![]() Kittens should be fed a variety of foods and this should continue into their adult life. The problem arises when it becomes addicted to the one food and refuses to try something else or simply doesn’t learn that other foods are also edible. It’s a common error to feed kittens and young cats the same food every day without providing any variety thinking that it will give them an upset tummy if they are switched to something else. With the best of intentions, owners can make their cats fussy by the way that they feed them as kittens. Some premium pet foods even have a feeding ‘guarantee’ meaning that if the pet doesn’t eat it after a reasonable amount of time, the full value will be refunded – ask our team for more details. Fortunately, if the receipt is retained, unopened cans and sachets of cat food can be returned to Better Pets and Gardens and swapped for other varieties in search for the cat’s favourite. Instead of changing the brand, the owner should try changing flavours as a different aroma or texture may just work.īy being observant, an owner should be able to work out the flavours that a cat will eat through a process of trial and error. The frantic owner swaps brands thinking that’s the problem but then gets frustrated when the cat still won’t eat. They do not taste sweet foods so cannot be coaxed with the same things that dogs enjoy and they use their excellent sense of smell to distinguish whether their food is one that they prefer and if they don’t recognise it, like its smell or think that it is stale, they will simply ignore it.Ī clever cat will train its owners to know what he likes and what he doesn’t by simply refusing to eat. Trying to ascertain why a cat won’t eat is a difficult task but what is known is that they are natural carnivores and eat small amounts of high-protein, meats throughout a day. ![]() The biggest concern for fussy cats is that they won’t get the nutrients that they need to stay healthy but added to this is the problem that they are difficult to manage later on if there is a need to adjust their diet to help with the management of disease or to give medication. ![]() Whilst this might work it will almost certainly be something that the cat will demand for ever more making it almost impossible for their obedient owner to go on holidays for fear that the cat will go hungry. Some cats become so fussy with their food that owners resort to feeding them by hand or cooking special meals. Dogs, of course, will gobble down the lot and then look for more but cats are willful creatures that certainly have a mind of their own. Sometimes, no matter what their loving owners try, they simply turn up their noses and won’t even give their meal so much as a second thought. ![]()
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