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  1. Meekie

    Manufacturers Sneaking Tuna Into other Flavors

    For a while my girl was on a tuna binge. She wasn't enthusiastic about any food unless it had tuna in it. So I immediately stopped feeding her tuna hoping she'd lose her taste for it. The ingredients in the Fancy Feast topper I was using listed "fish oil" as it's third ingredient, which I...
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    PetFlow.com

    A little cheaper than Chewy or Amazon. $2 cheaper for some items, which is significant for me. I found some old threads mentioning them but still would like to know how their service is, specifically which carrier do they use? And what problems have you encountered with their return policy? Thanks!
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    I Found a Little Pile of Diarrhea

    On any other forum this post title would raise some eyebrows! Anyway, the other day I came home and found a little pile of very loose stool on the bottom shelf of a bookshelf. I could tell it hadn't been there too long, but kitty seemed fine. Her litter box habits are good. She has never gone...
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    Cat Won't Eat in the Hot Weather

    About a month ago, we had a couple of unseasonably hot days here in the northeast, and Maple did not eat much until it got cooler. Not even dry food. I didn't want to jump to conclusions, so I wondered if maybe she didn't feel good that day or had stomach issues. She was also very lethargic. As...
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    Fish Extract in Toppers

    I feed my cat one packet of Fancy Feast Broths chicken flavored topper a day, added to some Fancy Feast Naturals food. It's what she eats every evening, and 99% of the time she finishes all of it. It's either that or more fish food. All she wants is seafood, so the topper is a great way to get...
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    Using freeze dried meat as a topper.

    Maple is picky with her food. As time goes on, I'm learning things about how to get her to eat more wet food, such as adding toppers to flavors and brands she's otherwise unlikely to eat. I have two whole cases of Soulistic Good Karma (chicken in broth) that she's no longer interested in. I...
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    Reasonable Affectionate but not Exactly Mushy.

    I've had Maple for ten months now. She was given to me by a friend who thought he wanted a cat but soon realized it wasn't working out. She's a bengal. The breeder he got her from advertised on Craigslist. She came with no papers and he paid $1000 for her. The exchange took place on the street...
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    How much fish is too much?

    How much fish can a cat eat safely? After several months of trying, I've pretty much succeeded in switching my cat from a mostly dry diet to wet. She's very picky about her wet food and I've learned a few things about her tastes in the process, such as the fact that she likes variety. The...
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    Dry Food Diet

    I give up. I've spent the past seven months trying to get my 13 month old girl to eat wet food. Every time I find something she'll eat she stops eating it after a few days to a week. I've tried everything: cans, poches, toppers, adding treats, adding dry food, and cooking fresh chicken. She...
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    11 Month Old Will Only Eat Dry Food

    I've had her since April. She was a picky eater she but did eat about 50% wet food. Since then she has been eating wet food less and less. I've tried everything: different brands, different flavors, toppers, heating it, chilling it, different bowls, different locations, different feeding times...
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    Which strategy should I use?

    I have a picky eater who has decided the only wet food she likes is tuna. I found some tuna and chicken mix (in the shreds she likes) and she's eating it. So I decided to be bold and bought a case of the same food, but with just chicken. I'm dying to know if she will eat it but I'm not sure...
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    Spoiling Picky Eaters?

    My cat is the most finicky cat I have ever known when it comes to eating. I drive myself crazy trying to get her to eat. The thing is, most times she shuns her food, she is more than happy to eat kibble or tuna based foods, so I know she can smell OK and is not feeling too bad to eat. She's...
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    Cans That Don't Go Ffffffffft.

    You know, that sound of pressure escaping when you open a can of food. I always listen for it because It assures me that the can has remained sealed and the food is safe to eat. If I don't hear that sound, I'll try another can. But when I was doing rescue, we used to open tons of cans in noisy...
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    Why Is Dry Food So Bad?

    I'm not disputing that it is. It's obviously heavily processed, but why else is it bad? I ask because despite my attempts to get my 8 month old girl on premium food, she has settled with Fancy Feast and will not budge. I've been reading a lot here about the debates over what food is the best...
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    Removing solo toys during playtime?

    My 8 month old kitten loves her track ball toy. Sometimes when she and I are playing, she'll stop and begin playing with the track toy. No complaints there; I like it when she abruptly shifts from one game to another, as long as she's enjoying herself. But like most toys, sooner or later she's...
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    Kidney Disease in Kittens

    I'm concerned about the volume of urine I'm scooping out of my seven month old kitten's box every day. What is the normal output of urine for a cat this age? It's been a while since I've had a kitten but her pee clumps seem a little big. I lost two cats in the past two years to kidney disease...
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    Should I get my kitten a kitten?

    I have a seven month old Bengal. Despite her breed, I know little of her background but I do know she was crated with another cat as a young kitten, I'm assuming it was a sibling. She appears to be a very gentle, affectionate cat. About a week ago, she snatched a stuffed moose and adopted it as...
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    My girl will only eat seafood.

    I read somewhere, maybe on this site, that cats will become accustomed to what they eat as kittens and it's very hard to change their food flavors. Well, Maple likes fish. Cod, shrimp, tuna or any mixture thereof. When I first got her she did eat a little chicken, but now she won't. If I try to...
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    When to switch from kitten to adult food?

    My kitten is seven months old now. At the time of her spay she wasn't eating well and while discussing this with the doctor, she said I could start feeding her adult cat food. I asked if better palatability was the reason she suggested this, and she said no, once they are spayed or neutered they...
  20. Meekie

    Freeing the Kitten!

    What are some good guidelines to follow regarding introducing a kitten to the rest of the house? I'm planning on introducing her room by room, opening up more rooms as she adjusts...but not until she's more comfortable with me and is giving and accepting affection. I got little Maple two weeks...
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