Thanks to all of the wonderful suggestions, we're finally able to get Buddy to eat something besides a steady diet of fish-flavored food. Yay!
Now we have a new challenge. :-)
When he has an upper respiratory infection and/or his allergies are giving him fits (which is often), his appetite for canned food pretty much takes a nosedive, and he'll only eat a fraction of what he'd normally eat. But if we offer him something crunchy, he'll greedily devour every little crumb. So we've always tried to encourage Buddy to consume as much canned food as we can, and then supplement it with some kibble or Temptations. *hangs head in shame*
However, now that he's been diagnosed as having FLUTD, I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to accidentally trigger another attack by giving him the dry food he seems to so desperately crave when his nose is all stopped up. It's like if he can't smell or taste his food, he at least wants to hear it crunch. ;-)
Is there a healthier alternative to kibble y'all can recommend to satisfy Buddy's need to crunch when he's feeling a bit under the weather, and that wouldn't be bad for his FLUTD? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Now we have a new challenge. :-)
When he has an upper respiratory infection and/or his allergies are giving him fits (which is often), his appetite for canned food pretty much takes a nosedive, and he'll only eat a fraction of what he'd normally eat. But if we offer him something crunchy, he'll greedily devour every little crumb. So we've always tried to encourage Buddy to consume as much canned food as we can, and then supplement it with some kibble or Temptations. *hangs head in shame*
However, now that he's been diagnosed as having FLUTD, I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to accidentally trigger another attack by giving him the dry food he seems to so desperately crave when his nose is all stopped up. It's like if he can't smell or taste his food, he at least wants to hear it crunch. ;-)
Is there a healthier alternative to kibble y'all can recommend to satisfy Buddy's need to crunch when he's feeling a bit under the weather, and that wouldn't be bad for his FLUTD? Any help would be greatly appreciated!