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Old 07-12-2022, 05:24 AM
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After hearing everything my various vets have had to say, I decided to let my cat dictate what he eats. He now gets his inferior quality wet food, because he refuses to eat any more of the supposedly better quality wet food, though that was all he ate the first two years of his life. He also gets Origen, which I am told is considered a kibble, however it is freeze-dried, with very high quality ingredients. My cat likes the Original and Six Fish; the feral cat we also feed also likes the Regional Red, which my cat will not touch. Recently, I have started giving him Greenies, both the tuna and the catnip flavor, for his teeth, which he absolutely loves. I have two small bowls, I keep the bowls filled, cause as any cat owner knows, if the bowl if half empty, the cat considers it empty. This strategy works for my cat, cause he eats what he must and then leaves the rest for later. He is 7 years old and sleek. (I do have 2 extra bowls that I rotate in, so he is not eating out of a previously dirty bowl). I make sure that his bowls have food in it before I go to sleep to circumvent the 3:am wake up call though that doesn’t always work. Yes, sometimes he can be a pain, but he is very much loved, and we are very happy that he is a part of our lives. I hope you and your cat do well together, too.
Good point about keeping bowls clean. I forget to do that with kibble bowl. And re 1/2 empty bowl is empty to them, so true! I end up re piling the wet food a couple times to make it easier for her to get to.