More specifically, your parents or relatives?
My parents have a six month old kitten named Ivan. When they adopted him, he came to them eating Friskies kitten chow. Ivan always seemed hungry, so they switched him to Iams, but he still was hungry - and not eating his kibbles. So they bought Purina Kitten chow and he was still hungry and not crazy about his food.
During that time I had been trying to talk them into trying Blue's Healthy growth, which is what my girls eat. Last week my mom was at my house and mentioned that Ivan still wasn't eating his kibble. I gave her a baggie of Blue and told her to just try it to see if he'd eat. He loved it and has been eating it really well.
So now the question is about the other things he eats. They give him cooked meat from their dinner, cheese, vanilla ice cream
and canned Friskies cat food. And tuna fish packed in oil - a nice heaping spoonful every day, "for his coat."
Do I try to talk to them about it? It took forever to convince them to try Blue, and they were pretty resistant because of the cost - they CAN afford it, but they don't necessarily see the 'need.' His kibbles make up the biggest chunk of his food, so do I just the rest go? He isn't my cat, and I think they see me as a bit fanatical about my girls, so I really don't know how open they would be to more suggestions.
Thanks in advance for any input
My parents have a six month old kitten named Ivan. When they adopted him, he came to them eating Friskies kitten chow. Ivan always seemed hungry, so they switched him to Iams, but he still was hungry - and not eating his kibbles. So they bought Purina Kitten chow and he was still hungry and not crazy about his food.
During that time I had been trying to talk them into trying Blue's Healthy growth, which is what my girls eat. Last week my mom was at my house and mentioned that Ivan still wasn't eating his kibble. I gave her a baggie of Blue and told her to just try it to see if he'd eat. He loved it and has been eating it really well.
So now the question is about the other things he eats. They give him cooked meat from their dinner, cheese, vanilla ice cream
Do I try to talk to them about it? It took forever to convince them to try Blue, and they were pretty resistant because of the cost - they CAN afford it, but they don't necessarily see the 'need.' His kibbles make up the biggest chunk of his food, so do I just the rest go? He isn't my cat, and I think they see me as a bit fanatical about my girls, so I really don't know how open they would be to more suggestions.
Thanks in advance for any input