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Hi everyone! My cat Simon who is almost 6 months old now has proven to be quite picky.. to the point that I'm literally running out of canned food choices for him. He loves anything fish based but I try to not give him that more than twice a week which I still feel is too frequent, poultry, beef, lamb etc are a no go for him most of the time.
He gets free fed dry kitten food right now, natures variety chicken flavor which he loves. I try to feed him canned morning and night but he will not eat 99% of them so I got him Ziwi peak dry lamb in the mean time just to give him more calories on days that he won't eat canned. I'm hoping someone will have some suggestions here on how I can get him to eat other canned food or a new brand. We end up throwing away so much food because he will not eat it, he's been like this since we found him at 6 weeks old. He's healthy, up to date on shots, was dewormed and had a fecal test done and he's 6.5 pounds.. anyways the brands we've tried of wet are
Natures variety kitten, ate once won't touch it now.
Literally every other flavor of natures variety canned, he wouldn't even eat the salmon in that brand.
Tiki cat after dark all flavors, only will drink up the juice.
Weruva cats in the kitchen cans/pouches of most flavors, he likes the lamb only but it has a lot of tuna in it.
I and love and you, turkey and chicken Won't touch any but the cod flavor.
Wellness divine duos. Beef, turkey, chicken he wouldn't even take a bite.
Nutro perfect portions, chicken and turkey. Nope
Sheba perfect portions, hates the turkey tolerates chicken.
Fancy Feast chicken medleys won't eat more then half the can, will not touch it the next day even heated up.
Fancy feast kitten chicken flavor, nope nope nope
Fancy feast purely fancy chicken
Blue buffalo kitten chicken nope
Purina beyond chicken/sweet potatoe no
Taste of wild nope
Natural balance chicken nope
Solid gold, I can get him to eat once in a blue moon.
Probably a few more that I'm forgetting. He will eat most of fancy feast broths but those are just for supplemental feedings. Doesnt seem to prefer pate over shredded or vice versa but is definitely a licker. He will only drink the juice on most of them.
I'm literally running out of options here, id like to try Ziwi Peak canned but no where around me sells it so I'd have to order a whole case and I'd bet he won't like it. Does anyone have any advice? He loves any and all of the fish ones but I really try and hold those out on him. Any tips for very picky eaters? Any brands for picky eaters? Do I just hold out canned food on him? Because for example if we open up one can and he won't eat it after an hour I give him a different can and he usually won't eat much of that one!! He's such a little jerk also he "buries" his food, so almost always when I set down food for him he acts like he buries it and walks away lol makes me laugh but drives me crazy!! Any advice would be appreciated.
He gets free fed dry kitten food right now, natures variety chicken flavor which he loves. I try to feed him canned morning and night but he will not eat 99% of them so I got him Ziwi peak dry lamb in the mean time just to give him more calories on days that he won't eat canned. I'm hoping someone will have some suggestions here on how I can get him to eat other canned food or a new brand. We end up throwing away so much food because he will not eat it, he's been like this since we found him at 6 weeks old. He's healthy, up to date on shots, was dewormed and had a fecal test done and he's 6.5 pounds.. anyways the brands we've tried of wet are
Natures variety kitten, ate once won't touch it now.
Literally every other flavor of natures variety canned, he wouldn't even eat the salmon in that brand.
Tiki cat after dark all flavors, only will drink up the juice.
Weruva cats in the kitchen cans/pouches of most flavors, he likes the lamb only but it has a lot of tuna in it.
I and love and you, turkey and chicken Won't touch any but the cod flavor.
Wellness divine duos. Beef, turkey, chicken he wouldn't even take a bite.
Nutro perfect portions, chicken and turkey. Nope
Sheba perfect portions, hates the turkey tolerates chicken.
Fancy Feast chicken medleys won't eat more then half the can, will not touch it the next day even heated up.
Fancy feast kitten chicken flavor, nope nope nope
Fancy feast purely fancy chicken
Blue buffalo kitten chicken nope
Purina beyond chicken/sweet potatoe no
Taste of wild nope
Natural balance chicken nope
Solid gold, I can get him to eat once in a blue moon.
Probably a few more that I'm forgetting. He will eat most of fancy feast broths but those are just for supplemental feedings. Doesnt seem to prefer pate over shredded or vice versa but is definitely a licker. He will only drink the juice on most of them.
I'm literally running out of options here, id like to try Ziwi Peak canned but no where around me sells it so I'd have to order a whole case and I'd bet he won't like it. Does anyone have any advice? He loves any and all of the fish ones but I really try and hold those out on him. Any tips for very picky eaters? Any brands for picky eaters? Do I just hold out canned food on him? Because for example if we open up one can and he won't eat it after an hour I give him a different can and he usually won't eat much of that one!! He's such a little jerk also he "buries" his food, so almost always when I set down food for him he acts like he buries it and walks away lol makes me laugh but drives me crazy!! Any advice would be appreciated.