Our cat is so picky about food - we don't know what to do anymore :(

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mila anniee

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11 months ago In Cats

Hello dear alsopets community,


We have two Russian Blue male cats, 8 months old, they are healthy and their weight is in the normal range. We pay attention to high-quality meals without grains and sugar. Although dry food is controversial, we give them quality dry food (like that from Select Gold, a European brand) which contains no grains or sugar. In the morning they usually get tuna from Premiere or Moments. At first they were regularly given various wet food from MAC, MjamMjam and Premiere (again European brands, but they are really good); they prefer lean meat. Dried meat and vitamin pastes are available as snacks. They became increasingly picky when it came to wet food. So in the evening we switched to fillets from Moments (chicken, salmon, tuna). I know they aren't supposed to eat that much tuna, but they would prefer to eat it morning, lunch and evening. We also often cooked food ourselves; Beef, turkey, chicken, salmon, which one, Bora, also likes to eat. The other one, however, Suga, is only tuna in the morning, fillet in the evening and otherwise only dry food. As soon as I give him wet food from a can or home-cooked meat, he goes straight to the dry food and that's it, or doesn't eat anything at all. If he skips dinner we give him some snacks at night or I often give in and give him a fillet . But they are expensive, now that they are bigger and heavier they are more hungry and I can't give them two fillets each day. Do you perhaps have any tricks or tips? We have already tried so many types of canned food and are really getting desperate. The other one, Bora, is fortunately not so picky and usually eats whatever is put in front of him.


I would be grateful for any tip :) Thank you very much in advance <3

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I have had cats all my life. I love them lots, but they can get spoiled just like people do. When they decide one day that a certain food is not to their liking, giving them something else is just pandering to them and teaching them how to get food they more likely will enjoy.

Unfortunately kitties are not smart enough to manage their own diets, so we have to. We cannot give them what they want, we have to give them what they need, for their long term health and well-being.

Make sure you and your vet have discussed good nutrition, and provide that, and that only. If Kitty turns up their nose at it, just wait. Hunger always prevails over fussiness. Feed cats separately as well. Make sure they are drinking as much water as they will, especially if they end up eating more kibble and less wet food.

You're a at parent, not a cat friend, unfortunately. A bit of tough love is needed. Gentle, but tough. Cats won't let themselves starve.

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