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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how do you know it's bland, lisa?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You mean you don't test out the food you are giving them first, what if it tastes bad?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do.

I mean none of it is good, but there's cat food that genuinely tastes bad.

Aren't you a little curious?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Curiosity and lunch sated...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh, yeah, let humans eat 'from the same 2 month old opened chips bag - it's literally the same chips bag I've now just opened fresh'

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Feed your cats wet food if you can afford it. it’s better for them and their kidneys. when they’re older you’ll be glad you did

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

And if they'll eat it.

Mine slurps up half of the gravy, and then shows absolutely no interest in the solid food.

He was a rescue, so I didn't get decide what he got used to eating.

Edit: I was not asking for advice. You are not giving me new ideas. The boy is over 10 years old at this point, the transition to wet food has been attempted a couple times, with veterinary advice.

He was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in december, when he stopped eating even dry food. He is now on a veterinary diet to extend and make the remainder of his life comfortable. As such even fewer options are available. The wet versions of the special foods were tried, but especially considering his condition, he must eat, and do so regularly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I was not asking for advice. You are not giving me new ideas.

I tell you I feel this comment. Sums up my experience with Lemmy perfectly. Just unending unasked for advice. This whole website is basically made up of old guys at a bowling alley who try to teach everybody how to bowl against their will.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

"Are you at the solutions oriented stage or feelings oriented?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Try purée. It's the only kind my cat will eat. It's a texture thing. She doesn't know what to do with the big chunks in regular cat food.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Have you tried a bunch of different brands? I've found that my younger cat will eat a mix of any wet with the dry food without any real preference, but my old cat will only eat 2 or 3 kinds of wet food from 2 manufacturers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Go to a pet store and buy 5 or 10 single serving flavors of decent quality. Might be $10-15 for the experiment to land on something they like. Plan and accept that a lot of it will be thrown out. They also might love it, but not day 2 when refrigerated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Also get them something better than Purina. I'm sure that Purina dry kibble is full of carbohydrates and doesn't have very much protein if you look at the dry matter basis. If you don't know what dry matter basis is, you've got some homework to do.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Obligatory "that product is made by Nestle which uses child slaves and kills babies etc" comment

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Cats actually get some of their moisture from dry food. Old dry food will be more dry.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I mean the smell is definitely more pugnant, I like to think of it as a newly opened can of coffee, technically the same but the first cup is always the freshest.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kibble bags tend to be the best storage space but they need to seal closed. A bag in a sealed container is your best bet for maintaining fresh.

The fats and essential vitamins and nutrients are sprayed onto kibble and that's the first thing exposed to go bad. A little subtle rancidity is detectable to cats.

If you dump kibble into a plastic pin: thosr rancid fats can leach into the plastic and remain there tainting all subsequent kibble with at least the odor of rancidity.

If a bag sits open unsealed for a week it'll be stale as all hell and much less healthy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Oh damn I didn't know about the plastic container thing. Thankfully I haven't been doing it too long yet. Only just started my older cat on dry food as she just doesn't eat enough anymore otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe stop feeding them the same opened bag of cereal that has gone stale 2 months ago.

Maybe feed them real food. Kibble should be abuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Seems like the cat is out of the bag.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have a mason jar vacuum sealer and when I get new dry food, I put it into the big jars and pump out the air, to keep it hopefully fresh and not dry it out. I think it works pretty well, but the cat is never so excited as when there's a fresh bag.

I also get smaller bags than I used to, so it cycles through a bit faster.