I have discovered a magical trick which gets our cat to eat

[BWdem4life]

A particular treat that she loves (catnip-flavored greenies) must be given as an appetizer. We've found a wet food that she likes - actually she didn't like it much until we added some Friskies chicken gravy to it - and she doesn't mind eating the same thing every day. But first, we have to give her a couple treats. Usually I'll put one of them in front of the food bowl, but that's not always necessary. So, she gets the first treat, which motivates her to go get the second one, after which she eats the wet food. After which, we'll put out a bit of dry.

We have it down to a science how much wet food she will actually eat at one sitting - it's less than half an ounce - so we don't waste nearly as much wet food as we used to. We no longer let her eat however much dry food she wants, we ration that out too so she'll be hungry enough for the wet.

This is one particular cat.

[Karadeniz]

1. Who has trained whom ???? LOL !

[Lithos]

2. Have to ask...

Why did you go thru this effort?

Medical?

Or just trying to get her to do something she did not want to do (which is eat the food you wanted her to eat?)

[BWdem4life]

5. Dry poop

Not getting enough moisture thru drinking, fountain not working.

[Duppers]

3. Had a few very particular cats myself.

They are pains.

And I've had a few who'd gobble their food & even steal what they could**. Mern, our female Siamese was notorious for that... That kitty would eat until she threw up!!

**Yep, we always had them tested for any intestinal parasites.

I still prefer the gobblers over the picky felines.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Every kitty should have a pet parent like you!

Of course, I did feed my own Felix with a syringe when he got sick and couldn't eat on his own. All cats should have DUers for pet parents...