Good pet food!?!?

[poppie123]

There's realyl funny magnet I sw somewhere that has a picture of a cat on, and it says "Just treat me as you would the Queen" - that is totally something Bella would say if she could talk!!

Oh mine too, they are treated like Royalty in this house.

 

[Claire L]

I love some of the quotes on the cat mangnets

"The difference between cats and dogs is that a dog comes when you call him and a cat takes the message and will let you know later"

"This house is owned and operated solely for the comfort and convenience of the cats"


Claire

 

[torsie24]

Haha - so glad it's not just us! She's being so spoiled lately too as she's been unwell.

Last night we ate dinner on our laps as we're lazy like that some nights, and Bella was sleeping on her blanket on the sofa, so Jack sat and ate his dinner on the floor!!

She totally knew it too, as she sat there smiling to herself the whole time! What a madam!

 

[wifey]

Oh hugs to all the kitties and "mums" out there I know how you feel Our insane cat is very fussy too he eats next to nothing for days no matter what we give him it often ends up in the bin barely touched. We try to give Bill a mix of wet and dry to keep his skin and coat in good condition. He suffers with dander no matter what we've tried I think it's because he's a house cat. We feed him Whiskas meat in jelly(will not entertain the thought of super-meat ) and Purina one "hairball" formula since he's always got hair balls. He's brushed at least twice a day (slicker brush and double sided) and his coat is usually shiny but his skin flakes the vet said it's common with pet cats. He used to love a bit of real chicken fresh from the oven for his Sunday lunch or lamb or beef but pork he can take or leave He sometimes come wandering past if we have a nice bit of cod for tea or tuna. He's trying some dry food from Aldi at the moment called 1st Choice not sure yet what he thinks of it. The elderly cats from a few doors away love it though they come along to see him and us from time to time and while their owner is out during the day we keep an eye on them for her and offer them food and water if she's been out a while working.
Bill's appetite usually picks up if we take his meat away for a few hours and just give him plenty of clean fresh water to drink. We sometimes get him Sheba foil trays as a treat or Whiskas Temptations but they have to be chicken and cheese flavour or he will not eat them. Yes I guess you could say I'm ruled by the cat too
Have any of you tried the fresh meal recipes in the back of the Your Cat magazines? They look easy to make but I honestly don't know if it's worth trying them on Bill. In a recent article they said feed a pouch of wet food in the morning and remove it once it's no longer fresh (1-2 hours depending on the weather). Don't give anything else until the next meal time and stay strong they will eat eventually. Yes right... tell that to our cat then he only resurfaces at bed time and even then often turns his nose up at whatever we offer him

 

[jns]

Ok another question
stripes our cat , will not drink water but loves her milk
wonder why this is
vet said to give her water but no way will she take it ?

 

[Beep]

We've got 3 of the little darlings. 2 x 18 year olds and a 2 year old. So, here is what we have:

2 year old loves mice and rats but will not eat tinned cat food of any sorts
1 x 18 year old has thyroid and heart problems and is borderline kidney failure
Other 18 year old has a very delicate stomach and can only eat Felix senior

2 year old won't eat tinned cat food but will eat the other cats food, including the renal diet food, and any dried up bits that fall on the floor before we clear them up
1 x 18 year old will eat any type of food apart from her renal food but shouldn't
Other 18 year old will eat absolutely anything, including thai curry sauce, and particularly things that will make her throw up

So now the 2 year old gets fed in a different room, one of the girls has her Felix on the windowsill and we let the other one (renal case) eat what food she wants.

Interestingly, the one with the renal problems had a blood test a few weeks ago and her creatinine and other renal tests were slightly higher than normal after eating normal food.

I am very suspicious of these specialised foods to be honest.

 

[Danauk]

I read this thread and started to worry, I want the best for my 2 kitties! My two eat Whiskas pouches in jelly (won't touch gravy or supermeat and don't touch canned!). They have kit e cat dried food (in one big bowl they share as a snack, won't eat from seperate ones!) but won't have any other dried food. One cat miows for denti bits which have to be placed on their dried food not fresh, the other eats it but does not miow for it (he prefers from ham from the fridge). Neither will drink from a bowl of fresh water, they both drink from the pond in my back garden (although if a fish or frog comes near them whilst drinking they run a mile!)

Seriously who is the one being taken for a mug here!! Oh yeah me!!

BTW better go, Figao is miaowing at the front door, he needs me to open it as he can't be bothered to jump the fence into the back garden and use the cat flap! And yes I am the mug who opens the door for him!!

 

[torsie24]

Haha, I love that about them at the pond!! Bella is a total wimp like that too!

Thought you guys might like a food update:

We've swapped her over to Orijen, she's been having 1/2 orijen, 1/2 burns food for the last week and has been fine, so I'll start cutting down the burns as although it's all natural it does still have some cereals in.

I also bought her some of the applaws tins, which are beautful quality when you open them, she loves the fishy ones but was a little hesitant with the chicken one, but did it a little bit after some coaxing.

Her coat is beautiful, such a change in it already!! I can't wait until she is on just Orijen/Applaws, what a healthy girl she'll be.