my kitty isnt really picky luckily She really seems to enjoy Wellness and Soulistic though O:
Soulistic is cheaper online for me then in store
My Kitties' favorite is EVO 95% Chicken and Turkey.
I occasionally mix in some Natural Balance (Chicken and Liver or Turkey and Giblets or Ultra Formula)
which they also love.
You might also try Friskies Poultry Platter. It has Chicken as the first ingredient, and all Kitties seem to enjoy it.
I was going to suggest a few of the Soulistic flavors (Good Karma and Harvest Sunrise) but since Petco is too far away.
and their Internet prices are usually much higher then their store prices for this food,
you might try regular human grade canned chicken.
When I have a Kitty who suddenly decides not to eat canned food,
I'll try a "topper" as others have mentioned.
I usually go to one of the Soulistic flavors I mentioned above,
but if you can't easily get it,
try to find some canned chicken at your favorite grocery store.
A little of that on top of, or beside the canned food almost always works.
The only thing about canned chicken is that some brands have a lot of sodium,
and occasionally ingredients other than chicken. (In that case, I skip that brand.)
I buy the one with the lowest sodium, then I put a little in a bowl and rinse it a few times.
I either feed it in chunks or add a little warm water and mash it up a little,
depending on the Kitty.
Hang in there - it is worth the effort to get him off of the Dry food.
My picky eater loves this brand as well - after multiple brands, she's been very consistent with this one, thank god - Boo was a kibble addict.
I just won the canned food battle against a stubborn kitten who did not like any of the brands I gave her until I tried Nutro Natural Choice (chicken flavor, soft loaf, for kittens). She has inhaled every can I've given her over the past couple of days. Note however that some flavors contain carrageenan, so check the ingredients carefully.
Phosphorus (%) | Magnesium (%) | |
Chick, Chick, Chicken | 0.51 | 0.31 |
Duck Duck Goose | 0.89 | 0.04 |
Heavenly Herring & Tuna | 0.61 | 0.21 |
Yummy Lickin’ Salmon & Chicken | 0.53 | 0.29 |
Sea-Licious Salmon & Cod | 1.72 | 0.05 |
Tummy Ticklin’ Turkey | 0.70 | 0.37 |
The duck flavor stinks to high heaven - just FYI in case you have not fed that one. That is Boo's favorite.
I agree the pork broth in the Nutro somehow makes the difference with my cat. For three years I tried to get him to eat a good grain free brand of wet cat food and it was always a "no go". None of those brands had pork broth in them either.
When I first tried one can of Nutro minced chicken on my cat for a taste test, he was all enthusiastic just a few seconds after the can was opened. He could really smell it and he was very vocal in telling me, "I want it......NOW!" He had never done before this with any other brand of wet canned cat food.
Another thing which I immediately noticed about NNC, any can not fully eaten during the day, the refrigerated NNC doesn't get a white film on the gravy for the next morning's feeding.
Nutro Natural Choice has a great thing going for wet canned cat food. I sincerely hope they don't change their wet canned cat food formulas.
My kitties always eat Fancy Feast ~ their ultimate favorite is Fancy Feast Delights with Cheddar "Grilled Tuna with Cheddar Cheese Feast in Gravy" ~ it's the one flavor they never get tired of!!! Good Luck!!!Please share what your cat's favorite canned food is.
My Bobby won't touch canned food. Could be because of a bad association with it (it took me 10 months to catch him for neutering and the little hooligan never did go in the trap, but that's another story) then 9 months later he became very ill with a urinary tract blockage and I had to syringe feed him. Maybe he just doesn't like canned food, but he really does need to eat it. Fortunately, he does drink a lot of water.
I feel like we've tried every kind of canned food imaginable, but I'm open to and welcome all suggestions. Just to demonstrate my level of desperation I have even considered trying the home-made route. I don't even cook for the humans in my family, for which they are all very grateful! Please, for Bobby's sake, to spare him any attempt by me to make food for him, share with us your cat's favorite and we'll give it a try.