Cat won't eat dry food

gettingready

Fred will not touch dry food at all, no way - the other 3 do not mind, they eat both dry and wetand raw but Fred will ONLY eat tinned food and fresh meat.

So it is not unusual.

Mankysteve

Shoshannah wrote: »

Out of interest, can I just ask why you would like your cat to eat dry food? I personally would recommend feeding your cat a wet diet - we see a lot of bladder problems in cats fed an all-dry diet.

Our vet recommend a largely dry diet due wet food being bulked out with too much water causing kidney problems.

gettingready

Sorry but IMHO most vets really hardly ever have any idea about pet nutrition - but they do try to push expensive food that THEY stock onto pet owners.

MarilynMonroe_2

Cats go in cycles with what they'll eat - wet... no dry, dry.... no wet... whiskas... no only felix... no only like kittikat now ...so you stock up with kittikat and after a few days they'll be back to only liking dry again ... my advice, just perservere and leave it there cos you never know what they'll like rom day to day.

spike7451

MarilynMonroe wrote: »

Cats go in cycles with what they'll eat - wet... no dry, dry.... no wet... whiskas... no only felix... no only like kittikat now ...so you stock up with kittikat and after a few days they'll be back to only liking dry again ... my advice, just perservere and leave it there cos you never know what they'll like rom day to day.

Yup...That's my Daisy Cat!!! Two weeks ago it was Felix "As good as"...not now...it's Whiska's "Simply Grilled"...What will it be next week?....

The only thing that doesn't change is her taste in dry food. It's Purina Natural Balance & Royal Canin Exigent...She won't touch Go Cat ect at all now!!

I read somewhere that as cat's are primarily desert animals,they need a wet food as,like Daisy,they get their fluids mainly from the meat/jelly.In the wild I suppose that would be the prey's blood ect.

rita-rabbit

hand feed it - as treats are often hand fed cat will think it's a treat - eventually put alot of `treats' in the bowl - job done :0)

imaginarynumber

Not sure about cats but fussy dogs will eat dry food if you mix a little salmon oil with water to make a "gravy". They just love the taste.

bacardi66

Ive always fed my cats a mix of dry and wet food, they loved Hills Oral Care and my one remaining cat loves Royal Canin Outdoor Mature. I have read there are various risks with feeding only wet food (kidney and dental problems) and only dry food (urinary tract problems) not sure what to believe! Fingers crossed my cats haven't had any of those problems.

I think the dry food definitely helps their teeth - my cats have never needed any dental work. At 17 years old my remaining cat has a set of gnashers younger cats would envy and the vet always compliments him on so its probably worth encouraging dry food if you can find a brand she will like, try mixing it up with the wet food in gravy and see how that goes!

imaginarynumber

bacardi66 wrote: »

I think the dry food definitely helps their teeth - my cats have never needed any dental work. At 17 years old my remaining cat has a set of gnashers younger cats would envy and the vet always compliments him on so its probably worth encouraging dry food if you can find a brand she will like, try mixing it up with the wet food in gravy and see how that goes!

It is often suggested that dry food might make teeth worse- they are often bulked with processed grains. Cats and dogs don't have the enzymes in the saliva to break down the carbohydrates, potentially leading to plaque.

That said, I agree that the abrasive quality of them could be beneficial.

Re gravy- please do not use Bisto etc- far too much salt...

gettingready

I have given up on Fred and dry food - even Chloe eats dry and wet but Fred will simply not touch dry food. So he gets more tinned than the other 4 as the other 4 top up their tinned food with dry and Fred does not so giving him more wet food.

I guess some cats simply do not like full stopp[.