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Hello everyone I'm desparate. I have a 12 year old cat, that will not touch meat or fish, not even when she was kitty, she also will not touch wet food. I have a problem because she has gum issues and has lost 5 teeth and is being treated for her gum issues, which are problematic at this time. She is not really eating and I'm taking a trip back to two vets tomorrow, her regular vet and now a holistic vet. Any thoughts for what kind of soft food I could try to prepare for her, in light of her not liking meat, fish or wet food. She does like natural peanut butter, hummus, walnuts and things like that, but no meat.
This is something you can ask the vet when you go tomorrow, you could try different brand of wet food. My cats won't eat anything other than Fancy Feasts.
Can you give us more information? Is it wet food she won't eat, or ANY food? I am all for transition a cat OFF of dry food, but of course you can't let her not eat at all.
What kind of toppers have you tried? What brands/formulas have you tried? There are so many wet foods available.
Offer small portions, (no more than a tablespoon at a time) warmed up. Warming the food (by running hot water over the dish, put the food in the hot dish, then set the dish in another saucer of hot water for a few minutes. Stir around to get the temperature even throughout. And/or add a little warm water to it.) makes it smellier so more appealing.
Top with something you know she likes, even kibble crushed into powder. If she licks off the topper, put more on, mixing some in the food. Other toppers that may work: freeze dried chicken, such as PureBites chicken, forti flora (it's a probiotic but the first ingredient is animal digest, which most cats love), bonita flakes...
Hello everyone I'm desparate. I have a 12 year old cat, that will not touch meat or fish, not even when she was kitty, she also will not touch wet food. I have a problem because she has gum issues and has lost 5 teeth and is being treated for her gum issues, which are problematic at this time. She is not really eating and I'm taking a trip back to two vets tomorrow, her regular vet and now a holistic vet. Any thoughts for what kind of soft food I could try to prepare for her, in light of her not liking meat, fish or wet food. She does like natural peanut butter, hummus, walnuts and things like that, but no meat.
Help, I don't want to lose her.
Thanks!
desparate in Minnesota
What brands of wet have you tried?
How about cooking organic chicken and mashing it up with chicken broth? I don't suppose she would eat it if she has never had home cooked chicken.
If you are desperate for her to eat ANYTHING, well, my Dirty Cat has only 3 teeth in his entire mouth, and although I normally only feed him wet food, I tried some dry on him to see what he would do with it and he gobbled it up.
Copy/Pasted from the "cat turning grey" thread, because I'm a bit doofy this morning and typed all this in there when I meant to put it here, I got my stuff mixed up a bit. But it's helpful perhaps to whoever so yeah...here...
...and as another poster has mentioned, it is flavored by this "animal digest" stuff that appeals to cats, more importantly to you if your cat only wants dry foods--the powder they coat the dry food with to make it taste good, it's this same stuff. So sprinkling a bit of this on the wet food might make it "taste right" to kitty, and it's good for digestion. Just don't overdo it.
id definlty try other brands and textures (my cats wont eat "chunky" only pate types other cats i know will only eat flakes or shedded ect...) if not go to bby food, make sure its somehting that doesnt contain onion powder...if thats a no go try human food (boiled chicken, tuna ect...and if that doesnt work and all shell eat is peanut butter nd hummus ANY protein i better than no protein...try almond butter instead (more proteinand less fat thanpeanut butter) try blending some chicken into the hummus ect...
at her age i think it matters less WHERE the protein nd moisture come from and more that shes getting some.
I think before feeding a cat anything that is not cat food, or meat based, I would at least do a quickie Google search to see if there is documentation of it being harmful to them. Cats can react badly to ALL KINDS of things. Something like, "Is <almond butter/peanut butter/hummus/etc> harmful to cats?" typed into Google would probably get the job done.
For instance, tofu is often used by vegetarians as a meat substitute, but it's made of soybeans which are harmful to cats. So just be careful with that.
I have a very old cat closing in on 19 years...she enjoys very small peices of raw salmon, otherwise just dry cat food. I give her the dry kitten food so it's easier for her to chew. Make sure your old girl has lots of fresh water always available to her
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