Since the cat food recall, i have had to change her food and she doesnt like anything, she will try the new food, maybe eat some and then turn her head, then she wont eat it again, have even tried chicken baby food, which she did eat for a few days and now wont touch! Im running out of ideas.please help.
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People seem to underestimate the importance of taking an animal to the vet when something isn't right!
Take. Your cat. To. The vet.
If she isn't eating, there might be something wrong. Maybe she got some of that contaminated food before you realized it was being recalled?
Also, 19 years old is near ancient for a cat... she might just be ready to pass.
Go. To. The. Vet.
Not only will the vet be able to tell if there's something wrong, if your cat is just being finicky he'll be able to tell you how to work around that.
try feline caviar.
Canned fish (tuna, mackerel -- whatever is least expensive).
Your cat is over halfway to setting a new record.
There was a woman in England with an ancient cat. The vet did all he could, but the day finally came that he could not help the cat, so the woman requested that the cat be put down.
Afterward, the vet asked how old the cat was.
"If Kitty had lived to her birthday, she would have been THIRTY-FIVE."
by the sounds of it she is really old so try soft food. even milk. u can put water on her old hard food to soften it. in her physical state of being she might have a loose tooth or a tooth ache. so look out for that. fish is soft and it is something mostly every cat enjoys eating. so try those things and if they dont work then just watch her and see what she goes to find and eat on her own because she wont just let herself starve. all animals have it in them to hunt and find food do im sure she will. hope this hepls:)
Old and picky! LOL I'm not real sure have you tried tuna fish or cooked chicken? also get her some vitamins so if you do find something, other than real cat food for her to eat, so she will still have those vitamins she willl need.
Try regular baby food, like Gerber.
That won't hurt them. In fact, cats like that too.
The Purina products weren't on the recall lists and I've been feeding my cats Friskies, wet and dry, and they are just fine.
Maybe tuna or some other kind of fish.
Go to a smaller mom and pop pet store, and get Wellness -- it is incredibly healthy and I have never met a cat to hate it (don't get the turkey flavor though, stick to chicken or fish) All the stuff on the recall was garbage anyway, and bad for cats.
When we were trying to find out what was affecting one of my cats health, the doctor had me feed him Liver baby food. Both of my cats were ecstatic! but did get bored with it. Perhaps you can buy some Liver %26 Chicken baby food and alternately pour it over dry food. This may keep the boredom down. You can find cat food recipes on line since the big recall.
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I agree that maybe you should have her checked out by the vet. If she's not eating, there could be a problem with her health. The vet might also have some suggestions or a food you could try if it turns out nothing is wrong.
Try other flavors of baby food. Turkey. Beef. Ham. Make sure there's no onion in it.
You can try canned tuna for a while. Mine liked the rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. One like white meat. The other dark meat.
Deli meat.
Keep trying other brands of foods. Even the cheap bad for her ones. The important thing is to just keep her eating.
Maybe you have to find the things she will eat and keep switching them up.
When I was a kid, our cat who was 17 yrs. old decided that all he would eat was raw chicken livers. My Mom was frying some liver and gizzards for Dad and the cat jumped on the counter, stole one of the raw chicken livers and took it to his favorite spot to eat it. After that, he wouldn't eat anything else. We took him to the Vet after a couple of days without eating cuz we thought the raw meat had made him sick. The Vet said to give him raw chicken liver if that's what he wants.it won't hurt him.
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