It would be like a human moving his recliner to a Las Vegas buffet. This is the second worst phrase someone with a cat can admit.īesides trying to change their diet, cats conditioned to the never-ending dry buffet are at risk for developing obesity, urinary problems and kidney failure, to name just a few of the top feline health risks by a dry food diet. This video shows Freddy the cat refusing to eat his wet food, even though the other cats in the house are eating it: If your kids eat chicken nuggets and French fries, offering them a diet of high-quality protein and vegetables is not going to be easy. This is sadly akin to a child diet of fast food and potato chips. They are simply used to eating Kitty Fritos. If they’ve never been exposed to good canned food or even high-end dry food, they may hold out at all cost for their flavor-enhanced, animal digest–sprayed pieces of yellow, brown and orange JUNK. In the list of phrases I hate to hear from cat people, this tops the list.Ĭats who are addicted to low-end dry food can be the biggest challenges. And the walk back to the couch from the kitchen? It’s not a big calorie-burner. He’s eating 8 times his daily requirement of fatty, unhealthy food. Now compare that to your house cat, who leaves the couch 8 times a day to eat his entire daily ration of dry junk food at an open trough.Feral cats stalk, kill and eat small prey 8 or 9 times a day.And we feed too much of that bag or that can. Many Americans overfeed dry food or open up a new can every time their cat walks into the kitchen. But overfeeding and feeding dry food only creates the cat version of “Johnny won’t eat his vegetables!” Munchman will remain a happy, munching kitty for the rest of his life. If you start a kitten or a young cat out on a healthy and varied diet, chances are Mr.
By: Janitors Are We to Blame?įor the most part, finicky cats are not born. Leaving dry food out all day long is not good. By getting caught up in the frenzy of trying to be Top Chef to your cat, you can create a problem-eater. Those millions of choices on the supermarket shelf are marketed to us, not your cat. The solution is actually part of the problem, and the problem has been created by the pet food industry. I mean, if there are so many choices in this consumer-driven world of ours, why can’t you find the one thing your cat will eat? You can feel worry, resentment and even some anger.
The Persnickety Finicky Felineįeeding your finicky cat can be an emotional nightmare. I could speak volumes about this problem - that’s why this article is so long. Wait a minute, am I back in the office? I hear that remark day in and day out, in one cat appointment after another. Vacantly, she admits, “I can’t remember what he likes. She holds a can of cat food in each hand and stares blindly at the shelf. It appears she has been there since Labor Day. Another poor soul is encamped in front of the thousands of cans of cat food.
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