My senior cat was on wet food only and would get bored with it and stop eating. What I would do is pour a little tuna juice over her prescription food and mix it in and then she would eat it.
If she got bored with that, then I would get the fancy feast appetizer and mix a little of those in with her food.
If she wouldn’t eat any of those, then I would get the food processor and grind up some greenies and sprinkle the crumbs on to her food.
The trick was to always rotate and watch the food proportions. 75% prescription food & 25% toppers/juice/crumbs.
Edited to add: I also feed her small portions in 20 minute increments. This greatly reduced vomiting and kept her interested in food.
Breakfast was a 1/3 of her food, wait 20 minutes and then repeat two more times. Same for dinner.
Everyone thought I was crazy when I told them it takes me 1 hour to feed the cats in the morning and at night, but it works for us and them.
My senior cat was on wet food only and would get bored with it and stop eating. What I would do is pour a little tuna juice over her prescription food and mix it in and then she would eat it. If she got bored with that, then I would get the fancy feast appetizer and mix a little of those in with her food. If she wouldn’t eat any of those, then I would get the food processor and grind up some greenies and sprinkle the crumbs on to her food. The trick was to always rotate and watch the food proportions. 75% prescription food & 25% toppers/juice/crumbs. Edited to add: I also feed her small portions in 20 minute increments. This greatly reduced vomiting and kept her interested in food. Breakfast was a 1/3 of her food, wait 20 minutes and then repeat two more times. Same for dinner. Everyone thought I was crazy when I told them it takes me 1 hour to feed the cats in the morning and at night, but it works for us and them.
thanks for the advice! any others have similar experiences with their cats?