"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>>> Cats are so funny... and strong-willed. I wonder about those veggies,
>>> fruits, etc. in cat food. Those things are not part of a cat's natural
>>> diet, so I think they are there just because they are good for humans
>>> and we are supposed to think they are also good for cats.
>>>
>>> Ming won't eat treats and has no interest in people food. He has tried
>>> the Now! kibbles and seemed to like it. I need to get him some more
>>> food within the next day or two and will see what is there that he will
>>> (probably) eat.
>>
>> Winco has slightly increased the cat foods that they carry. Bali and
>> Jazzy LOVE the Fancy Feast Appetizer that is the Skipjack Tuna. It is
>> like kitty crack to them. It's the only thing they eat all of. Their
>> second favorite is the Tender Tongal Tuna. Winco is now carrying that
>> flavor plus the chicken. So I bought a few of the Tender Tongal because
>> it is 5 cents cheaper than the best sale price I can get anywhere else.
>> They looked disappointed when it came out of the bag. I do not believe
>> that cats are color blind. They can tell.
>>
>> They also have the Fancy Feast Medleys which are not their favorite of
>> the canned foods. That would be the Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Tuna and
>> Whitefish. The best price I have found on that is 20/$11 at Target. Or
>> maybe it was a little less at Pet Smart. It may have been $1 a can there
>> but they never have very many. The Medleys have a tuna with I think they
>> call it garden greens. I know I have bought it before for them. It was
>> 73 cents a can. I have only been giving each of them half of the can for
>> dinner because no matter what I give them if they eat any at all it is
>> just a few bites. So I thought I would try this again. They actually
>> ate it. Not all of it but they did a pretty good job.
>>
>> What really bugs me is that at Costco you can get Fancy Feast for cheap
>> but you have to buy a mixed case. My old cat Maui would eat any flavor
>> but the fish and seafood. So that wouldn't have even worked for her.
>>
>> I feel bad for the truly poor people who own pets. Especially the
>> seniors who may need help at times. I always donate pet food to help
>> people in need and then I think that they will have a picky pet who won't
>> eat whatever I donate.
> That's nice of you. Yes, pets mean so much to people, it must be awful to
> feel you have to choose between having and loving a critter and other
> necessities.
>
> I have heard Fancy Feast referred to as "feline crack" before. I forget
> whether the King of the household deigned to eat it. I probably tried
> just about everything when he was sick or when he would stop eating for a
> while.

I wish I had never gotten them started on it. But I had a few packages
leftover from when Maui was alive and I didn't want it to go to waste. I
had been given a few cans of a turkey flavor of premium food. I think it
was the Wellness brand. The lady at Purrfect pals said that was what they
had been eating but only for dinner. Oddly enough the store where I got
them from didn't carry that flavor. So I bought a few cans of each flavor
they did have. They would only eat maybe a few bites but they wouldn't even
touch the herring. Then I tracked down the turkey. They didn't like that
either.

Then the quest began. I finally determined that they liked tuna but only
the certain kinds. And I couldn't pin it down to a particular texture or
cut or whatever.

Before I got them they were used to eating dinner of moist food and then
having a bowl of cereal for the rest of the time. But I then made two
mistakes. Giving them the Appetizers for breakfast and then some treats
when I have my midnight snack. I don't normally eat lunch so that was never
an issue. But now they seem to want their food at our meal times. And they
can tell if it is midnight. If I am 5 minutes late on giving them their
treats, I hear about it!

Their cereal feeder and moist food bowls are here in the family room on a
little vinyl floor covered area. Why that is there I do not know. This
room is carpeted but two little areas have the same vinyl floor as in the
kitchen. Their fountain is near the food. I feed them the treats in the
kitchen and they have little dishes in there.

On Friday we brought home some of their favorite treats. We were unable to
get very many for a while and had to get other brands. They became very
excited when they saw them coming out of the bag and went to their bowls
even though it wasn't midnight. They looked very sad that they didn't get
any. But then they were happy again when they got dinner.