r/catfood

Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well.

My wife and I have run into a small dilemma. Our cat which we have had for about 2 years now has suddenly stopped eating the food we give him.

He has had zero issues with the food in the past and has always eaten it no question. However for some reason the past couple months he has refused any food we put out for him. We have tried multiple brands, flavours etc but he just refuses to eat any of it.

He follows us around and begs us for food, and he has lost quite a bit of weight.

He's about 2.5 years old and still very affectionate, lively and I see no sign of him being sick.

Has anyone ran into issues like this before and how do I get him to start eating again?

Edit: He is able to eat, he eats the dog food and any food that falls to the floor, just not his cat food

Hello, I have 4 cats all fixed and they are of a variety of life stages. I want to start home making the wet food they get but have had some questions arise as I research recipes and ingredients. The issue is I can’t find an affordable high quality wet food that they all can eat due to allergies. They currently get hills science indoor cat for dry food. If I make a a wet food with chicken thigh/breast, chicken liver, chicken heart, egg yolk, brown rice, a veggie and water. Will they be getting enough vitamins between the wet food and dry? Wet food is twice a day (morning/night) and dry food is free feed.

For some clarification, I’m trying to find out if the dry food provides enough nutrition on top of the wet food or if the wet food will need some added. I’m not trying to give them more vitamins than they need.

Does anyone have any freeze dried cat food recommendations that are not chicken (cat is allergic) that has at or less than 24% dry matter fat?

It took forever to our cats to finally find a cat food that didn’t have them yacking. They love the hills science unitary hairball control except now they changed their formula and it sucks. I stocked up so much a few months ago and now we are almost to the last bag.

Is there a dry food equivalent to all these good raw food companies like darwins, smalls, etc? Like some smaller company with a really natural dry cat food? I want this next switch to be the highest quality and I don’t trust these big names anymore. My oldest cat despises wet food so that’s not going to work.

My cat has had urinary issues since December. She’s been on Hills c/d since. I adopted another cat 2 days ago, he’s quarantined in a separate room but I would like to slowly transition his food before he comes out. He’s eating Purina cat chow, that’s what they were feeding at the shelter. I don’t want my resident cat eating that, she has to have her diet or she develops crystals. Is it okay if he eats the prescription food as a full time diet even if he doesn’t need it?

*not trying to abruptly switch, going to mix them & slowly ween out his food.

My 1.5yo cat has been eating the Honest Kitchen turkey or chicken cate varieties. But they've become difficult to find in stock and he's also getting bored of them and not excited to eat it. My 2 other cats have issues with chicken (IBD) and are on prescription rabbit diets. They beg if they smell food that has fish in it so I stay away from fish for this cat. And I'm not a fan of giving cats beef. So what brands make a good quality pate/smoothie like cat food that is chicken, turkey, duck or novel proteins (basically anything besides fish or beef)?

I took my cat to the vet recently she was having a skin issue, allergic dermatitis and she got an allergy shot for it. The vet also recommended to me to put her on a diet I wasn’t closely monitoring how much food I was feeding her because I have 2 other cats that eat relatively the same amount of food she does and they’re around 9lbs. They eat Purina One sensitive skin and stomach and the vet recommended I cut out the wet food I give them occasionally and that she likes that dry food but said I should switch proteins. She weighs 14lbs and I’m focusing on getting her down to 9lbs and feed her 1/3 cup daily and portion it out.

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for dry food? I like keeping them on the food they currently eat because they seem to digest that better and aren’t picky with it.

Any weight loss advice too is also appreciated! This is the first time I’ve had a cat and the vet be concerned with her weight 😅

Is it okay to mix product lines from the same brand?

I’m currently feeding Purina One mixed fillets wet food and Purina One coat and hairball dry food. Was thinking of upgrading their dry food to Purina Pro Plan sterilised but I am worried about nutrient deficiencies mixing different lines as I did read somewhere they are formulated to be fed together.

Purina Pro Plan wet food is twice the price of Purina One so out of the question with feeding that.

Thanks for any advice!

For the people here who feed their cats only wet food, how much do you give them per day? My younger one has decided she doesn’t want much to do with kibble anymore (her teeth are fine, she just loves wet food so much hahaha, she’s actually my less picky cat). I know it depends on the brand, calories, and the cat’s weight, so I’m trying to figure it all out haha.

My rotation with her is Royal Canin Weight Care (she weights 5 kg), fancy feast paté y purina one and purina pro plan pouches.

Needing some no bird meat, non pate, complete food shred options for a cat that hates pate, he’s on Zealandia Lamb but struggling to eat it because it’s pate even if it’s mixed with water.
He was previously on tiki cat after dark, he loves the shred style. Fairly sure he’s got an issue with poultry of some kind via diet elimination trials and his symptoms.
Thank you for any and all suggestions!

Since we’ve switched my new cat from an all dry diet (shelter) to an all wet diet, he’s been having soft stools or straight up diarrhea.

He’s tested negative for parasites. My vet has him on metronidazole and Hill’s Science Diet prescription biome for the next 2 weeks. It’s been 3 days and no great improvement yet.

I’d been feeding him regular Fancy Feast pate or Fancy Feast gourmet naturals 3x a day, all types of flavors and he loves them all. One vet tells me FF is garbage and wants to upgrade him to a “more complete diet” once his tummy settles down. The other had no reaction and seems to think it’s good enough quality. I have tried Weruva pate and he doesn’t exactly love it.

What are some more economical brands for cats with a sensitive stomach? Could I just add probiotics or pure pumpkin to his Fancy Feast if this proves to be an ongoing issue? The prescription food comes to $3/can or $275/month…almost $3,500 a year!

No no no, honey. Not in this economy. I’m prepared to spend more on food if it’s *essential* to his wellbeing but any advice is appreciated.

Hello! My cat is really picky eater. She used to not be picky with dry food but shes reallyyyyy picky with wet food. She loved tiki cat for a while and basically completely changed her mind. She also mostly free eats bc of how picky she is and I want to stop that and get her on a schedule. Any tips?

Hey everyone! I’ve recently adopted my kitten and he has been on Whiskas kitten food and I want to swap it out to something for a higher meat content.

His litter tray actually smells terrible, which makes me worry about what’s going on in his little belly, so really want something that is good for his tummy.

What brands would you recommend?

Hi! This may be totally out of the ordinary but I’ve been stressed lately trying to get my cat to finish his wet food. Usually what we do is dilute the wet food with warm water so that it forms a soup/porridge and we add salmon flakes on top. My cat will lick the bowl clean if my grandma feeds him. No problem there.

However, when I feed him, he only eats half and is uninterested in the food in his bowl. I’ve tried to replicate exactly how my grandma prepares the food and followed the instructions to the tee. It’s the same food brand and flavor, topping brand etc.

I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out how I can get him to finish all his food. For context , he eats three meals and only the meals where my grandma feeds him, he will finish. My cat stays with grandma during the work day so he only eats lunch there. but we pick him up after work and give him dinner around his usual time. Is this bullying or crazy cat behavior?