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I’m trying to switch my 1 year old male cat over to a home cooked diet. To start the process I switched him off his kibble and have been doing wet only for a week now. I’ve been feeding him farmina kibble so I switched him over to farmina wet (it has whole bits of meat so it’s very similar to a home cooked meal) . The transition was a bit cold turkey though he had had the wet food prior to transition. I had tried to switch him off slowly before but not with a lot of success.
He’s taken to it pretty well in the sense of no upset tummies (a tad softer stools not by a lot) and he eats. My dilemma though is he’s always been a grazer and always eats very small portions at a time. With kibble you can leave it out and he will eat what he needs through out the day. You can’t do this with wet, so getting him to eat his two cans of food a day has been a struggle. I’ve been dividing up his food into 4 to 6 meals a day. But even then I’ve still to meet his goal of two cans. Some days are better then others depending on the flavors of the food. Due to this I’m considering going back to kibble for a bit and trying again. At the same time I’m thinking of waiting it out and keep trying.
Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated
He’s taken to it pretty well in the sense of no upset tummies (a tad softer stools not by a lot) and he eats. My dilemma though is he’s always been a grazer and always eats very small portions at a time. With kibble you can leave it out and he will eat what he needs through out the day. You can’t do this with wet, so getting him to eat his two cans of food a day has been a struggle. I’ve been dividing up his food into 4 to 6 meals a day. But even then I’ve still to meet his goal of two cans. Some days are better then others depending on the flavors of the food. Due to this I’m considering going back to kibble for a bit and trying again. At the same time I’m thinking of waiting it out and keep trying.
Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated