8 Out Of 10 Cats prefer....

Cottage_Economy

Our cats are also pretty fussy, each having their likes and dislikes.

We cycle between whiskas, felix, and aldi's own for two of the moggies, sometimes mixing them in together with go-cat crunchies. Sometimes if they are a bit sniffy with something, eating a few mouthfuls and walking off, we find mixing in some crunchies makes them more enthusiastic. Or a tiny bit of raw meat depending on what I'm cooking that night.

Some of the pricier 'vet developed' natural crunchies upset their tummies. One cat will vomit after eating them (burns and wellbeloved). Tried high protein foods and they get bored after a couple of meals. Reindeer and rabbit went down like a lead balloon. Not even a mouthful.

Our eldest 17 year old is in fragile health and we feed her Sheba and Encore with additional raw mince and chicken. No crunchies of any kind as it upsets her tummy. We don't mess with her diet generally as it results in stress-related cystitis, incontinence and diarrhoea. Usually on our sofa. On occasions we've had to take her to the vet as well if it gets bad so it's more moneysaving not to mess with her at all. She's mostly bright and twinkly-eyed and her coat is pretty glossy at the moment. She's quite playful and pouncy on everything as well, but she's defo got dementia developing and cant' eat on her own. She has to be repeatedly led back to the bowl because she forgets she's supposed to be eating and wanders round dreamily...

kboss2010

I wonder what Whiskas put in cat food and treats to make cats crave them.

Several of my cats get withdrawal symptoms if I feed them Whiskas treats. These normally docile felines will physically attack me if I'm holding them and get really grumpy afterwards if I stop feeding them - it's like kitty drugs! I've started giving them Dreamies only now, at least they won't maul me to get to them!

pink.1970

My 2 boys eat a mixture of wet and dry food.

Wet food at the moment is felix sensations was half price in wilkinsons so i stocked up. And dry food is wilkinsons own biscuits which they love.

They also like Feline fayre biscuits and wet food.

I do have to be careful with the older 1 as anything in sauce or gravy sometimes goes straight through :eek: and we did have an episode of colitus when he had Asda tiger biscuits (he's very sensitive) lol.

I buy any thats on a decent offer they dont like Asda tiger wet, or kit e kat.

Miroslav

Sadly I only have one cat remaining and at her age (19 in a few weeks) we let her have whatever agrees with her, whereas we used to feed her slightly differently.

Wet - Felix, Whiskas, Tesco. Not keen on others. She liked Gourmet (purina) but it upset her stomach and she did horrendous smellies - since we took her off, she's fine again.

Dry - James Wellbeloved and Royal Canin - always been the case.

Other- she does like her Felix and dreamies treats as well as vets kitchen.

She also has, every day a few times, fresh chicken/turkey/beef. Vet said this would be a better diet than cat food, but she needs something in the cat food, so she has this too.

Of my dearly departed, some of them would get quite huffy if I dare offer Tesco food and I only offer it to this one as she likes it.