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My 5 year old male cat will only eat pate can food and only a few flavors.
He is the pickiest cat I ever had. Warming it does not help.
He likes 2% milk mixed in. They sell flora leaves
to sprinkle in the food. I have used a food stimulator med
from the vet (a pill)-- One of my cats ate McDonalds burgers (no bun)
I've had cats in the past that were dainty eaters or simply didn't eat a lot at a time. If we had bigger cans, I would split 1 can between both of the cats. That would often solve the waste issue. If it was a taller cat food can, I would give them a couple scoops in each of their bowls and then get a Ziploc bag or plastic bag wrapped around it, put the can with the leftover food still in it and stick it in the fridge and use it later, but I wouldn't ever like to leave it in the refrigerator more than 24-48 hours. If we traveled and had the cats with us or had a pet sitter come by, we usually would buy the smallest cans of cat food and say 1 per cat, twice a day. Our cats never seemed to mind the chilled cat food, but I don't see why you couldn't warm it up by taking it out of the can, putting it in a closed Ziploc and dunking it in a bowl of warm water for a moment or two.
Back when I was single, and had cats, but didn't have a human family? If the cat didn't finish it, no problem, I put it in the fridge. When my cats got hungry enough, they ate. No waste.
On the other hand, my wife has always fed our cats when they seem hungry. LOTS of waste. She can't bear for them to act hungry.
I scooped some in a little glass dish and put it in a different room (bottom of the basement, at the top of the stairs is where he usually gets fed) and he seems to be eating more of it.
Maybe try switching rooms where we dish it out to our cats? Maybe that will work for some of you...?
Something I'm trying today is mixing some of the "old" can with some dried food. That seems to be forcing him to get at least some of the older canned food in his mouth while he's trying to eat the new/fresh dried food I mixed in with it.
I buy half portions of cat food, he gets one in the morning and one in the evening, some he eats some he doesnt,he doesnt seem to like the pate variety. https://goo.gl/images/CY976U
Back when I was single, and had cats, but didn't have a human family? If the cat didn't finish it, no problem, I put it in the fridge. When my cats got hungry enough, they ate. No waste.
On the other hand, my wife has always fed our cats when they seem hungry. LOTS of waste. She can't bear for them to act hungry.
I suppose one might learn a lesson from all that.
The only lesson I can gather from the above is that if she puts your food in the freezer until you get hungry enough to eat it. Too bad kitties can't talk, and FYI, not many cats eat it all in one 'sitting' unless they are afraid there will be no more of it.
Something I'm trying today is mixing some of the "old" can with some dried food. That seems to be forcing him to get at least some of the older canned food in his mouth while he's trying to eat the new/fresh dried food I mixed in with it.
Just a tip that might help a little...?
I mix "new" with "old" canned food for my cat that eats prescription canned food exclusively. That stuff costs $2 per can, so I hate it when she turns up her nose at leftovers. She'll eat it straight out of the fridge but she wants a new can every day, and it's not always possible. So I'll make a mound of the leftover food and put a chunk of the new food on top to entice her, the little stinker.
We've feed our two cats a diet mix of wet and dry cat food for years. I feed the wet (change flavors when they get tired of "the food of the day") twice a day half a can each. The rest of the day there is a bowl of known quality dry food. We keep the wet feeding times to a rigid, dependable, schedule that our cats know they will get food to the point they are parked in front of me at feeding time.
Note: We keep our cat food to one very reliable supplier......Purina. Our "babies" are always in excellent health!!
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