OK…I have these three cats…..The problem is that they all are finicky and each one wants different meals each day. One loves tuna, but hates salmon, the other hates salmon, but likes tuna, but only if I put a pinch of salt and mayo on it…and the other hates fish, but likes roast beef….only roast beef. I get so confused. If I feed them the wrong thing, they stand around meowing all day. It is driving me crazy! They will not eat cat food at all! They just pretend to bury it, and walk away.
2007-03-16 05:20:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Your cats clearly know how to own you.
Take away all their wet and human food. Feed only a high quality dry cat food (nutro is my favorite brand). When they are hungry they will eat. I guarantee. They may whine for a little while, but don't give in.
2007-03-16 05:25:03 · answer #1 · answered by allyalexmch 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. You should not add salt and mayo on the cat's food.
2. They are too spoiled, buy them some good tasty cat food (cats love Royal Canin, especially the type "exigent" or "indoor", they hate Hill's though) and leave it there, they will eventually eat it.
3. If they don't like it, try mixing it with the foods they like at the beginning.
4. If you cook for them anyway, just cook some tuna and roast beef and leave it there, since they all eat something else they'll figure out whose is which, I don't understand why you are driven crazy, just prepare their meals and give it to them and don't spoil them.
2007-03-16 05:25:19 · answer #2 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, they have YOU well trained:-) My Gracie has her Purina Indoor Cat chow in her dish all day(hard/dry) Around lunch time, I open a can of Fancy Feast and give her 1/3 of the can. I have found, the more gravy on the canned food, the better she likes it. Well after all, she is a little southern girl, she likes her gravy:-) I have cut way back on the seafood because I've heard it can cause bladder infections. Offer them one or two types of "wet food" and keep just one good type of dry available all the time. They will learn. One other thing, don't add extra salt or mayo to their food. Neither is healthy for your cats.
2007-03-16 05:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by janice 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They totally have you whipped. You own the cat, it doesn't own you. It's an animal and you are the human. Just like kids, you can't let them walk all over you or you'll have fussy spoiled kids hence your cats meowing and being picky. they're going to have to learn to take what they get sometimes. They're hungy, they'll eat. They'll be stubborn but eventually they're going to have to eat. You're not starving it, you're telling it that this is what food they're getting today whether they like it or not. Do you feed them soft food? If so, try a multi flavored dry cat food.
2007-03-16 08:18:03 · answer #4 · answered by throughthebackyards 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take away their wet food all together and feed them only the dry food. Don't give in, if the dry food is the only food they have, they WILL eat it. And train them to all eat at the same time each day, unless you just want to leave the dry food out all day for them.
Good luck,
a cat's meow is like a baby's cry
2007-03-16 05:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by sonicachic311 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
a) Follow the advice of the previous answers.
b) Feed them in separate rooms once in the morning and once in the evening. This will better help you organize what you are feeding them and it will also discipline your cats so they know when to eat.
They way you are currently feeding them, they are likely to get diabetes and other diseases. If you think they are annoying now, just wait until you have to provide constant medical care.
2007-03-16 05:29:54 · answer #6 · answered by mojojonji 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 15:16:10 · answer #7 · answered by kemmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy, what a dilemma!
Either you can feed them what they want, or you can put down the dry food and ignore them. If they get hungry enough, they'll eat it. But yes, cats can be extremely insistent.
2007-03-16 06:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first person to answer is incorrect, actually, some cats *won't* eat just cuz they're hungry - I've seen cats whose livers have shut down because of it. the trouble is, they get too hungry and start to feel sick, so they feel less like eating, then their livers slow down and they feel sicker and less like eating...
another alternative is to mix something they will eat with something less complicated for you - like another canned cat food, or dry food, and gradually wean them off the complicated option. as in, start with just a hint of the new food - just enough they might eat it 'by accident' and build up...
2007-03-16 05:34:20 · answer #9 · answered by Megs 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Solutions for a cat fancier?
None that you would like. Please don't be upset by that answer...I have a cat and am almost as fond of him as I am of my three-year old pitch black lab...except when the little bestud keeps trying to 'capture' the curser on this PC's screen.
2007-03-16 05:36:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋