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Is it even realistic to teach an older cat (approx 8-10 years old) to eat a proper diet if he was on a junk food diet his whole life?
Have you succeeded with cases like that?
How long did it take and how persistant did you have to be?
I managed to take Musiaka off of kibble few months ago, but the only canned food he accepts is the one that is specifically made to be tasty and irresistable to cats. Anything else he will either try once and then ignore or not even give a try. When he doesn't like the food he goes on a
Surrouding new food with old, putting it on the side, introducing it slowly doesn't help. Toppings didn't work either, as he is not a fan of crunchy goodies. And he's too sus about lickable treats, as those I use to mix his supplements/medicine with.
What was your trick?
I need to get him from a saucy, delicious patè based food on to a drier, harder textured mono/hydrolized protein canned food. It seems impossible right now.
Have you succeeded with cases like that?
How long did it take and how persistant did you have to be?
I managed to take Musiaka off of kibble few months ago, but the only canned food he accepts is the one that is specifically made to be tasty and irresistable to cats. Anything else he will either try once and then ignore or not even give a try. When he doesn't like the food he goes on a
Surrouding new food with old, putting it on the side, introducing it slowly doesn't help. Toppings didn't work either, as he is not a fan of crunchy goodies. And he's too sus about lickable treats, as those I use to mix his supplements/medicine with.
What was your trick?
I need to get him from a saucy, delicious patè based food on to a drier, harder textured mono/hydrolized protein canned food. It seems impossible right now.
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