'Natural balance' catfood was a huge hit...

Marina wrote:
wrote:
Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My.
Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for
them I'm not starting them on another habit--it's $1.19 a can. I doubt
it's healthy anyway--they liked it too much!

The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food
I've ever seen.

My niece told me that the chicken Sheba had actual bits of chicken in
it, so I decided to try if Miranda would eat it. I bought the cats one
tin each for Yule (at 1.30 euros a can!). I thought maybe I'd finally
found a cat food she would eat, instead of just fresh meat.

Haha! frustrated/hysterical laughter She did sniff it longer than any
other food (usually she just walks away if I put cat food in front of
her), but then she walked away. I didn't give up. I didn't give her any
other food, and offered her the Sheba a few more times, when she asked
for food. But every time I offered her the bowl, she didn't even sniff
it any more, she just walked away when she saw what was in the bowl. So
in the end, Caliban got two bowls of very expensive cat food, and
Miranda got her fresh beef.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.

Haha. I can't *believe* she turned it down. DH wandered into the
kitchen when I was putting it into the bowl. He said "Umm. I want some
of what they're having."

Sherry

"kilikini" wrote in message
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Bill Stock wrote:
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
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On 27 Dec 2006 16:05:19 -0800, wrote:
[snippy]

I have wondered if they actually tested the food out on cats for YEARS!
What's with those "fresher", Whiska, pounch things? I have never had a
cat
like those and dang, they're expensive! They must be selling, because the
darn things are still out there on the market, but, shoots, I've tested it
on 6 cats now and they all turn their noses up. Oh, oh, oh.........
Fancy
Feast, Cod, Sole & Shrimp (I think)......the makers try to make it look
like
a really delicious blend of chunky seafood with real tiny shrimp and
stuff.
You'd think a cat would go nuts, but I've never had a cat eat it, ever.
Yet, my cats like shrimp and fish. Go figure.

kili

I think it's Christina's cats that like the Whiska's pouches, but they're a
no go here. Although I bet Cleo would eat them. Our cats actually like the
'Cod Sole and Shrimp'. But I don't think they like Shrimp. I guess you don't
get too many Prawns in a 49¢ can. :-)

Karen wrote:
Seriously, Miranda is probably way better off on the raw diet she is getting
with supplements. If I ever got a baby again, I think I would try to go
raw.

It's alright here in town, but out on the island it's sometimes a bit
difficult to get her fresh meat every day. It all depends on the weather
and whether we can take the boat into one of the nearby villages (where
there are very small shops with not much in the way of fresh mat) or we
can make the trip to a larger community on the mainland, with better
stocked shops. It would be nice to have at least a few tins of something
she will eat in the cupboard for emergencies.

I wish Miranda had had at least one summer on the island with Nikki. I'm
confident that Nikki would have shown Mir what to do with voles, and
then she could have supplied her own fresh meat. Mir knows how to hunt
and she's killed a few voles, but she doesn't realise you can eat them.
She needs someone to show her. I'm not going to volunteer. ;o)

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

"Marina" wrote in message
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Karen wrote:

I wish Miranda had had at least one summer on the island with Nikki. I'm
confident that Nikki would have shown Mir what to do with voles, and then
she could have supplied her own fresh meat. Mir knows how to hunt and
she's killed a few voles, but she doesn't realise you can eat them. She
needs someone to show her. I'm not going to volunteer. ;o)

Darn, I was going to suggest a demonstration. ;-)

Smokey was pretty clueless about mice, before seeing Cali in action. It's
really something to watch them working as a team to heard the mouse.
Although Smokey's not big on the eating part. She just steals the trophy to
lay at your feet, after Cali has done all the work. We haven't had any mice
since Cleo arrived, but I had a chance to see her in action when she was
still outside. The mouse was caught and eaten in under two minutes. It
wasn't a game for her, it was survival.

"Bill Stock" wrote

"kilikini" wrote

Bill Stock wrote:
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote
wrote:
[snippy]

I have wondered if they actually tested the food out on cats for YEARS!
What's with those "fresher", Whiska, pounch things? I have never had a
cat
like those and dang, they're expensive! They must be selling, because
the
darn things are still out there on the market, but, shoots, I've tested
it
on 6 cats now and they all turn their noses up. Oh, oh, oh.........
Fancy
Feast, Cod, Sole & Shrimp (I think)......the makers try to make it look
like
a really delicious blend of chunky seafood with real tiny shrimp and
stuff.
You'd think a cat would go nuts, but I've never had a cat eat it, ever.
Yet, my cats like shrimp and fish. Go figure.

kili

I think it's Christina's cats that like the Whiska's pouches, but they're
a no go here. Although I bet Cleo would eat them. Our cats actually like
the 'Cod Sole and Shrimp'. But I don't think they like Shrimp. I guess you
don't get too many Prawns in a 49¢ can. :-)

Mine will eat almost anything from a pouch or a can. I get an occasional
loser but they are training me which foods not to buy.