Cat feeding advice sought.

GlynD

HappyMJ wrote: »

They sell it at Kennelgate...if you have one near you.

They don't appear to have any in our country either. Just England as far as I can see.

We're in Northern Ireland.

HappyMJ

GlynD wrote: »

They don't appear to have any in our country either. Just England as far as I can see.

We're in Northern Ireland.

Pay the £4.95 delivery charge and they'll deliver to Northern Ireland.

GlynD

HappyMJ wrote: »

Pay the £4.95 delivery charge and they'll deliver to Northern Ireland.

You're kidding: would they actually do that for me?

lindens

GlynD wrote: »

I'm still not convinced about tins. What is the consistency of the food like? Are the chunks bigger? I ask because you obviously know how fussy cats are. We do serve no 2 Gourmet mini-tins but we only bought two to start with and were just buying a few more everytime we nipped into town for anything else.

you've hit the nail on the head. my kitty loves the pouches as that was what the rescue foster mum had been feeding him. so i started him on sains own brand pouches. when i noticed how much more expensive they were i switched to the exact same food but in tins. would he eat it? no of course not so back to the pouches.

GlynD

lindens wrote: »

you've hit the nail on the head. my kitty loves the pouches as that was what the rescue foster mum had been feeding him. so i started him on sains own brand pouches. when i noticed how much more expensive they were i switched to the exact same food but in tins. would he eat it? no of course not so back to the pouches.

Yep. Then there's the pouches the vet hands out when a kitty is unwell. Never seen one of them eaten yet. The regal nose goes right up in the air.

RuthnJasper

I'm from the "other side of the tracks", being a dog-owner (sorry). My first dog was a Jack Russell Terrier, with similar issues as outlined in the first post. She had been a stray for a long-ish time and used to scoff and whine for more.

Personally, I never thought it was down to the type of food she was eating, but was because she took a long time to get out of the mindset that she MUST eat as much as possible, because she didn't know where or when her next meal is coming from. Hopefully, your cat will grow more confident in the knowledge that you aren't going to boot her out to starve and her habits will relax...

HTH; best wishes.

And here's something to make you smile (apologies if you've read it before):


How to give a Cat a Pill

1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of its mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden/garage.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink one beer to take taste away. Apply Elastoplast to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbour's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Apply whisky compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw T shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Ring fire brigade to retrieve the f***ing cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbour who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little b*st*rd's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertiically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash it down.

14. Consume rermainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to A&E, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill fragments from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for RSPCA to collect mutant cat from Hell and ring local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

How to give a Dog a Pill

1. Wrap it in bacon

GlynD

RuthnJasper wrote: »

I'm from the "other side of the tracks", being a dog-owner (sorry). My first dog was a Jack Russell Terrier, with similar issues as outlined in the first post. She had been a stray for a long-ish time and used to scoff and whine for more.

Personally, I never thought it was down to the type of food she was eating, but was because she took a long time to get out of the mindset that she MUST eat as much as possible, because she didn't know where or when her next meal is coming from. Hopefully, your cat will grow more confident in the knowledge that you aren't going to boot her out to starve and her habits will relax...

HTH; best wishes.

And here's something to make you smile (apologies if you've read it before):


How to give a Cat a Pill

<snip>

Hide it inside a prawn.

CharlieRabbit01

Denzel my 14 week old kitten eats 2-3 pouches a day, he has kibble and water 24/7.

He has a health check tomorrow so I might get told different by his vet.

We don't give in to demands for food. He is fed 3 times a day at the same time.

RuthnJasper

GlynD wrote: »

Hide it inside a prawn.

Of course! The prawn might not be too happy about it though...;)

Spudsey

WolfSong2000 wrote: »

The "general" rule is that the better quality the food, the less you should need to feed. One company that may be worth trying is Lily's Kitchen...they started making dog food, but now do some cat bits as well. If you go to their website and drop them and email or call them, they may well send you out some samples FOC to try to see if your cat likes them - just let them know what flavours she usually likes. You can also call their holistic vet, Holly, free of charge - she can be useful if you're worried about dietary issues, etc. The quality of their food is first rate - I worked for them very briefly (no longer) and simply cannot fault them on food quality.

I agree. With Yarrah I get away with feeding 60g portions, I ran out recently so bought a Waitrose one which has a higher meat content (13% lol) but they are eating far more than 60g as its mostly jelly.