Excuse me?! Come on, Cindy. Do you honestly think humans make cats fussy? They're cats! It's in their nature to be fussy!Once a junk food junkie, always one.. but when it effects his health, it is so hard..
I know I did not make him this fussy...or did I??
And quit apologizing!!!I am just frustrated. so sorry..
Cindy, not only is it bad for you when you blame yourself for every little thing, it's bad for Artie because it distracts you from reality.
On to more practical matters. I've noticed with every cat I've had that they want a variety. If they're getting a variety of, say, 3 flavors of food, rotated daily (which is Jasmine's current schedule) and one of those flavors is less of a favorite than the other two, I have two choices: I can either remove that flavor from her diet, or I can keep feeding it and tell her that I'm sorry but that's what she's getting today. And if I remove the flavor from her diet, pretty soon she decides that one of the other two is no longer her favorite, and it turns into a real mess. But if I keep it in the rotation, pretty soon she decides that it's worth eating after all.
I find it totally unsurprising that Artie gets fussy when he's been eating the same thing for weeks or months. I wonder what would happen if you occasionally gave him some baby food with no chicken in it, as a bit of a treat? I know it's not ideal for cats, but if you read the label carefully and just give him a little it at least shouldn't hurt him.
Margret