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We adopted a sweet senior male cat when his owner (my father-in-law) passed away. He had been free fed inexpensive dry food his whole life (along with many table scraps) but no wet cat food. I tried to change his diet for the better, so I bought high quality grain-free kibble, and slowly transitioned his diet by adding a little bit at a time to the old food. But immediately he started eating far less. He lost so much weight that I started to panic (part of that has turned out to be hyperthyroidism--he's on meds now) and bought some Friskies wet food for him and started feeding him 1 can a day. I tried a different brand of grain-free kibble, but he liked it for exactly 2 days and then stopped eating it.
Fortunately he loves the wet food, but still barely eats any of the dry food even though the hyperthyroidism makes him hungry constantly. He will be following me around, crying for food, and the bowl of kibble will be just sitting there untouched.
Has anyone run into this problem before? Am I overly worried about it? TIA for your input!
Fortunately he loves the wet food, but still barely eats any of the dry food even though the hyperthyroidism makes him hungry constantly. He will be following me around, crying for food, and the bowl of kibble will be just sitting there untouched.
Has anyone run into this problem before? Am I overly worried about it? TIA for your input!