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I have three cats, and all three seem to have become very picky lately about their food. One of them was placed on a special diet for kidney disease about 2 months ago and has been tolerant, though not enthusiastic, about the special diet of canned and dry food the vet prescribed. Lately she's been turning up her nose to both. She had been fairly good with the canned food but nibbling only small amounts of the dry. There is only one alternative brand, as far as I know, and I'm not eager to switch since if she gets tired of that, what next? Then my two cats on regular food also seem to be on a "hunger strike." They got tired of the Purina canned food I'd been giving them for about a year, and so far I've tried reverting to previous favorites (which they also grew disinterested in) like Science Diet and Royal Canin and even tried Fancy Feast. They seem to dislike everything! No one has starved yet, so yes, I'm exaggerating, but I am dumping a lot of food down the garbage disposal. Right now I'm giving them Iams in the small pouch-like containers, which on any given day one or both of them may ignore, eat a little of, or empty the dish. Should I go back to the pet store aisles and choose yet another new brand, or might there be something else going on since all three have become so picky? One of them has cutaneous lymphoma, which is being fairly well managed with medications, but that could partially explain his occasional eating issues (he also has some litter box issues, which I won't go into here). He had been super picky, not eating much canned or dry, but just in the past few days seems to have begun eating more normally. He had a checkup just last week with the oncologist; his lab results were fine, and I didn't get any feedback on weight loss. It just seems very odd that all three have begun to reject just about everything. When they don't eat, I get stressed, and I'm sure they're picking up on that, but what's the way out of this cycle?