by you, they usually carry them there. Have you tried sprinkling parmesan cheese on the food? This works for some cats. Another one that sometimes works is Bonito flakes (dried fish) mixed into the food. I'm tempted to try catnip. I don't want to mix catnip and eating schedules, so that too, is a last resort. |
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From: "Cheryl"
PawsForThought composed with style: From: "Cheryl" But not just dry, she didn't go for the regular dry she will eat, she will go for the canned if the dry I crush is the Wysong treats that she's discovered she adores. The only treat I've found she likes (doesn't like tuna, doesn't like cooked chicken chunks, doesn't like any raw meat) is called Wysong Cat treats. Hard to find. My cats like the Wysong treats too. If you have a Whole Foods by you, they usually carry them there. Have you tried sprinkling parmesan cheese on the food? This works for some cats. Another one that sometimes works is Bonito flakes (dried fish) mixed into the food. I'm tempted to try catnip. I don't want to mix catnip and eating schedules, so that too, is a last resort. Now there's an idea. Kinda like Alice B Toklas brownies but for cats ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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