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We currently feed our one year old boy a limited amount of dry food (mostly Orijen Cat & Kitten, but also Acana & Taste Of The Wild in rotation) and he loves those. But, we recognize that dry food is not the most ideal choice, even with more premium brands. So we also feed small portions of wet, canned food options a few times a day. Ideally we'd feed all wet, maybe gravitate toward raw or a homemade diet eventually.
We currently buy a wide variety of canned food and he does alright with those, but sometimes just doesn't want to eat it. We've moved beyond the Purina Beyond brand, but still offer the occasional Crave Turkey, Chicken, or Salmon (which he quickly devours). With the much talked about issues surrounding the pet food industry we decided to try more of the boutique pet supply stores and the brands offered there. We're limiting what we buy from commercial grocery stores. Of course, we still run into some questionable ingredients but for the most part are excited about the options with brands like Weruva, Instinct, Fromm, Wellness, Tiki Cat, etc.
Seeing as money is a limited resource, but our love for our boy is unlimited, we make the choices to feed him the most nutritional foods we can find. We're willing to even buy a food multiple times if it would mean that he'd adjust to enjoy them. Just not sure how many tries with a particular food would be optimal. We don't want to give up on something that has received good reviews, or is from a company we admire, and that has great ingredients, just because he walked away a time or two from the dish. As new cat parents, differentiating between him just not being in the mood for a particular food and actually disliking it is not always easy.
So that's my question: how many times would a loving cat guardian buy a particular food before giving up on it? Thanks!
We currently buy a wide variety of canned food and he does alright with those, but sometimes just doesn't want to eat it. We've moved beyond the Purina Beyond brand, but still offer the occasional Crave Turkey, Chicken, or Salmon (which he quickly devours). With the much talked about issues surrounding the pet food industry we decided to try more of the boutique pet supply stores and the brands offered there. We're limiting what we buy from commercial grocery stores. Of course, we still run into some questionable ingredients but for the most part are excited about the options with brands like Weruva, Instinct, Fromm, Wellness, Tiki Cat, etc.
Seeing as money is a limited resource, but our love for our boy is unlimited, we make the choices to feed him the most nutritional foods we can find. We're willing to even buy a food multiple times if it would mean that he'd adjust to enjoy them. Just not sure how many tries with a particular food would be optimal. We don't want to give up on something that has received good reviews, or is from a company we admire, and that has great ingredients, just because he walked away a time or two from the dish. As new cat parents, differentiating between him just not being in the mood for a particular food and actually disliking it is not always easy.
So that's my question: how many times would a loving cat guardian buy a particular food before giving up on it? Thanks!