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My soon to be 4yo cat was a wet food eater when I adopted him 3 years ago. He was good at following schedules and eating at the right time. I don't know how we got to this point but he is addicted to dry food and I cannot for the love of god get him to eat wet food anymore.
He likes cooked food but it has to be freshly cooked and not heated. I am fine cooking food for him 2-3 times a day since I already cook for myself.
I've been trying to get him off the dry food but I am failing. I added fortiflora to the wet food, he ate once and then i think he figured out my trick and won't eat wet food that has fortiflora. Same thing with nutritional yeast sprinkled on top of the wet food.
Right now, I was working on giving him 3 meals of wet food and dry food at night but he only ate some wet food in the morning and a tiny bit at noon. He is refusing any type of wet food even when i heat it up for him. He will turn his head and lick his lips. I know he's hungry but he is not cooperating.
My plan is to put him back on dry food as of tomorrow. With a schedule of 3 meals a day. First one at 7am with 20% of his meal, than at noon with 60% of his meal and lastly at 8pm with the remaining 20% of the daily food required.
This will go for 3-4 days until he get used to the schedule and the alarm.
Once this is achieved, i will start adding bits of freshly cooked chicken to his lunch and increase the portion overtime until we get the noon meal to be fully homemade food.
Is there a simpler way to do things? Do you have any input on how I can improve my strategy?
He likes cooked food but it has to be freshly cooked and not heated. I am fine cooking food for him 2-3 times a day since I already cook for myself.
I've been trying to get him off the dry food but I am failing. I added fortiflora to the wet food, he ate once and then i think he figured out my trick and won't eat wet food that has fortiflora. Same thing with nutritional yeast sprinkled on top of the wet food.
Right now, I was working on giving him 3 meals of wet food and dry food at night but he only ate some wet food in the morning and a tiny bit at noon. He is refusing any type of wet food even when i heat it up for him. He will turn his head and lick his lips. I know he's hungry but he is not cooperating.
My plan is to put him back on dry food as of tomorrow. With a schedule of 3 meals a day. First one at 7am with 20% of his meal, than at noon with 60% of his meal and lastly at 8pm with the remaining 20% of the daily food required.
This will go for 3-4 days until he get used to the schedule and the alarm.
Once this is achieved, i will start adding bits of freshly cooked chicken to his lunch and increase the portion overtime until we get the noon meal to be fully homemade food.
Is there a simpler way to do things? Do you have any input on how I can improve my strategy?