Hi all,
My parents' cat is about 6 years old. We've fed him dry food - Science Diet - since we got him (when he was around 2). He's a healthy Ragdoll mix, large and fluffy and sweet, and certainly not overweight. He drinks plenty of water. However, I've been reading more and more that incorporating canned wet food into a cat's diet is better for their health in the long run. I've been trying to start him on the diet change (goal is to get him to 50-50 wet and dry).
Unfortunately, I'm running into an obstacle. I've only tried to give him a spoonful or two to see if he'll take to it (reducing dry food accordingly). He seems excited to eat the wet food, and will gobble it up. And then promptly regurgitate. Worse, once he's vomited, he decides that the whole food area is "contaminated," even if the sick has been thoroughly cleaned up. And then he won't touch the wet food again for the rest of the day -- and only grudgingly eat the dry.
We feed him two meals a day, 6am and 6pm. How do I get him to keep the wet food down?
My parents' cat is about 6 years old. We've fed him dry food - Science Diet - since we got him (when he was around 2). He's a healthy Ragdoll mix, large and fluffy and sweet, and certainly not overweight. He drinks plenty of water. However, I've been reading more and more that incorporating canned wet food into a cat's diet is better for their health in the long run. I've been trying to start him on the diet change (goal is to get him to 50-50 wet and dry).
Unfortunately, I'm running into an obstacle. I've only tried to give him a spoonful or two to see if he'll take to it (reducing dry food accordingly). He seems excited to eat the wet food, and will gobble it up. And then promptly regurgitate. Worse, once he's vomited, he decides that the whole food area is "contaminated," even if the sick has been thoroughly cleaned up. And then he won't touch the wet food again for the rest of the day -- and only grudgingly eat the dry.
We feed him two meals a day, 6am and 6pm. How do I get him to keep the wet food down?