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I have three cats. One of the cats, a male named Bear, has just gone on a special diet for life. He's now being fed a high fiber canned cat food, 4% crude fiber. Most canned cat foods are anywhere from 1% to 3% fiber.
Problem is, he and my two girl cats prefer Fancy Feast, which is the equivalent of giving them McDonald's crap every day. It's my fault because I exposed them to it a long time ago, but I can't seem to rectify my mistake. I have been trying for years to transition the cats to a higher quality canned cat food, to no avail. They insist on the junky stuff. I think the main reason is because the Fancy Feast I give them is small pieces with lots and lots of gravy. That's what they like. They like the gravy as much as the food itself, because they'll often lick up most of the gravy and not eat all of the food, at least at first. Sometimes they'll let the food dry out and that's why they don't finish it all because they've licked up the gravy.
However, all of the good quality canned food I've looked at comes in the loaf style - which is what they don't like, and which is what the special food I now give to Bear is. Thursday morning I put down a dish of his "good" food, and he refused to eat it. I gave the other two their usual junky food because that's what they eat, and Bear tried to eat that, too. I had to move the food around to get each cat to eat what I wanted them to eat.
If anyone knows of a really good high quality canned cat food that is like the Fancy Feast - small pieces with lots and lots of gravy, please let me know. It might be easier to transition my girls to it if it's the kind they might eat. They just don't go for the loaf style.
Problem is, he and my two girl cats prefer Fancy Feast, which is the equivalent of giving them McDonald's crap every day. It's my fault because I exposed them to it a long time ago, but I can't seem to rectify my mistake. I have been trying for years to transition the cats to a higher quality canned cat food, to no avail. They insist on the junky stuff. I think the main reason is because the Fancy Feast I give them is small pieces with lots and lots of gravy. That's what they like. They like the gravy as much as the food itself, because they'll often lick up most of the gravy and not eat all of the food, at least at first. Sometimes they'll let the food dry out and that's why they don't finish it all because they've licked up the gravy.
However, all of the good quality canned food I've looked at comes in the loaf style - which is what they don't like, and which is what the special food I now give to Bear is. Thursday morning I put down a dish of his "good" food, and he refused to eat it. I gave the other two their usual junky food because that's what they eat, and Bear tried to eat that, too. I had to move the food around to get each cat to eat what I wanted them to eat.
If anyone knows of a really good high quality canned cat food that is like the Fancy Feast - small pieces with lots and lots of gravy, please let me know. It might be easier to transition my girls to it if it's the kind they might eat. They just don't go for the loaf style.