My maybe 7 year old (she was a stray six years ago) has become super picky about her wet food, I throw away more than she eats. I finally found a Fancy Feast "appetizer" she will eat, but that can't be good long term. (She has access to dry at all times - I'm not sure how much of that she eats, we have two cats.)
However, she will beg and beg and beg for treats and for people food. I cannot leave anything on the counter for a minute without her trying to get into it. I've learned the hard way she will eat her entire body weight in raw meat. I found her basically inside a raw pork roast recently, just tunneling through it one bite at a time. (Expensive distracted mistake on my part.) She even flipped open a pizza box last weekend when we had company and tried to make off with a slice bigger than she is. (Not embarrassing at all).
She will also sit and beg for food off my plate. Any kind of cooked meat, chicken, pork chop, chicken nuggets, lunch meat - she would happily eat until she actually burst.
Otherwise, she is acting totally fine and perky. She still bullies our other cat and smacks the dogs around if they accidentally enter her personal "bubble". Or she goes out of her way to smack them just for kicks.
And here's the worst part - she has me trained. If she won't eat for a couple days, I give in to her demands and give her some cooked chicken or ground beef. I'm weak.
Note: She's due at the vet in a month or so so I'll bring it up then. Also she's always been a petite cat, everyone thinks she's a kitten. She hasn't lost weight that I can tell.
However, she will beg and beg and beg for treats and for people food. I cannot leave anything on the counter for a minute without her trying to get into it. I've learned the hard way she will eat her entire body weight in raw meat. I found her basically inside a raw pork roast recently, just tunneling through it one bite at a time. (Expensive distracted mistake on my part.) She even flipped open a pizza box last weekend when we had company and tried to make off with a slice bigger than she is. (Not embarrassing at all).
She will also sit and beg for food off my plate. Any kind of cooked meat, chicken, pork chop, chicken nuggets, lunch meat - she would happily eat until she actually burst.
Otherwise, she is acting totally fine and perky. She still bullies our other cat and smacks the dogs around if they accidentally enter her personal "bubble". Or she goes out of her way to smack them just for kicks.
And here's the worst part - she has me trained. If she won't eat for a couple days, I give in to her demands and give her some cooked chicken or ground beef. I'm weak.
Note: She's due at the vet in a month or so so I'll bring it up then. Also she's always been a petite cat, everyone thinks she's a kitten. She hasn't lost weight that I can tell.
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