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5 year old male cat.
He never liked wet food which is strange because the 4 other cats I had before LOVED wet food. He does however LOVE to just lick the gel off of wet food. A few years ago he had bladder crystals but vet gave him prescription food that solved that and the problem never happened again (his urethra was blocked and he was peeing blood). I then got him a water fountain and he drank water much more often, plus I give him now they make these like gel-only wet treats but they get pricey (I need to learn how to DIY those if possible to make him eat even more wet stuff but he seems fine in terms of the bladder crystals for over 3 years now).
I rescued him when he was about 8 months old. I started him on cheap dry food that was mostly corn or soy. Then I started giving him more expensive food which had little to no grains etc. I don't think he ever ate wet food other than licking the gel off so I stopped giving him wet food not knowing that cats (especially males) need a decent amount of water/wet in their diet to avoid bladder crystals he eventually got (I always gave him fresh water though).
Slowly but surely now he basically won't eat anything but dry CRAVE brand food (chicken-only flavor), even the CRAVE Chicken with Duck he sometimes throws up. The puke is just undigested food looks like he just ate it a few minutes ago. It's never yellow or slimy etc which could be hairballs or a potential problem. I think he learned that if he pukes up anything besides Crave chicken then I clean out his bowl and put the crave chicken he loves.
So should I just give him crave chicken only forever or what? I've tried like 10 brands of other non grain dry foods with Chicken as the main ingredient but he still sometimes pukes those up.
I think I'm going to just not give in to him for a couple days, let him puke but not replace it with crave. Then he should get hungry enough to learn to digest something besides crave. Because like it just seems strange that he seems to only eat this one brand and food, he'll eat a lot and he's got a bit of a belly but is a 'big guy' in a cat's body basically he's big and strong, plays strong, but with a gut, I do limit the food daily to about a cup it says but he's an indoor only cat most of the time and I don't always find time to play toy-on-a-string tug of wars etc with him or take him for walks (yes I take my cat for walks on a leash).
Any suggestions besides "go to a vet"?
He never liked wet food which is strange because the 4 other cats I had before LOVED wet food. He does however LOVE to just lick the gel off of wet food. A few years ago he had bladder crystals but vet gave him prescription food that solved that and the problem never happened again (his urethra was blocked and he was peeing blood). I then got him a water fountain and he drank water much more often, plus I give him now they make these like gel-only wet treats but they get pricey (I need to learn how to DIY those if possible to make him eat even more wet stuff but he seems fine in terms of the bladder crystals for over 3 years now).
I rescued him when he was about 8 months old. I started him on cheap dry food that was mostly corn or soy. Then I started giving him more expensive food which had little to no grains etc. I don't think he ever ate wet food other than licking the gel off so I stopped giving him wet food not knowing that cats (especially males) need a decent amount of water/wet in their diet to avoid bladder crystals he eventually got (I always gave him fresh water though).
Slowly but surely now he basically won't eat anything but dry CRAVE brand food (chicken-only flavor), even the CRAVE Chicken with Duck he sometimes throws up. The puke is just undigested food looks like he just ate it a few minutes ago. It's never yellow or slimy etc which could be hairballs or a potential problem. I think he learned that if he pukes up anything besides Crave chicken then I clean out his bowl and put the crave chicken he loves.
So should I just give him crave chicken only forever or what? I've tried like 10 brands of other non grain dry foods with Chicken as the main ingredient but he still sometimes pukes those up.
I think I'm going to just not give in to him for a couple days, let him puke but not replace it with crave. Then he should get hungry enough to learn to digest something besides crave. Because like it just seems strange that he seems to only eat this one brand and food, he'll eat a lot and he's got a bit of a belly but is a 'big guy' in a cat's body basically he's big and strong, plays strong, but with a gut, I do limit the food daily to about a cup it says but he's an indoor only cat most of the time and I don't always find time to play toy-on-a-string tug of wars etc with him or take him for walks (yes I take my cat for walks on a leash).
Any suggestions besides "go to a vet"?